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Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary © 2009 Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori spa e Oxford University Press:
1. polish / ˈpɒlɪʃ/ n.
  1. (for floor, car, wood) cera f.;
    (for shoes) lucido m.;
    (for brass, silver) lucidante m.
  1. (action) to give sth. a ~ (dust) dare una spolverata a qcs.;
    (put polish on) dare la cera o una lucidata a qcs.
  1. (shiny quality) lucentezza f., brillantezza f.
  1. fig. (of manner, performance, person) eleganza f.
2. polish / ˈpɒlɪʃ/
  1. tr.
    1. lucidare [shoes, floor, furniture, car, silver];
      levigare [stone];
      pulire [glasses]
    1. fig. (refine) perfezionare [performance, image];
      affinare [style]
  1. intr. raffinarsi.

Phrasal verbs:
polish off colloq. ~ off [sth.], ~ [sth.] off
  1. (eat) spazzolare, fare fuori [food];
    sbrigare [job]
  1. (see off) sbarazzarsi di, liquidare [opponent, team];
    (beat or kill) fare fuori [rival].
 polish up: ~ up [sth.], ~ [sth.] up
  1. lucidare [car, glass, silver, wood, floor]
  1. colloq. (perfect) perfezionare [French, pianoplaying, sporting skill];
    to ~ up one’s act migliorare.


Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary © 2009 Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori spa e Oxford University Press:
Polish / ˈpəʊlɪʃ/ See lexical note→ 18, 14
  1. agg. polacco
  1. n.
    1. (people) the ~ + verbo pl. i polacchi
    1. (language) polacco m.


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polish: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012

polish (substance used to polish) di scarpelucido nm
polish (to refine)raffinare v
polish (refinement)raffinatezza nf
polish (to make shiny) scarpelucidare v
polishsgrossare v
polishpulire⇒ vtr
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Polish: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012

Polish (geogr.: language)polacco nm
Polish (geogr.: rel. to Poland)polacco adj
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polish: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012

Compound Forms/Forme composte
brass polishn (wax product for shining brass)pulitore per ottone nm
floor polishlucidatura del pavimento
French polishvernice a spirito a base di gommalacca
furniture polishn (product used to shine wooden furniture)lucidante per mobili nm
Modern furniture polishes contain silicon, and should not be used on antique furniture.
nail polishn (cosmetics: lacquer for nails)smalto, smalto per unghie nm
My sister has at least ten different colors of nail polish.
nail polish removern (solvent for removing nail varnish)acetone nm
polish metallucidare un metallo vtr
polish offvtr informal, figurative (finish, consume) colloquialefare fuori
 sparecchiare⇒ vtr
He polished off the whole cake without offering a slice to anyone else.
polish offvtr (dispose of, completely kill)eliminare⇒ vtr
polish upvtr literal (clean to a shine)lucidare⇒ vtr
I will polish up my car's headlights so they look sleek.
polish upvtr figurative (improve) colloquialedare una ripulita
 rifinire⇒ vtr
He handed his essay to the teacher for him to polish it up.
shoe polishn (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.
silver polishlucidante per argento
spit and polishpulizia profonda, pulizia di fino
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apply your favorite nail polish or artificial nails.
Polish the Apple
To spit-polish an excuse
visual polish
You can’t polish a turd.

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