smarten in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for smarten in the English»Spanish Dictionary

smarten [Am ˈsmɑrtn, Brit ˈsmɑːt(ə)n] VB trans

smarten → smarten up

See also smarten up

I.smarten up VB [Am ˈsmɑrtn -, Brit ˈsmɑːt(ə)n -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

smarten up house/town:

smarten up

arreglar

he's made an effort to smarten himself up

ha hecho un esfuerzo por arreglarse or adecentarse or mejorar su aspecto

he'll have to smarten his ideas up

va a tener que (d)espabilarse

II.smarten up VB [Am ˈsmɑrtn -, Brit ˈsmɑːt(ə)n -] (v + adv)

smarten up person:

smarten up

mejorar su aspecto

I.smarten up VB [Am ˈsmɑrtn -, Brit ˈsmɑːt(ə)n -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

smarten up house/town:

smarten up

arreglar

he's made an effort to smarten himself up

ha hecho un esfuerzo por arreglarse or adecentarse or mejorar su aspecto

he'll have to smarten his ideas up

va a tener que (d)espabilarse

II.smarten up VB [Am ˈsmɑrtn -, Brit ˈsmɑːt(ə)n -] (v + adv)

smarten up person:

smarten up

mejorar su aspecto

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

to smarten up one's act

enmendarse

Translations for smarten in the Spanish»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

asearse (arreglarse)

to smarten oneself up Brit

si no te pones abusado te van a quitar la novia

you're going to lose that girlfriend of yours if you don't get your act together o smarten your ideas up inf

dale una pulidita para que dé el gatazo

give it a bit of a polish to smarten it up a little Brit inf

smarten in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for smarten in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.smarten [ˈsmɑ:tn, Am ˈsmɑ:r-] VB trans

to smarten sth up

arreglar algo

II.smarten [ˈsmɑ:tn, Am ˈsmɑ:r-] VB intr

to smarten up

arreglarse

smarten Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to smarten sth up

arreglar algo

to smarten up

arreglarse

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

As well as to smarten up a bit.

pacific.scoop.co.nz

They're told to smarten up, sober up, devote themselves to good works for a year and a day, then report back.

news.nationalpost.com

Co-op (has to) smarten up and start listening to the growers.

www.castanet.net

Having the exterior of your home rendered can really smarten it up, even if it's just the front.

home.bt.com

Agencies have had to smarten their offering to compete with general-market agencies, working with them and against them simultaneously, as competitors and collaborators.

adage.com

In which case good for them; if we look bad by contrast then shame on us, we should smarten up.

kingsofwar.org.uk

Okay now if they can just figure out a way to smarten the lights up.

www.gizmag.com

Snap out of it, smarten up, stop feeling sorry for yourself, you are better than that, etcetera.

www.chroniclejournal.com

Bringing all these technologies into the built environment and smartening up our cities is going to be a rapidly evolving public sector.

www.scoop.co.nz

During this period the company consciously smartened up its public face.

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