clean up

clean up
(to clean (a place) thoroughly: She cleaned (the room) up after they went home.) limpiar
clean up
v.
• adecentar v.
• atildar v.
1) v + o + adv, v + adv + o
a) (make clean) \<\<room/garden\>\> limpiar

I'll just clean myself up a bit — voy a arreglarme or lavarme un poco

b) (morally) limpiar
2) v + adv (make clean) limpiar

I'm tired of cleaning up after you — estoy harto de limpiar lo que tú ensucias

1. VT + ADV
1) [+ room, mess] limpiar, asear

to clean o.s. up — lavarse, ponerse decente

2) (fig) [+ city, television etc] limpiar, quitar lo indecente de; [+ act, play] suprimir los pasajes indecentes de
2. VI + ADV
1) (=tidy) limpiar

to clean up after a party — limpiar después de una fiesta

to clean up after sb — limpiar lo que ha dejado or ensuciado otro

2) * (=make profit) hacer mucho dinero (on con)

he cleaned up on that deal — hizo mucho dinero con ese negocio

* * *
1) v + o + adv, v + adv + o
a) (make clean) \<\<room/garden\>\> limpiar

I'll just clean myself up a bit — voy a arreglarme or lavarme un poco

b) (morally) limpiar
2) v + adv (make clean) limpiar

I'm tired of cleaning up after you — estoy harto de limpiar lo que tú ensucias


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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