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Inglés		Español
brush up vi phrasal	informal, figurative (revise, refresh knowledge)	repasar⇒ vtr
		hacer un repaso loc verb
	My spoken French is quite good, but I would like to brush up a bit.
	Mi francés es bueno, pero me gustaría repasar un poco.
		refrescar la memoria loc verb
	Mi francés es bueno, pero me gustaría refrescar la memoria un poco.
brush up [sth], brush [sth] up vtr phrasal sep	informal, figurative (refresh knowledge, skill) (AR, coloquial, figurado)	aceitar⇒ vtr
		refrescar⇒ vtr
		repasar⇒ vtr
	Gary wants to brush up his Spanish before going to Madrid.
	Gary quiere aceitar su español antes de ir a Madrid.
brush up on [sth] vtr phrasal insep	informal (refresh knowledge of [sth])	repasar⇒ vtr
	Janice joined the course to brush up on her maths skills.
	Janice se anotó en el curso para repasar sus conocimientos de matemáticas.
brush up [sth], brush [sth] up vtr	(improve [sth]'s appearance)	mejorar⇒ vtr
	(figurado)	retocar⇒ vtr
	(AmS, figurado, coloquial)	pintar⇒, dibujar⇒ vtr
	Shaun took advantage of the time he spent unemployed by brushing up his CV.
	Shaun aprovechó el tiempo que estuvo desempleado mejorando su CV.
	Shaun aprovechó el tiempo que estuvo desempleado retocando su CV.
brushup (US), brush-up (UK) n	(refreshing or renewing) (figurado)	pulido nm
	(figurado)	refrescada nf
	I think my Italian is in need of a brush-up before we go to Florence.
	Creo que mi italiano necesita un pulido antes de ir a Florencia.
brushup n	US (minor repair)	arreglo nm
		reparación nf
	The curator gave the collection a final brushup before putting it on display.
	El curador hizo un último arreglo a la colección antes de ponerla en la vitrina.
brush-up n	UK (cleaning or grooming) (estético)	retoque nm
		limpieza nf
	Tanya gave herself a quick brush-up before meeting the boss.
	Tanya se hizo un retoque rápido antes de reunirse con su jefe.
brushup (US), brush-up (UK) n as adj	(relating to rehearsals)	de repaso loc adj
	The cast gathered for a brushup rehearsal before the evening show.
	El elenco se juntó para un ensayo de repaso antes del espectáculo de la noche.

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Compound Forms: brush up \| ~~brush-up~~
Inglés		Español
brush up against [sth/sb] v expr	(touch) (sin intención)	rozar⇒ vtr
	I brushed up against him just as he was leaving.
	Lo rocé cuando estaba saliendo.

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desbastar

Synonyms: reread, look over, review, study, revise, more...

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