Translation of ''packing up'', please.
This seems a stupid question. I want to write to a friend that I'm packing up in order to move house.
I don't mean I'm packing my suitcase ( hacer la maleta), nor that I'm wrapping things in wrapping paper (empaquetar), I mean I'm sorting things that are to go, filling large boxes with books, carrying furniture about... Packing up, as we say in England. How would this best be said in Spanish? I've looked in several dictionaries.
Anything to get out of packing for while, it's much more fun to look in dictionaries.
7 Answers
Si yo estuviera en tu lugar, estaría arreglando todas las cosas (o preparándolo todo) para mudarme: empaquetando los libros y demás en cajas, vendiendo los muebles o llevándolos a otros sitios, envolviendo las cosas frágiles para que no se rompan, arreglando el papeleo, dando de baja los contratos del teléfono, internet, etc. Y muy útil en mi última mudanza: numerando las cajas, y haciendo una lista con lo que hay en cada una. Así es mucho más fácil luego encontrar lo que necesitas.
For moving a house, mudarse is used.
But i am not sure for preparing things
may be you want to check estar de mudanza, as well
When you say "Nos mudamos (de casa)" it goes without saying that you will be preparing to that event. including packing and packaging. ![]()
So, aileia gave you the answer.
Estoy empacando todo para mudarme. ?
Estoy arreglando mis cosas para mudarme. ?
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¡Estoy empaquetándolo todo! (This may be pure California Spanish.)


¡Hola!, Annierats, from frozen freaking South West Ontario, Canada!! Brrr!!
I surfed Colins Eng <?> Span Dictionary and I thought it was pointing pretty strongly at "recoger" as the single verb for "packing up".
Judge for yourself at this page in Collins ???> Recoger
Best personal regards/Saludo,
Moe
I've no idea if this is idiomatically correct, but I would guess:
Estoy arreglando mis cosas para mudarme...