redecorate

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

English decorate

English redecorate

From re- + decorate.

Verb

redecorate (third-person singular simple present redecorates, present participle redecorating, simple past and past participle redecorated)

1. (transitive) To change the appearance of a place by altering the decor.
   • 1980, Paul Schrader, American Gigolo, spoken by Sunday (Hector Elizondo):

     Yeah, she said you had been helping her redecorate, that you had been to Parke Bernet, picking out a bureau.

2. (transitive) To refurbish.

Derived terms

• redecorator

Spanish

Verb

redecorate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of redecorar combined with te