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Old November 07, 2009, 03:14 AM
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adornar una historia etc.. means to use lost of adjectives etc... Can you say in English to ornate your story ?
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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?
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Hehe..

Maybe to 'fluff up a story'??

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

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

add bells and whistles, adorn, amplify, array, beautify, bedeck, color, deck, dress up, elaborate, emblaze, embroider, enhance, enrich, exaggerate, festoon, fix up, fudge, garnish, gild, give details, grace, gussy up, magnify, ornament, overstate, spiff up, spruce up, trim

Antonyms:

deface, disfigure, mar, simplify, spoil, uglify

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

array, beautify, bedeck, deck, doll up, dress up, embellish, enhance, enrich, fix up, furbish, garnish, grace, gussy up, ornament, spruce up, trim

Antonyms:

damage, deform, hurt, leave plain, mar
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Por supuesto, anda-con-perra..

http://thesaurus.reference.com/
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