Mar 24, 2001 05:41
23 yrs ago
English term

schminkte

Non-PRO English to German Other
Sie schminkt sich

She puts makeup on her face

Sie schminkte sich

She did her makeup?

Proposed translations

35 mins

did her makeup

you are right
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43 mins

put on lipstick, rouge, eye makeup, painted one's face, did one', put one's makeup on

It depends on the context:

Past Simple form:

1. She put on her lipstick
2. She put on her rouge
3. She put on her eye makeup
4. She painted her face (perhaps in a theatre)
5. She did her make up
6. She put her makeup on

"And I can remember watching her put her makeup on"
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1 hr

She put her makeup on.

That's what I do myself :-).
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8 hrs

she is applying her makeup

my suggestion...
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13 days

she is doing herself up

this is very colloquial

more formal translations would again be

she is putting on her make up
she is applying her make up
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