refrescar

v.

1 to refresh.

2 to be refreshing (bebida).

3 to brush up (conocimientos).

refrescar la memoria a alguien to refresh somebody's memory

4 to cool down.

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refrescar

Conjugation model [SACAR], like {{link=sacar}}sacar

► verbo transitivo

1 (poner fresco) to cool, refresh

2 figurado (la memoria) to refresh; (idiomas) to brush up on

■ necesito refrescar un poco el francés I need to brush up on my French a bit

► verbo intransitivo

1 (el tiempo) to get cooler, cool down, turn cooler

2 (comida, bebida) to be refreshing

► verbo pronominal refrescarse

1 (gen) to cool down, cool off; (lavarse) to freshen up; (tomar el fresco) to get a breath of fresh air

2 (beber) to have a cold drink

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verb

to refresh

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1. VT

1) (=enfriar) to cool, cool down

2) [+ conocimiento] to brush up, polish up

refrescar la memoria — to refresh one's memory

3) [+ acto] to repeat; [+ enemistad, interés] to renew

2. VI

1) (Meteo) to get cooler, cool down

en septiembre ya refresca — it starts to get cooler in September

2) [bebida] to be refreshing

3) Méx (Med) to get better

3.

See:

refrescarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) <bebida> to cool; <ambiente> to make ... fresher o cooler

b) <conocimientos> to brush up (on)

te voy a refrescar la memoria — let me refresh your memory

2.

refrescar v impers to turn cooler

3.

refrescarse v pron to cool (oneself) down

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= refresh, freshen, buff up on, brush up on.

Ex. It thrives on ambiguity, irony, paradox, which bring the disparate and hitherto unconnected into relationship, revealing new shades of meaning, or refreshing the worn, the tired, the cliched.

Ex. Baking soda can also freshen musty carpets by simply sprinkling on it.

Ex. The author also displays a need to buff up on her mastery of today's street slang.

Ex. The course targets people who would like to either like to brush up on their French or even learn French from scratch.

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* que ayuda a refrescar la memoria = memory-jogging.

* refrescar la memoria = jog + Posesivo + memory, refresh + memory.

* refrescarse = cool down, cool off.

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) <bebida> to cool; <ambiente> to make ... fresher o cooler

b) <conocimientos> to brush up (on)

te voy a refrescar la memoria — let me refresh your memory

2.

refrescar v impers to turn cooler

3.

refrescarse v pron to cool (oneself) down

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= refresh, freshen, buff up on, brush up on.

Ex: It thrives on ambiguity, irony, paradox, which bring the disparate and hitherto unconnected into relationship, revealing new shades of meaning, or refreshing the worn, the tired, the cliched.

Ex: Baking soda can also freshen musty carpets by simply sprinkling on it.

Ex: The author also displays a need to buff up on her mastery of today's street slang.

Ex: The course targets people who would like to either like to brush up on their French or even learn French from scratch.

* que ayuda a refrescar la memoria = memory-jogging.

* refrescar la memoria = jog + Posesivo + memory, refresh + memory.

* refrescarse = cool down, cool off.

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refrescar [A2 ]

vt

1 (enfriar) ‹bebida› to cool; ‹ambiente› to make … fresher o cooler

2 ‹conocimientos› to brush up (on) memoria

■

v impers

to turn cooler

por la noche ya refresca the nights are already getting o turning cooler

abrígate, que ha refrescado wrap up well, the weather's turned cooler o it's turned cooler

■ refrescarse

v pron

to cool (oneself) down

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refrescar (conjugate refrescar) verbo transitivo

a) ‹bebida› to cool;

‹ambiente› to make … fresher o cooler

b) ‹conocimientos› to brush up (on)

refrescar v impers to turn cooler
refrescar
I verbo transitivo
1 to refresh
(enfriar) to cool
2 familiar (la memoria, los conocimientos) to refresh, brush up (on)
II vi (el tiempo) to get cooler
'refrescar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
gaznate
English:
jog
- nudge
- refresh
- sweeten
- freshen

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refrescar

♦ vt

1. [enfriar] to refresh;

[bebidas] to chill

2. [conocimientos] to brush up;

refrescar la memoria a alguien to refresh sb's memory

3. Informát to refresh

♦ vi

[bebida] to be refreshing

♦ v impersonal

esta noche refrescará it will get cooler tonight

♦ See also the pronominal verb refrescarse

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refrescar

I v/t

1 tb fig

refresh

2 conocimientos brush up

II v/i cool down

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refrescar {72} vt

1) : to refresh, to cool

2) : to brush up (on)

3)

refrescar la memoria : to refresh one's memory

refrescar vi

: to turn cooler

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refrescar vb

1. (enfriar) to cool / to chill

las bebidas se ponen a refrescar en la nevera we put the drinks to chill in the fridge

2. (descender la temperatura) to get cooler

a mediados de septiembre ya empieza a refrescar it begins to get cooler by the middle of September

refrescar la memoria to refresh your memory