Meaning of putsa | Babel Free
Definitioner
- to polish, to shine (make clean and shiny, usually by rubbing with a cloth (often along with a polishing or cleaning agent))
- to clean (sometimes more idiomatic in English)
- to groom (to make even)
- to trim
- to preen
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to polish (make (minor) improvements to) figuratively
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to improve especially, figuratively
- to plaster
Exempel
“putsa skor”
shine shoes
“Fönsterputsare putsar fönster”
Window cleaners clean windows
“Putsa glasögonen med en putsduk”
Clean the glasses with a cleaning cloth
“Aporna putsar varandras päls”
The monkeys groom each other's fur
“putsa skägget”
trim one's beard
“putsa en häck”
trim a hedge
“Svanen putsar fjädrarna med näbben”
The swan preens its feathers with its beak
“Jag ska bara putsa rapporten lite så publicerar vi den sen”
I'm just going to polish the report a bit and then we'll publish it
“Nisse har putsat sin skidteknik sedan förra säsongen”
Nisse has polished his skiing technique since last season
“putsa ett rekord”
improve a record
“putsa en vägg med puts”
plaster a wall with plaster
CEFR-nivå
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.