прихорашиваться

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Russian

Etymology

прихора́шивать (prixorášivatʹ) +‎ -ся (-sja), ultimately from хоро́ший (xoróšij)

Pronunciation

Verb

прихора́шиваться (prixorášivatʹsjaimpf (perfective прихороши́ться)

  1. (colloquial) to smarten oneself up, to preen (to make oneself look pretty or handsome)
    • 1916, В. В. Брусянин, Одинокий Григорий:
      А он всё прихора́шивался: то сни́мет шля́пу и начнёт пригла́живать седы́е во́лосы, то попра́вит на руба́хе га́лстук, то одёрнет по́лы но́вого пиджака́.
      A on vsjo prixorášivalsja: to snímet šljápu i načnjót prigláživatʹ sedýje vólosy, to poprávit na rubáxe gálstuk, to odjórnet póly nóvovo pidžaká.
      And he kept preening: either taking off his hat and smoothing his grey hair, or adjusting the tie over his shirt, or pulling at the flaps of his new suit jacket.
  2. passive of прихороши́ть (prixorošítʹ)

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