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touch up
Language:
Meanings:
1.
US
UK
Australia
International (English)
informal
neutral
To apply a small amount of makeup or cosmetic product in order to freshen or restore one's appearance.
To make a minor cosmetic alteration or retouch to hair, such as covering or blending gray.
2.
US
UK
International (English)
neutral
informal
To make minor repairs, corrections, or improvements to a text, image, object, or surface; to retouch or spruce up.
3.
US
UK
International (English)
informal
colloquial
slang
derogatory
To touch someone in a sexual or intimate way, often implying fondling or groping; sometimes used for unwelcome sexual contact.
4.
US
UK
International (English)
neutral
informal
To make light physical contact or press gently against (often used with a preposition such as 'against').
Examples:
EN:
Darling, I just want to touch up my lips.
ES:
Querido, sólo quiero retocar mis labios.
EN:
He's too old. He needed a "touch up"!
ES:
Si tu perro está reviejo, ya necesitaba una pintada.
EN:
Listen, go touch up a little bit.
ES:
Escuche, vaya a retocarse un poco.
EN:
Ethel used to go out to his place all the time and touch up his hair where it gets gray.
ES:
Sí.
EN:
With some luck we'll be in touch up to the night of the 14th.
ES:
-Lo es. Podremos seguir en contacto hasta el 14.
EN:
I think you'd better touch up the gray a little bit.
ES:
- Retócate las canas.
EN:
Well,just touch up one of these old obituaries... you wrote the times he was reported killed before.
ES:
Arregle una de las que redactó cuando le dieron por muerto antes.
EN:
I'll just touch up my hair.
ES:
Voy a arreglarme el pelo.
EN:
I want to touch up her rear end.
ES:
Quería arreglarle un poquito las piernas.
EN:
Mamacita, touch up.
ES:
Mamacita, retoque.
EN:
Perhaps he has friends that like to touch up their lip-stick?
ES:
Tal vez él tiene amigas que lo usan para retocarse con el lápiz labial?
EN:
Still supple, beautiful tones, just need a touch up here and there.
ES:
Bello, flexible, sólo necesita unos retoques.
EN:
See, we'd never slept together before... and her breasts would touch up against me.
ES:
Nunca habíamos dormido juntas antes... y sus pechos me rozaban.
EN:
He recommended that the old boss touch up his tattoos.
ES:
Y otro hombre tuvo la idea de que le matara mientras era tatuado...
EN:
Go touch up your sister!
ES:
¡Ve a tocar a tu hermana!
EN:
Darling, I just want to touch up my lips.
ES:
Querido, sólo quiero retocar mis labios.
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