upholster

[US]/ʌp'həʊlstə/
[UK]/ʌp'holstɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. decorar; arranjar com (tapetes, móveis, etc.); colocar almofadas em (sofás, etc.)
Word Forms
Particípio passadoupholstered
Passado simplesupholstered
Gerúndioupholstering
Pluralupholsters
Terceira pessoa do singularupholsters

Phrases & Collocations

reupholster furniture

reupholster móveis

upholster a chair

estofar uma cadeira

upholster a sofa

estofar um sofá

Example Sentences

a sofa upholstered in chintz.

um sofá estofado em chintz.

upholstered in nubby blue cotton.

revestido em algodão azul texturizado.

The young couple plan to upholster their bedroom with velvet.

O jovem casal planeja revestir seu quarto com veludo.

the low upholstered chair was one of the room's few comforts.

A cadeira baixa e estofada era um dos poucos confortos do quarto.

the room was furnished in slightly tatty upholstered furniture.

o quarto era mobiliado com móveis estofados ligeiramente desgastados.

the chairs were upholstered in red velvet.

As cadeiras eram revestidas com veludo vermelho.

Kartell usually specialise in moulded plastic furniture but this sofa consists of two upholstered oblong blocks resembling choc ices, and very little else.

A Kartell geralmente se especializa em móveis de plástico moldado, mas este sofá consiste em dois blocos alongados estofados que se assemelham a sorvetes de chocolate, e pouco mais.

These mail-wagons were two-wheeled cabriolets, upholstered inside with fawn-colored leather, hung on springs, and having but two seats, one for the postboy, the other for the traveller.

Estas carruagens de correio eram cabriolets de duas rodas, revestidas por dentro com couro bege, suspensas em molas e tendo apenas dois assentos, um para o cocheiro e outro para o viajante.

Real-world Examples

The interior was upholstered in quilted gray chenille.

O interior era revestido com chenille cinza acolchoado.

Source: Goodbye, My Love (Part 2)

He was in a salon upholstered in red velvet with large pieces of gold lace.

Ele estava em um salão revestido de veludo vermelho com grandes peças de renda dourada.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Three)

A small armchair, upholstered in beige fabric, sat in the corner, its sagging seat testament to previous exhausted occupants.

Uma pequena poltrona, revestida de tecido bege, estava no canto, seu assento escorregado testemunhando ocupantes exaustos anteriores.

Source: Still Me (Me Before You #3)

These furnishings followed the contours of the room, their lower parts leading to huge couches upholstered in maroon leather and curved for maximum comfort.

Esses móveis seguiam os contornos do quarto, suas partes inferiores levando a enormes sofás revestidos de couro bordô e curvados para o máximo conforto.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

We went past her into a rather narrow room with several handsome oval mirrors and gray period furniture upholstered in blue damask.

Passamos por ela para um quarto relativamente estreito com vários espelhos ovais bonitos e móveis cinzas de época revestidos em damasco azul.

Source: The Woman at the Bottom of the Lake (Part 2)

A stout woman upholstered in velvet, her flabby cheeks too much massaged, swirled by with her poodle straining at its leash—the effect being given of a tug bringing in an ocean liner.

Uma mulher corpulenta revestida de veludo, com as bochechas flácidas excessivamente massageadas, passou por ali com seu poodle puxando a coleira - o efeito sendo dado de uma puxada trazendo um navio de passageiros.

Source: Beauty and Destruction (Part 1)

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