preen

Significado (Inglês)

Noun

1. A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth.
2. (dialectal) A pin.
3. (dialectal) A bodkin; brooch.

Verb

To pin; fasten.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To groom; to trim or dress the feathers with the beak.
2. (intransitive, reflexive) To spend time making oneself attractive and admiring one's appearance, e.g. in front of a mirror.
3. (intransitive) To show off, posture, or smarm.
4. (transitive) To flatter.
5. (transitive) To comb; to make orderly.
6. (transitive) To trim up, as trees.
7. (broadly, transitive) To improve the appearance of; groom; prettify.

Conceitos

enfeitar-se

limpar-se

envaidecer-se

alisar as penas com o bico

limpar as penas

maquiar-se

Sinônimos

plume

dress

👗

congratulate

spruce

primp

get up

groom

prink

rake

reconcile

settle

smarten up

smooth out

smooth over

smarten oneself up

untwist

doll oneself up

doll up

rig out

spruce up

tog up

curry

🍛

currycomb

do up

dress up

Traduções

putzen

pavoneggiarsi

lisciarsi le penne

abillar-se

sich brüsten

καλλωπίζομαι

στολίζομαι

complimenter

féliciter

saluer

abbigliarsi

gladstrijken

ostentar

pavonearse

felicitarse

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/pɹiːn/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: pren

Herdado de inglês arcaico: prēon

Cognato com islandês: prjónn

Cognato com dinamarquês: pryne

Cognato com lituano: briaunà

Cognato com albanês: brez

Cognato com alemão: Pfriem

Herdado de inglês médio: prenen

Cognato com alemão: pfriemen

In summary

From Middle English pren, from Old English prēon, from Proto-Germanic *preunaz (compare Icelandic prjónn (“pin, knitting-needle”), Danish pryne (“needle, eel-spear”)), of uncertain origin, but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *brewn- (“protrusion, tip, edge”) (compare Lithuanian briaunà (“edge”), Albanian brez (“belt, girdle”)). Cognate with German Pfriem.
The verb is from Middle English prenen, from pren (“a preen”), akin to German pfriemen.