dress up

dress up
(to put on special clothes, eg fancy dress: He dressed up as a clown for the party.) disfrazarse
dress up vb
1. disfrazarse
he dressed up as a pirate se disfrazó de pirata
2. ponerse elegante
they dressed up for the party se pusieron elegantes para la fiesta
dress up
v.
• adecentar v.
• ataviar v.
• empaquetar v.
• engalanar v.
• ponerse elegante expr.
• prender v.
• pulir v.
• repulir v.
1) v + adv
a) (dress smartly) ponerse* elegante

all dressed up and no place o (BrE) nowhere to go — compuesta y sin novio

b) (in fancy dress) disfrazarse*

to dress up as something — disfrazarse* de algo

2) v + o + adv, v + adv + o \<\<idea/plan\>\> disfrazar*

criticism dressed up as advice — críticas disfrazadas de consejos

1.
VI + ADV (in smart clothes) ponerse elegante; (formally) vestirse de etiqueta; (in fancy dress) disfrazarse
2. VT + ADV
1) (in smart clothes) poner elegante; (in fancy dress) disfrazar

you're all dressed up, are you going somewhere? — vas muy elegante, ¿es que vas a algún sitio?

to dress sb up as sth — disfrazar or vestir a algn de algo

nine 2.
2) (=improve appearance of) [+ facts, events] disfrazar

it was a pile of scrap metal dressed up as art — era un montón de chatarra disfrazado de arte

they dressed the setback up as a triumph — hicieron creer que el revés había sido en realidad un triunfo

* * *
1) v + adv
a) (dress smartly) ponerse* elegante

all dressed up and no place o (BrE) nowhere to go — compuesta y sin novio

b) (in fancy dress) disfrazarse*

to dress up as something — disfrazarse* de algo

2) v + o + adv, v + adv + o \<\<idea/plan\>\> disfrazar*

criticism dressed up as advice — críticas disfrazadas de consejos


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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