let up

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let up
verbo intransitivo
1amainar (weather)
  • once he's started he never lets up -> una vez que empieza ya no se detiene

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let up [let][let]
sustantivo
1E. (Estados Unidos) (m)
  • To let be -> dejar que una cosa sea lo que es; no entremeterse en un sunto o negocio
  • To let blood -> sangrar, hacerse sangrar
  • To let fall a word -> soltar inadvertidamente una palabra
  • To let fly -> (Fam.) Disparar, dejar salir el tiro de una arma de fuego; decir disparates
  • To let go -> soltar
  • To LE -> tiene el pretérito y participio let en todas sus significaciones
  • Let Peter, read -> que lea Pedro
  • Let her alone -> déjala en paz
  • To let know -> advertir, hacer presente, hacer saber, dar a conocer
  • To let loose -> soltar, aflojar; desatar, desencadenar
dejar subir, (faU.) cesar, parar, disminuir en severidad.Let es auxiliar del modo imperativo, como en Let us go, vámonos.

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let up
verb:intransitive:plus_adverb
1 (moderate) [+bad weather] mejorar; [+storm, wind] amainar
when the rain lets up cuando deje de llover tanto
we'll just have to wait until the wind/storm lets up
2 (do less)
in spite of his health, he did not let up a pesar de su salud, no aflojó el ritmo del trabajo, de las actividades etc; (del trabajo, de las actividades etc) etc
why don't you let up a bit; the shop's doing fine
she can't afford to let up on her studies no puede permitirse aflojar en los estudios
to let up [on sth] Her colleagues didn't let up on their scare tactics he was assured that if he made humanitarian gestures, the Allies would let up on the bombing
3 (stop)
he never lets up (talking) no deja de hablar; habla sin parar; (working) trabaja sin descanso
4 (show leniency)
to let up on sb: though she protested, her mother would not let up on her aunque ella protestaba, su madre no cedía
both Democrats and Republicans wouldn't let up on the California Republican VT + ADV the caretaker shouldn't have let you up

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