spruce up

abbellire, rinnovare

Rendere qualcosa più bello pulendolo, decorandolo o facendo piccoli cambiamenti.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: spruce something up (We spruced the kitchen up with new paint.)

Sinonimi: freshen up, smarten up, improve

Espressioni comuni: spruce up something, spruce up a room, spruce something up

agghindarsi, mettere in ordine

Rendere sé stessi o un’altra persona più ordinati e curati, soprattutto sistemando vestiti o capelli.

In inglese semplice: 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?

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

Sinonimi: smarten up, tidy up

Espressioni comuni: spruce up someone, spruce oneself up, spruce up for something