відретушувати

Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From від- (vid-) +‎ ретушува́ти (retušuváty). Compare Belarusian адрэтушава́ць (adretušavácʹ), Russian отретуши́ровать (otretušírovatʹ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʋʲidretʊʃʊˈʋate]
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Verb

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відретушува́ти (vidretušuvátypf (imperfective відретушо́вувати) (transitive)

  1. (literally) to retouch, to touch up (to improve something, especially a photograph, by adding or correcting details, or by removing flaws)
  2. (figuratively) to embellish, to touch up (to make something look better or more acceptable than it is in reality)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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