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¿Qué significa wound up?

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No sé que significa este verbo: "wound up", es mas no sé que sea por favor ayuda!!!

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updated Sep 14, 2011
posted by yanethsr
Welcome to the forum! - pesta, Sep 14, 2011

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There is also this context, from the English verb wind [usually followed by up] (: to arrive in a place, situation, or condition at the end or as a result of a course of action : [for one]) =>


I drove for miles and miles, and wound up at your door would be something like:


Conduje muchas millas y terminé en tu puerta.... tongue wink

updated Sep 14, 2011
edited by cristalino
posted by cristalino
Is this a Maroon 5 reference...jeje - SonrisaDelSol, Sep 13, 2011
Very colloquial of course. Also, 'ended up'. 'Arrived at last' would be the standard grammar, do you think? - galsally, Sep 14, 2011
@Sonrisa: Yeah, thought it would fit for my example... still consider "This Love" my fave, though "She Will Be Loved" is d¢ too! :) - cristalino, Sep 14, 2011
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to get wound up ponerse nervioso
o
tensa, nerviosa...
o después de algo, finalmente, como it wound up at my door

Necesito el contexto que quiere utilizar wound up .

updated Sep 14, 2011
posted by Jack-OBrien
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Wound up no es un verbo. Es un expresión usado como un adjetivo. Quiere decir muy, muy tenso, enrollado como una ballesta.

updated Sep 13, 2011
posted by Jeremias
je je snap :) - Kiwi-Girl, Sep 13, 2011
I disagree. - 0074b507, Sep 13, 2011
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It can also be a verb in the past tense.

to make (a mechanism) operational by tightening the mainspring with a key (often followed by up ): to wind a clock; to wind up a toy.

The past tense would be: He wouldwound up

the toy.

updated Sep 14, 2011
edited by lagartijaverde
posted by 0074b507
True, nowadays it's more likely - insert a new battery. :( - galsally, Sep 14, 2011
Thank you for repairing my blunder. - 0074b507, Sep 14, 2011
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Literalmente = enrollado, pero muchas veces lo usamos para significar ponerse furioso o estar agitado etc smile Espero que te ayude!

updated Sep 13, 2011
posted by Kiwi-Girl
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"Wound up" significa preocupado y ansioso,

updated Sep 13, 2011
posted by SonrisaDelSol
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gfreed has exactly how it works. A synonym is "uptight" which carries the same sense of tension.

"That guy is so uptight, he's so impatient and angry..."

updated Sep 14, 2011
posted by lagartijaverde