spruce up

embellecer, adecentar, renovar

Hacer que algo quede mejor limpiándolo, decorándolo o introduciendo pequeños cambios.

En inglés sencillo: Make something look better by cleaning, decorating, or making small changes.

• Let’s spruce up the garden.
• New cushions spruced up the old sofa.
• They are sprucing up the shop before it opens.

Cómo se usa: spruce something up (We spruced the kitchen up with new paint.)

Sinónimos: freshen up, smarten up, improve

Expresiones frecuentes: spruce up something, spruce up a room, spruce something up

arreglarse, acicalar

Mejorar el aspecto propio o ajeno, especialmente arreglando la ropa o el pelo.

En inglés sencillo: Make yourself or someone else look neat and attractive, especially by improving clothes or hair.

• I need to spruce myself up.
• He spruced up with a clean shirt and a haircut.
• Can you help spruce the children up for the photo?

Cómo se usa: spruce oneself up (He spruced himself up before the party.); spruce up for something (She spruced up for the wedding.)

Sinónimos: smarten up, tidy up

Expresiones frecuentes: spruce up someone, spruce oneself up, spruce up for something