brightening in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for brightening in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.brighten [Am ˈbraɪtn, Brit ˈbrʌɪt(ə)n] VB intr

1. brighten (become brighter):

brighten light:

hacerse más brillante

brighten light:

hacerse más fuerte

her eyes brightened

se le iluminaron los ojos

2. brighten (become cheerful, hopeful):

brighten person:

animarse

brighten person:

alegrarse

brighten situation/prospects:

mejorar

brighten mood/view:

volverse más optimista

it brightened up in the afternoon

por la tarde salió el sol or aclaró

her face brightened

se le iluminó la cara

II.brighten [Am ˈbraɪtn, Brit ˈbrʌɪt(ə)n] VB trans

1. brighten (make brighter):

brighten

iluminar

2. brighten (make more colorful, cheerful):

brighten room

alegrar

brighten occasion/party

animar

I.brighten up VB [Am ˈbraɪtn -, Brit ˈbrʌɪt(ə)n -] (v + adv) (become cheerful, hopeful)

brighten up person:

animarse

brighten up person:

alegrarse

brighten up situation/prospects:

mejorar

brighten up mood/view:

volverse más optimista

her face brightened up

se le iluminó la cara

II.brighten up VB [Am ˈbraɪtn -, Brit ˈbrʌɪt(ə)n -] (v + adv + o, v + o + adv) (make more colorful, cheerful)

brighten up room

alegrar

brighten up occasion/party

animar

Translations for brightening in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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endulzar

to brighten up

animar

to brighten up

las luces y los adornos animan las calles en Navidad

lights and decorations brighten up the streets at Christmas

para darle más ambiente a la cosa colgaron unas cuantas serpentinas

they hung up a few streamers to liven up o brighten up the place

unas flores alegrarían la habitación

some flowers would brighten up the room

unas cortinas amarillas le darían vida a la habitación

yellow curtains would liven up o brighten up the room

brightening in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for brightening in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.brighten (up) [ˈbraɪtən(ˈʌp)] VB trans

1. brighten (up) (make brighter):

brighten (up)

iluminar

2. brighten (up) (become cheerful):

brighten (up)

alegrar

brighten (up)

animar

II.brighten (up) [ˈbraɪtən(ˈʌp)] VB intr

1. brighten (up) (become brighter):

brighten (up)

hacerse más brillante

brighten (up) weather

mejorar

2. brighten (up) (become cheerful):

brighten (up)

animarse

brighten (up)

alegrarse

brighten (up) eyes, face

iluminarse

3. brighten (up) (become more promising):

brighten (up)

mejorar

Translations for brightening in the Spanish»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

está aclarando

it's brightening up

avivar (color, luz)

to brighten

clarear

to brighten

animar (habitación)

to brighten up

alegrar

to brighten up

abrir

to brighten up

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The combination of the rays leads to interference, brightening or darkening the image at that point according to the optical path difference.

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It is a place whose very name is typical of brightening prospects.

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Banding noise, similar to shadow noise, can be introduced through brightening shadows or through color-balance processing.

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The effects of this modification on the cloud radiative balance operate in different manner from that of the marine stratocumulus cloud brightening scheme.

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Baking soda works as a fine-grained exfoliant, and might have antiseptic and brightening qualities.

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A supernova can briefly emit as much energy as an entire galaxy, brightening by more than 20 magnitudes (over one hundred million times brighter).

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The brightening occurs because barium sulfate is in the form of a fine precipitate that scatters light back through the silver image layer.

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It appears that the jets are sometimes impacting material shortly after being created and thus brightening.

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Also, the paper used for printing money does not contain any of the brightening agents which make commercially available papers fluoresce under black light.

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One operation that one may want to support is brightening the image by multiplying every pixel by a constant.

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