fill up

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fill up
verbo transitivo con partícula
1llenar (hasta el borde) (glass)
  • f her up! (familiar) -> ¡lleno, por favor! (with petrol)
verbo intransitivo
2llenarse (tank, container)

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fill up
verb:intransitive:plus_adverb
1 (become full) [+room, hall] llenarse
the restaurant was filling up her eyes were filling up (with tears) the capital was already beginning to fill up with people joining the protest the refugee camps/hotels are filling up fast
2 (Aut) (with petrol) echar gasolina
I stopped to fill up with petrol
 (with diesel) echar diesel
3 (eat)
he doesn't eat proper meals, he fills up on snacks no come como es debido, se llena el estómago picando
He would fill up on snacks and drink endless cups of coffee it is all too easy to skip meals, to fill up on fast-food snacks
verb:transitive:plus_adverb
[+container, suitcase] llenar;with de
fill it her up!or (informal) (Aut) ¡llena el tanque!; I can't drink too much before a meal, it fills me up no puedo beber mucho antes de una comida, me llena
Look, be an angel and fill this up with scotch Have about an inch in a glass and fill it up with the soda water Pass me your cup, Amy, and I'll fill it up for you Make it a leisurely meal, complete with plenty of liquids to fill you up too many bulky foods can fill children up without giving them enough energy
to fill o.s. up with sth llenarse (el estómago) de algo
don't fill yourself up with peanuts before dinner
I do it to fill up the time lo hago para pasar el tiempo
I need to do things to fill up my time, otherwise I'd get bored

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