aúpa

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aúpa
interjection
also:
  • ¡aúpa! -> get up!; (¡levántate!) (peninsular Spanish) ups-a-daisy! (al coger a un niño en brazos)
1(¡viva!)
  • ¡aúpa (el) Atleti! -> up the Athletic!
2(informal)
  • una comida de aúpa -> a brilliant meal
  • un susto de aúpa (informal) -> a hell of a fright

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aúpa [ah-oo’-pah]
adjective
  • Una función de aúpa -> a slap-up do
  • Una paliza de aúpa -> a thrashing and a half
(coll.) Up, up: a word used to animate children to get up.

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aúpa
exclamación
(al levantar a un niño) up!; upsadaisy!; (para animar) up!; come on!
¡aúpa Toboso! up Toboso!
adjetivo
(familiar)
una función de aúpa a slap-up do; (familiar) una paliza de aúpa a good thrashing; (familiar) una tormenta de aúpa a hell of a storm; (familiar) es de aúpa it's absolutely awful

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clumsy, uncoordinated; slow, dim-witted