crack up

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crack up
verbo transitivo con partícula
1(familiar)
  • it's not all it's cracked up to be -> no es tan bueno como lo pintan
verbo intransitivo
2partirse or morirse or (laugh)troncharse or (español de España)atacarse or (español de México)descostillarse de risa (RP)
3(empezar a) desvariar (go mad)

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crack up [krak]
1Sufrir un ataque de nervios, sucumbir a la presión (person/break down).
2Matar de la risa (make laugh). (Coloquial)
3It isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, no es tan bueno como lo pintan.
(Coloq.) Soltar una carcajada (burst out laughing).

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crack up (informal)
verb:intransitive:plus_adverb
1 (break down) [+person] desmoronarse; sufrir una crisis nerviosa; [+relationship] desmoronarse; [+alliance] desmoronarse; quebrantarse
on the front under shell fire he'd crack up I didn't realise he'd crack up so badly she would have cracked up if she hadn't allowed herself some fun their relationship was cracking up under the strain
2 (laugh) troncharse de risa; (informal)
they cracked up laughing I just cracked up when I saw myself in the mirror we used to crack up when Kenny Rogers sang: `It's hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralysed."
verb:transitive:plus_adverb
the film's not all it's cracked up to be la película no es tan buena como se dice; he's not all he's cracked up to be no es tan maravilloso como lo pintan; (informal)

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