English translation of ""ir de fresca"" - "For being made up like a hussy"

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140 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Spanish > English
Subject:	General
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	"ir de fresca"
Context:	Solía maquillarse los domingos, para ir a misa y su tía la reñía por "ir de fresca". Aunque detestaba ir allí.

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140 months ago

trilinguallady wrote:

Solía made herself up on Sundays to go out with her aunt who was pulling her out the house for a countryside jaunt. Although she hated going there.

My comment:

Remember there was a time when persons living in the cities would escape the hectic life to the serenity of the countryside to regain their composure and their sanity?

140 months ago

trilinguallady wrote:

For being made up like a hussy

My comment:

Perhaps the word hussy is too old-fashioned for the context, but the fact her aunt denies her shows strong disapproval.

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

140 months ago

wrote:

other possibility: for playing the hussy

140 months ago

wrote:

I mean her aunt would scold her for playing the hussy (I was mistakingly thinking of the French verb"renier")