I'm wondering how I can tell someone they need to comb their hair.
Come on Jay, fix that hair of yours before the meeting starts.
Mother and son coming into a bakery:
Jason, fix your hair now. It seems as if you were still asleep.
I don't even know if the word fix is suitable or common for this context.
The "Word" or "expression" I'm looking for is not fix though I want to know if it is correct.
I think comb would work but it's not the one I need right now.
The word that conveys the meaning I'm looking for is the spanish false cognate for Accommodate.
I know very well this is an English only forum, but I'm running out of ideas and there may be someone who has a little knowledge of Spanish to help me find this word.
Best Answer
As a Spanish speaker, I think the word you're looking for is "tidy."
"Accommodate" as the false cognate of "Acomodar" would not work because accommodate means to find an arrangement for something/someone that is suitable for the occasion, and "Acomodar" is to "tidy up, clean up, or arrange things so they are in a tidy presentation". Therefore:
"Fix" would work as it is essentially the same in meaning as "arreglar", which is also in use in some Spanish-speaking countries when it comes to hair: