1 [+bottle] agitar; [+pillow] sacudir he drove as though he hated his passengers, shaking them up like old watermelons in a truck
2 (upset) conmocionar she was badly shaken up estaba muy conmocionada afectada;or he was shaken up but not hurt estaba en estado de shock, pero ileso
he was a bit shaken up after the accident he was in the car when those people died. That really shook him up The other factor that shook up the market was the Labor Department' s announcement about inflation being higher than anticipated
3 (rouse, stir) [+person] espabilar; despabilar he needs somebody like you to shake him up a bit she's quite capable of doing it - she just needs shaking up a bit now the village has a cause to fight for - this should shake them up a bit
4 (reform) [+company] reorganizar; reestructurar; [+system] reformar he knew more about corporate restructurings than anyone on the board, having shaken up his own company repeatedly over the last five years we were ready for strong, new leadership to shake up the country's corrupt and ineffective institutions They believed in constantly shaking things up, monitoring and reacting to the competition down the street Czechoslovak agriculture is about to be shaken up for the second time in 40 years China's national airline said it was shaking up airline and airport management after a hijacking Murray said she was looking forward to joining other newly elected female senators in shaking up the nearly all-male Senate Clearly, it is the judiciary which needs shaking up
you need to shake up your ideas a bit! ¡tienes que replantearte las ideas!
