| Principal Translations |
| groom⇒ vi | (animal: clean its hair) | lamerse⇒ v prnl |
| | | acicalarse⇒ v prnl |
| | My cat spends half his time grooming, and the other half sleeping. |
| | Mi gato se pasa la mitad del tiempo lamiéndose y la otra mitad durmiendo. |
| groom itself vtr + refl | (animal: clean its hair) | acicalarse⇒ v prnl |
| | The ape groomed itself. |
| | El simio se acicaló. |
| groom [sth]⇒ vtr | (clean an animal) | cepillar⇒ vtr |
| | | almohazar⇒ vtr |
| | The stable worker groomed the horse after her ride. |
| | El trabajador del establo cepilló al caballo después del viaje. |
| groom [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | (person: brush hair) | arreglar⇒ vtr |
| | | acicalar⇒ vtr |
| | While Fred groomed his beard, Jane got dressed. |
| | Mientras Fred se arreglaba la barba, Jane se vestía. |
| groom yourself vtr + refl | (person: make yourself neat) | arreglarse⇒ v prnl |
| | My brother spends hours grooming himself before a date. |
| | Mi hermano pasa horas arreglándose antes de una cita. |
| groom [sb]⇒ vtr | figurative (prepare: [sb] for [sth]) | preparar a vtr + prep |
| | The university groomed their top students to become rich and powerful. |
| | La universidad preparó a sus mejores estudiantes para ser ricos y poderosos. |
| groom [sb] for [sth] vtr + prep | figurative (prepare: [sb] for [sth]) | preparar a alguien para loc verb |
| | The manager groomed Jeff for the sales position. |
| | El director preparó a Jeff para el puesto de vendedor. |
| groom [sb] vtr | figurative (predator: sexually) | establecer vínculo emocional con un menor de edad para abusar de él loc verb |
| | The offender had been grooming children online. |
| | El delincuente había estado estableciendo vínculos emocionales en línea con menores de edad para abusar de ellos. |
| groom n | (bridegroom: man on his wedding day) (boda) | novio nm |
| | The groom stood at the front of the aisle, waiting for his bride. |
| | El novio se paró al final del altar, esperando a la novia. |