Meanings (ES + gloss)
acicalar • alcorzar • aluciar • lustrar • polir • pulimentar • pulir
To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
He polished up the chrome until it gleamed.
acicalar • aluciar • polir • pulir
To refine; remove imperfections from.
Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
The band has polished its performance since the last concert.
betunar • embetunar • lustrar
To apply shoe polish to shoes.
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