ponerle queso

1.
SpainLatin Americaneutralcolloquial
- Literal: To put cheese on or add cheese to a food item.
2.
SpainLatin AmericaUnited States (Spanish speakers)colloquialinformalfigurative
- Figurative: To embellish, enhance, or make something seem more appealing or attractive, often superficially.

Examples:

ES: Puedes ponerle queso
EN: You can get cheese on it
ES: Podré ponerle queso crema a la ropa interior y comerla.
EN: Maybe I can put the cream cheese on the underwear and eat it.
ES: "tengo que ponerle queso extra a mi Whooper!"
EN: I guess she's like: "I gotta get some extra cheese on my waffles (? )!"
ES: Y dije específicamente: "Sin queso feta" ¿Por qué tienen que ponerle queso feta?
EN: And I specifically said, "No feta cheese." Do they have to put feta cheese in?
ES: ¿No puedo ponerle queso derretido a algo y ya?
EN: Well, can't I just melt some cheese on somethin' for ya?
ES: No, no, no tienes que ponerle queso a nada.
EN: No, no, no need to spray cheese on anything.
ES: Me gusta ponerle queso fundido a mis papas fritas.
EN: What I like to put on my fries is melted cheese.
ES: - Puedo ponerle queso.
EN: - I can put cheese on it.
ES: Iba a ponerle queso.
EN: I was gonna put cheese on it.
ES: No olvides ponerle queso al burrito.
EN: Don't forget to put cheese on that burrito.
ES: Yo debería. No quiero ponerle queso.
EN: I don't want to get cheese on it.
ES: Deberías ponerle queso.
EN: You should put cheese on it.