retocar — meaning in English

English meaning

• flatter verb To praise someone, often more than they deserve, in order to please them or win favour.
• tinge noun A small trace of colour, or by extension, of any quality.
• tweak verb To make a small adjustment to something in order to improve it.

Senses

retocar is used for these senses in English:

• flatter To portray someone to advantage.
• soup up (informal, transitive) To modify the engine of (a motor vehicle) to give a higher performance than the specifications.
• tinge (transitive) To add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing.
• touch up (idiomatic, transitive) To make slight corrections or adjustments to; to fill in or perfect.
• tweak (transitive) To tease, to annoy; to get under the skin of (someone, typically so as to irritate them, or by extension to enamor, frighten, etc).

flatter — full definition

1. verb To praise someone, often more than they deserve, in order to please them or win favour.
2. verb To make someone or something look better than usual.

tinge — full definition

1. noun A small trace of colour, or by extension, of any quality.
2. verb To add a slight trace of colour or quality to something.

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