| Principal Translations |
| 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. |