1 (exaggerate) exagerar He'll be talking up his plans for the economy Politicians accuse the media of talking up the possibility of a riot
2 (Economics) [+economy] inflar; [+shares] inflar la cotización de; inflar el valor de he warned against excessive optimism or trying to talk up the economy banks have been trying to talk up the market estate agents have been trying to talk up the market for five years building societies are trying yet again to talk up inflation into the housing market to alleviate negative equity
3 especially (Britain) (in deal) to talk sb up hacer que algn mejore la oferta; try to talk him up to 50,000 intenta que mejore su oferta a 50.000
to talk the price up
