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to make yourself comfortable

to make yourself comfortable

31 3.1
Sit down and relax as if you are at home
  • phrasal verb
translation icon : ponerse cómodo
  • When I invited him to take tea with me, he made himself comfortable and told me about himself.
  • Please make yourself comfortable
  • Sit down and make yourself comfortable
  • Just make yourself comfortable

So please, make yourself comfortable, lie down on the couch and tell me about your mummy.

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Examples

  • Why don't we go inside and make ourselves comfortable?

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Go on up, make yourself comfortable while I check on the roast.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • And when you got that door open, you can go on in and make yourself comfortable at that point.

  • Oh, uh, uh, just, just make yourself comfortable.

    1242: Gateway to the West (2025)

  • Please, close the door, make yourself comfortable.

    Poolman (2024)

  • So you just... make yourself comfortable.

    Too Late Blues (1961)

  • No, really, make yourself comfortable.

    Fletch (1985)

  • Well, just make yourself comfortable.

    Working Girls (1987)

  • We might as well just sit here and make ourselves comfortable until the end.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • After a long day, she smiled and told her guests to make yourself comfortable on the couch.

Synonyms

to relax
vsto make yourself comfortable
∞ 1.0

To feel less nervous and more calm

focuses on settling in and acting at ease, not only lowering stress
to take it easy
vsto make yourself comfortable
  • Informal
572 2.5

Relax and avoid doing too much or worrying

invites settling in and acting comfortable rather than just avoiding effort
to feel at home
vsto make yourself comfortable
41 2.7

Be comfortable and relaxed as if in your own home

describes acting to settle in and appear relaxed, not just an internal feeling
to make yourself at home
vsto make yourself comfortable
34 3.0

Relax and act like you are at home

settles in and relaxes in many places, not only in someone else's house

How Comfortable

to put one's feet up
  • Informal
1 4.2
to make yourself comfortable
31 3.1
to relax
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

make yourself comfortable infinitive
made yourself comfortable past
made yourself comfortable past participle
making yourself comfortable present participle
makes yourself comfortable third person singular

Morphology

make + yourself + comfortable

The phrase is compositionally built from 'make' (cause) + 'yourself' (reflexive) + 'comfortable' (at ease), so its meaning 'cause oneself to be comfortable; settle in and relax' is directly derivable from the constituents. This is a common, literal construction (imperative causative + reflexive + adjective) found across languages and should be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows the component words.

Etymology

Make yourself comfortable comes from a host helping a guest to change the room or seat so the guest can rest, for example by offering a chair or a pillow. That's why make yourself comfortable means 'to settle in and relax'.