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to wallpaper the living room

to wallpaper the living room

3.5
To cover the living room walls with decorative paper
  • phrasal verb
translation icon : empapelar la sala
  • We finally decided to wallpaper the living room to give it a fresh look.

Examples

  • She plans to wallpaper the living room with a modern geometric pattern next weekend.

  • We decided to wallpaper the living room ourselves.

  • After moving in, they immediately set out to wallpaper the living room and replace the carpets.

  • Did you wallpaper the living room last weekend?

  • After moving in, they immediately set out to wallpaper the living room with a beautiful floral design.

  • To refresh the space, they decided to wallpaper the living room in a soft pastel color.

  • She plans to wallpaper the living room with bold stripes to create a more dynamic feel.

Synonyms

to wallpaper
vsto wallpaper the living room
6 3.4

To put decorative paper on room walls

applies only to the main sitting area rather than to rooms in general

Surface Forms

wallpaper the living room infinitive
wallpapered the living room past
wallpapered the living room past participle
wallpapering the living room present participle
wallpapers the living room third person singular

Morphology

wallpaper + the + living + room

The meaning 'to cover the walls of the living room with wallpaper' is directly and transparently derived from the verb 'wallpaper' (apply patterned paper to walls) applied to the noun phrase 'the living room' (a room for living). This is a regular verb + object composition found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily understand the MWE.

Etymology

Wallpaper the living room comes from a simple image: people stick patterned paper onto the wall to change how a room looks. So it means 'to cover the walls of the living room with wallpaper'.