throw up

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throw up
verbo transitivo con partícula
1(raise)
  • to t up one's hands -> echarse las manos a la cabeza (in horror, dismay)
2poner de manifiesto (reveal) (facts, information)
3abandonar (abandon) (career)
verbo intransitivo
4devolver, echar la papilla (familiar) (vomit)

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throw up [zrou]
arrojar por alto o en alto; echar al aire; elevar, levantar; renunciar a, abandonar, deshacerse de un cargo, vomitar.

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throw up
verb:intransitive:plus_adverb
(informal) (vomit) devolver; (informal) vomitar
it makes me want to throw up me da ganas de devolver; (informal) me da asco
he had to rush to the lavatory to throw up I ran back to the bathroom and threw up
verb:transitive:plus_adverb
1 [+object] lanzar echar al aire;or [+dust] levantar; [+sparks] echar
he threw the ball up and caught it several times the impact would have thrown up clouds of dust
to throw up one's hands in horror llevarse las manos a la cabeza horrorizado
she threw up her hands in horror he threw up his hands in horror
2 especially (Britain) (produce, bring to light) [+result] dar; producir; [+idea, dilemma] producir; [+problem] crear
the diary threw up questions, not answers the research has thrown up some interesting results the meeting threw up several good ideas they grappled with the problems thrown up by the depression the West has learned to live with the moral dilemma thrown up by the Arab-Israeli dispute by applying double standards the political struggle threw up a strong leader one of the most important leaders thrown up by the Troubles
3 (informal) (give up) [+job, task, studies] dejar
she threw up her job and went travelling around Europe Philip thought he had found the perfect excuse for throwing up his job and returning to England she threw up her course and went back to work
4 (make quickly) [+building] construir rápidamente
lots of blocks of flats in the sixties were just thrown up and now they are showing signs of disrepair I watched a troupe of travelling actors throw up a wooden stage. youths threw up barricades on the streets
5 (informal) (vomit) devolver; (informal) vomitar
with any luck he's thrown up most of the alcohol he had drunk he thought that he might throw up his breakfast

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