Compound Forms/Forme composte
polish | |
| Inglese | Italiano |
| brass polish n | (wax product for shining brass) | pulitore per ottone nm |
| car polish n | (product for shining car) | lucido per auto nm |
| French polish n | (furniture polish) | gommalacca nf |
| French polish [sth] vtr | (treat furniture with French polish) (trattamento dei mobili) | lucidare [qlcs] a tampone vtr |
| furniture polish n | (product: shines wood) | lucidante per mobili, lucido per mobili nm |
| Modern furniture polishes contain silicon, and should not be used on antique furniture. |
| I moderni lucidanti per mobili contengono silicone e non andrebbero usati su mobili antichi. |
nail polish,
UK: nail varnish n | (cosmetics: lacquer for nails) | smalto, smalto per unghie nm |
| My sister has at least ten different colors of nail polish. |
| Mia sorella ha come minimo dieci smalti di diversi colori. |
nail polish remover,
also UK: nail varnish remover n | (solvent for removing nail polish) | acetone, solvente per unghie nm |
| shoe polish n | (wax for making footwear shiny) | lucido da scarpe nm |
| My shoes are dirty and I don't have any shoe polish. |
| Ho le scarpe sporche e niente lucido da scarpe. |
| spit and polish n | informal (grooming) | impeccabile agg invar |
| tirato a lucido loc agg |
| perfetto agg |
| The young recruit was required to give his uniform a spit and polish daily. |
| Alla giovane recluta fu richiesto di presentarsi ogni giorno con una divisa impeccabile. |
