make oneself at home

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Verb

make oneself at home (third-person singular simple present makes oneself at home, present participle making oneself at home, simple past and past participle made oneself at home)

1. (idiomatic) To make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home.
   • 2007, Jill Alison Ganon, Sandy Gillis, At Home: Pasadena:

     If you were lucky as a child, you were fêted in households other than your own, encouraged to relax, kick back and make yourself at home.

Translations

make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 別客氣／别客气 (bié kèqi)

• Danish: føle sig som hjemme
• Finnish: olla kuin kotonaan (fi)
• French: faire comme chez soi (fr), se mettre à l’aise (fr)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: otthon érzi magát
• Japanese: くつろぐ (ja) (kutsurogu), ごゆっくりする (ja) (go-yukkuri suru) (of 2nd or 3rd person)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: føle seg som hjemme

• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: czuć się jak u siebie w domu (pl) impf, poczuć się jak u siebie w domu pf
• Portuguese: sentir-se em casa, ficar à vontade
• Russian: чу́вствовать себя́ как до́ма (ru) impf (čúvstvovatʹ sebjá kak dóma)
• Spanish: estar en (su) casa, estar como en (su) casa, ponerse cómodo
• Swedish: känna sig som hemma
• Ukrainian: гоститися (hostytysja)