dress up

s'habiller élégamment

Mettre des vêtements plus élégants ou plus habillés que d’habitude.

En anglais simple : To wear smarter or more special clothes than usual.

• We like to dress up.
• He dressed up for their anniversary dinner.
• Do I need to dress up tonight?

Comment l'utiliser : dress up for something (We dressed up for the wedding.)

Synonymes : dress smartly

Contraires : dress down

Expressions courantes : dress up smartly, dress up for dinner

se déguiser

Porter des vêtements qui donnent l’apparence d’un personnage ou d’une autre personne.

En anglais simple : To wear clothes that make you look like a character or another person.

• I want to dress up as a pirate.
• The children dressed up as animals.
• Who are you dressing up as this year?

Comment l'utiliser : dress up as someone/something (She dressed up as a witch.)

Synonymes : wear a costume

Expressions courantes : dress up as someone, dress up as pirates

déguiser

Habiller quelqu’un pour lui donner l’apparence d’un personnage ou d’une autre personne.

En anglais simple : To put clothes on someone so they look like a character or another person.

• We dressed up the baby as a bear.
• She dressed her dog up as a superhero.
• Who dressed you up as a clown?

Comment l'utiliser : dress someone up as someone/something (They dressed their son up as a king.)

Synonymes : put a costume on

Expressions courantes : dress up someone, dress up the baby

enjoliver

Présenter ou décrire quelque chose de façon à le faire paraître meilleur qu’en réalité.

En anglais simple : To describe or present something so it seems better than it really is.

• They dressed up a weak proposal.
• The report dresses up failure as progress.
• You cannot dress it up as a success.

Comment l'utiliser : dress something up as something (They dressed the cuts up as a new opportunity.)

Synonymes : put a positive spin on, sugarcoat

Expressions courantes : dress up something, dress up a failure

décorer, embellir

Ajouter de jolis détails à quelque chose pour le rendre plus beau.

En anglais simple : To add attractive details to something to improve how it looks.

• Flowers can dress up a plain table.
• They dressed up the entrance with coloured lights.
• Try dressing it up with a bright ribbon.

Comment l'utiliser : dress something up with something (We dressed the table up with fresh flowers.)

Synonymes : decorate, brighten up

Expressions courantes : dress up something, dress up a room