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ROBINDESBOIS
November 07, 2009, 02:14 AM
adornar una historia etc.. means to use lost of adjectives etc... Can you say in English to ornate your story ?

Perikles
November 07, 2009, 02:38 AM
adornar una historia etc.. means to use lost of adjectives etc... Can you say in English to ornate your story ?ornate is not a verb. How about decorate? Or even adorn? :whistling:

EmpanadaRica
November 07, 2009, 05:19 AM
Hehe..:D

Maybe to 'fluff up a story'??

'To embellish a story' or ' To spruce up a story' ..Something like this? :)


Main Entry:embellish
Part of Speech:verb
Definition:make beautiful; decorate
Synonyms:

add bells and whistles, adorn (http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/adorn), amplify (http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/amplify), array (http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/array), beautify (http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/beautify), bedeck, color (http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/color), deck, dress up, elaborate (http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/elaborate), emblaze, embroider, enhance (http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/enhance), enrich (http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/enrich), exaggerate (http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/exaggerate), festoon, fix up, fudge, garnish, gild, give details, grace (http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/grace), gussy up, magnify (http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/magnify), ornament (http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/ornament), overstate, spiff up, spruce up, trim (http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/trim)

Antonyms:

deface, disfigure, mar (http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/mar), simplify (http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/simplify), spoil (http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/spoil), uglify

Main Entry:adorn
Part of Speech:verb
Definition:decorate
Synonyms:

array, beautify, bedeck, deck, doll up, dress up, embellish (http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/embellish), enhance, enrich, fix up, furbish, garnish, grace, gussy up, ornament, spruce up, trim

Antonyms:

damage (http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/damage), deform, hurt (http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/hurt), leave plain, mar

irmamar
November 07, 2009, 06:20 AM
I'd like to know this web page, please :D

EmpanadaRica
November 07, 2009, 06:28 AM
I'd like to know this web page, please :D


Por supuesto, anda-con-perra.. :D

http://thesaurus.reference.com/

irmamar
November 07, 2009, 06:37 AM
Thanks, gambita :kiss: :rose: