adecentar

v.

1 to tidy up.

2 to make decent, to make presentable.

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adecentar

► verbo transitivo

1 to tidy (up), clean (up)

► verbo pronominal adecentarse

1 (uso reflexivo) to tidy oneself up

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1.

VT to tidy up

2.

See:

adecentarse

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verbo transitivo <habitación> to tidy up

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= spruce up, manicure, smarten up, smarten.

Ex. The city itself has also been spruced up for the centenary, with in particular a thorough refurbishment of the city's main street = A la propia ciudad se le ha dado un lavado de cara para el centenario, especialmente con una completa remodelación de la avenida principal.

Ex. Army officials would often manicure locations before journalists would enter and so it took far too long for anyone to start being critical of the war.

Ex. Smarten up your kitchen with this handy wooden kitchen roll holder.

Ex. Whereas a couple of generations ago an antique chair might have been smartened by the addition of yet another coat of paint, now those same layers of paint are being removed.

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verbo transitivo <habitación> to tidy up

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= spruce up, manicure, smarten up, smarten.

Ex: The city itself has also been spruced up for the centenary, with in particular a thorough refurbishment of the city's main street = A la propia ciudad se le ha dado un lavado de cara para el centenario, especialmente con una completa remodelación de la avenida principal.

Ex: Army officials would often manicure locations before journalists would enter and so it took far too long for anyone to start being critical of the war.

Ex: Smarten up your kitchen with this handy wooden kitchen roll holder.

Ex: Whereas a couple of generations ago an antique chair might have been smartened by the addition of yet another coat of paint, now those same layers of paint are being removed.

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adecentar [A1 ]

vt

‹habitación› to straighten up, tidy up

una reforma que pretende adecentar este sistema corrupto a reform aimed at cleaning up this corrupt system

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adecentar (conjugate adecentar) verbo transitivo ‹habitación› to tidy up
adecentar verbo transitivo to tidy (up), clean (up)

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adecentar

♦ vt

to tidy up;

van a adecentar la fachada del edificio they're going to give the building a facelift

♦ See also the pronominal verb adecentarse

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adecentar

v/t straighten up, tidy up

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adecentar vt

: to tidy up