Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
bespoilern
English translation:
enhance
Added to glossary by
Astrid Elke Witte
Aug 12, 2009 23:16
14 yrs ago
German term
Change log
Aug 16, 2009 14:39: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary" , "Field (specific)" from "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" to "Music"
Aug 20, 2009 13:46: Kphred Created KOG entry
Aug 23, 2009 14:31: Astrid Elke Witte changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1005863">Kphred's</a> old entry - "bespoilern"" to ""enhances""
Proposed translations
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enhances
Just another choice...
Note from asker:
| Actually, I went for 'embellishes' at the end of the day, but thanks to Kphred and Dr Lofthouse |
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blings up
Yuk!
'Bespoilern' is obviously slang.
But if 'R' means Ravi Shankar (who apparently provided inspiration for the sitar part on the original recording [URL]) then I would possible say decorates/contributes/adds to or - if we must - 'tarts up'.
Readership?
'Bespoilern' is obviously slang.
But if 'R' means Ravi Shankar (who apparently provided inspiration for the sitar part on the original recording [URL]) then I would possible say decorates/contributes/adds to or - if we must - 'tarts up'.
Readership?
Reference:
6 hrs
pimps up
If you want to keep the car customising theme, this is what you do to your 'ride', eg:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070730224708AA...
Bernhard has already mentioned 'embellish', which wouldn't be bad if you didn't want to keep the slang element.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070730224708AA...
Bernhard has already mentioned 'embellish', which wouldn't be bad if you didn't want to keep the slang element.
1 hr
Bernhard Sulzer
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fancify
like the spoiler fancifies my car
or:
embellish
prettify
http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/FANCIFY
Verb: fancify
1. Make more beautiful
- beautify, embellish, prettify
Derived forms: fancifying, fancifies, fancified
Type of: ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate
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Note added at 7 days (2009-08-20 19:31:46 GMT) Post-grading
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you went for embellish? mmh
or:
embellish
prettify
http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/FANCIFY
Verb: fancify
1. Make more beautiful
- beautify, embellish, prettify
Derived forms: fancifying, fancifies, fancified
Type of: ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate
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Note added at 7 days (2009-08-20 19:31:46 GMT) Post-grading
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you went for embellish? mmh
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