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up

arriba

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An adverb is a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or other adverbs (e.g. to run quickly, very tired).

adverb

1. (position)

a. arriba

From up in the tower, we could see the surrounding countryside.Desde arriba en la torre, podíamos ver el campo de alrededor.

2. (in upward direction)

a. para arriba

From the waist up, he was covered in paint.De la cintura para arriba, estaba cubierto de pintura.

b. hacia

He watched as his balloon floated up towards the sky.Miró mientras su globo flotaba hacia el cielo.

3. (data)

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

Test scores are up in schools throughout the county.Las calificaciones han mejorado en las escuelas del condado.

The price of wheat is up 10% from last year.El precio del trigo ha aumentado 10% con respecto al año pasado.

4. (score)

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

The Bulls are up by five in the third quarter.Los Bulls están ganando por cinco puntos en el tercer cuarto.

They were two goals up at halftime.Llevaban dos goles de ventaja en el descanso.

5. (installed)

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

Finally, all of the paintings are up.Por fin están colgados todos los cuadros.

The walls of our new house are up. They'll be finishing the roof next.Las paredes de nuestra nueva casa se han erigido. Ahora terminarán el techo.

An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).

adjective

6. (standing)

a. de pie

Could you bring me my glasses while you are up?Ya que estás de pie, ¿me traes las gafas?

7. (awake)

a. despierto

I'm never up earlier than 9 am.Nunca estoy despierto antes de las 9 am.

b. levantado

She was up when I went to her room this morning.Estaba levantada cuando fui a su habitación esta mañana.

8. (raised)

a. levantado

His hand was up, but the teacher ignored him.Su mano estaba levantada, pero la maestra lo ignoró.

b. erguido

Models are taught to walk with their heads up high.A las modelos les enseñan a caminar con la cabeza bien erguida.

A preposition is a word that indicates the relationship between a noun and another word (e.g. He ran through the door.).

preposition

9. (position)

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

Are you coming up to New York for Christmas?¿Vas a venir hasta Nueva York para la Navidad?

Please don't run up the stairs.Por favor, no corra mientras sube las escaleras.

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

10. (to increase)

a. aumentar

We've upped the offer, but the owner of the house still refuses to sell it.Hemos aumentado la oferta, pero el dueño de la casa sigue negándose a venderla.

b. subir

Her project was a success and her salary was upped from 10,000 to 15,000 dollars per month.Su proyecto fue un éxito y le subieron el sueldo de 10,000 a 15,000 dólares al mes.

c. intensificar

We need to up our efforts if we are going to get things done on time.Debemos intensificar nuestros esfuerzos si queremos que las cosas estén hechas a tiempo.

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

11.

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

(to rise)

a. levantarse

I don't know what happened but they just upped and left without even saying goodbye.No sé qué paso, pero se levantaron y se fueron sin ni siquiera despedirse.

An adverb is a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or other adverbs (e.g. to run quickly, very tired).

adverb

1. (with motion)

a. hacia arriba

to come/go upsubir

to put one's hand uplevantar la mano

to go up northir hacia el norte

to go up to somebodyacercarse a alguien

to put a poster uppegar un cartel

up the Rovers!¡ánimo Rovers! ¡aúpa Rovers!,, ¡dale Rovers!

2. (with position)

a. arriba

up here/thereaquí/allí arriba

up abovearriba

further upmás arriba

the sun was upya había salido el sol

prices are uplos precios han subido

3. (ahead)

to be one goal/five points upir ganando por or de un gol/cinco puntos

A preposition is a word that indicates the relationship between a noun and another word (e.g. He ran through the door.).

preposition

4. (with motion)

to go up the stairssubir las escaleras

to walk up the streetcaminar or

to climb up a hillsubir or escalar una colina

5. (vulgar)

up yours!¡vete a la mierda!

6. (with position)

up a tree/ladderen lo alto de un árbol/una escalera

she lives up the street from mevive en mi misma calle

to be up against somethingenfrentarse a algo

An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).

adjective

7. (out of bed)

he isn't upno está levantado

I was up all nightpasé toda la noche levantado

to be up and aboutestar levantado(a)

8. (colloquial)

a. (wrong)

what's up?¿qué pasa?

what's up with you/him?¿qué te/le pasa?

something's upalgo pasa or ocurre

9. (finished)

your time's upse te ha terminado el tiempo

the two weeks were nearly upya casi habían transcurrido las dos semanas

10. (idioms)

to be up and runningestar en marcha

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

11. (colloquial)

life's ups and downslos altibajos de la vida

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).

transitive verb

12. (colloquial)

a. (price)

An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

13. (until, as far as)

a. hasta

up to nowhasta ahora

up to £100 a weekhasta 100 libras semanales

up to the age of sevenhasta los siete años

14. (equal to)

he's not up to the jobno está a la altura del puesto

I don't feel up to itno me siento en condiciones de hacerlo

15. (colloquial)

it's not up to muchno es gran cosa

16. (doing)

what have you been up to?¿qué has estado haciendo?

I'm sure he's up to something!¡estoy seguro de que prepara algo!

what are the children up to?¿qué están tramando los niños?

17. (indicating responsibility, decision)

it's up to you to do itte corresponde a ti hacerlo

it's up to you whether you tell herdepende de ti si se lo dices o no

up [ʌp]

When up is the second element in a phrasal verb, eg come up, throw up, walk up, look up the verb. When it is part of a set combination, eg the way up, close up, look up the other word.

adverb

1 (direction) hacia arriba; para arriba

he looked up (towards sky) miró hacia or para arriba

the balloon floated up

to walk up and down pasearse de un lado para otro or de arriba abajo

he's been up and down all evening no ha parado quieto en toda la tarde

He's a terrible patient, he's always demanding things — I've been up and down (the stairs) all night

she's still a bit up and down todavía tiene sus altibajos

to stop halfway up pararse a mitad de la subida

to throw sth up in the air lanzar algo al aire

he walked/ran up to the house caminó/corrió hasta la casa

a blond boy went up to her un chico rubio le acercó

a blond boy went/ran up to her

2 (position)

the people three floors up (from me) los que viven tres pisos más arriba

up above (us) we could see a ledge por encima (de nosotros) or sobre nuestras cabezas podíamos ver una cornisa

to be up [above] sth

from up above desde arriba

my office is five floors up mi oficina está en el quinto piso

higher up más arriba

up in the mountains montaña arriba

up in the sky en lo alto del cielo

the jug's up there, on the freezer la jarra está ahí arriba, en el congelador

the castle's up there, on top of the hill el castillo está allí arriba, en la cima del monte

"Which way is the church?" "It's up there, through that alleyway"

3 (in northern place, capital etc)

we're up for the day hemos venido a pasar el día; when you're next up this way la próxima vez que pases por aquí

how long have you lived up here? ¿cuánto tiempo llevas viviendo aquí?

when you're next up here la próxima vez que pases por aquí

he lives up in Scotland vive en Escocia

up in London (allá) en Londres

up north en el norte

how long did you live up there? ¿cuánto tiempo estuviste viviendo allí or allá?

the next time you're up there la próxima vez que pases por allí or allá

he's up in Leeds/Scotland for the weekend

to go up to London/to university ir a Londres/a la universidad

I was on my way up to London

4 (standing) de pie

while you're up, can you get me a glass of water? ya que estás de pie, ¿me puedes traer un vaso de agua?; the ladder was up against the wall la escalera estaba apoyada en or contra la pared

up [against] the wall

5 (out of bed)

to be up (get up) levantarse; (be active) estar levantado; we were up at 7 nos levantamos a las 7; what time will you be up ¿a qué hora te levantarás?; is Peter up yet? ¿está levantado Peter?; I'm usually up by 7 o'clock normalmente a las 7 estoy levantado; we were still up at midnight a medianoche seguíamos sin acostarnos; a medianoche todavía estábamos levantados

he's always up early I was up late this morning I was up late last night

she was up and about at 6 a.m. lleva en pie desde las 6 de la mañana

to be up and about again [+sick person] estar repuesto

to be up all night no acostarse en toda la noche

he was up all night writing the essay she was up all night because the baby was ill

get up! ¡levántate!

6 (raised)

with his head up (high) con la cabeza bien levantada or erguida; several children had their hands up varios niños habían levantado la mano; the blinds were up las persianas estaban subidas or levantadas; he sat in the car with the windows up se sentó en el coche con las ventanillas subidas

this side up este lado hacia arriba

look, the flag is up! mira, la bandera está izada

7 (in price, value)

potatoes are up han subido las patatas

petrol is up again shares are up in London this morning tourism is up the standard is up

the thermometer is up 2 degrees el termómetro ha subido 2 grados

the interest rate has risen sharply, up from 3% to 5% los tipos de interés han subido bruscamente del 3% al 5%

the temperature was up in the forties la temperatura estaba por encima de los cuarenta

prices are up on last year los precios han subido desde el año pasado; del año pasado a este los precios han subido

8 (in score)

we're a goal up llevamos un tanto de ventaja; we were 20 points up on them les llevábamos una ventaja de 20 puntos

9 (in terms of excellence)

to be up among or with the leaders estar a la altura de los líderes

she's right up there with the jazz greats está en la cumbre con los grandes del jazz

10 (built, installed)

the new building isn't up yet el nuevo edificio no está construido todavía; no han levantado el nuevo edificio todavía; the tent isn't up yet la tienda todavía no está puesta; the scaffolding is now up el andamio está puesto ahora; the notice about the outing is up el cartel de la excursión está puesto; we've got the pictures up at last por fin hemos puesto or colgado los cuadros; the curtains are up las cortinas están colocadas

11 (finished) [+contract etc] vencido; caducado

the moment the hour was up, he asked his receptionist to send in the next patient his lease is up at the end of the month

when the period is up cuando termine el plazo; cuando venza el plazo; his holiday is up han terminado ya sus vacaciones; time is up se ha acabado el tiempo; time is up, put down your pens se ha acabado el tiempo, dejen los bolígrafos sobre la mesa

time's up! I'm coming to get you

time is up for the people living here, their homes are to be demolished a la gente que vive aquí le toca marcharse, están derribando sus casas; our time here is up no podemos quedarnos más tiempo aquí

12 (and over)

from £2 up de 2 libras para arriba

from the age of 13 up a partir de los 13 años

13 (knowledgeable)

I'm not very well up on that sort of thing

he's well up in or on British politics está muy al corriente or al día en lo referente a la política británica

how are you up on your military history? ¿cómo andan tus conocimientos de historia militar?

14 (wrong)

there's something up with him algo le pasa

there's something up with the TV le pasa algo a la tele

what's up? ¿qué pasa?

what's up with him? ¿que le pasa?

what's up with your leg?

15 (in running order)

first up el primero (de la lista); next up el siguiente (de la lista)

first up was Tess Buxton, who sang ... next up to the microphone was John French

16 (Jur)

her case isn't due up until next week su caso no se verá hasta la próxima semana; to be up before the judge/board [+person] (tener que) comparecer ante el juez/el consejo; [+case, matter] verse ante el juez/en el consejo

the case will be up before the magistrate next month Next time he's up before the parole board, he said, he wouldn't be quite so honest Earlier this season, I was up before the Football Association disciplinary committee for comments I made after the Oldham v Coventry game I don't want to be up before the SFA disciplinary committee by saying too much

17 (risen)

the river is up el río ha subido

the sun is up ha salido el sol

the tide is up la marea está alta

his blood is up le hierve la sangre

Bligh's blood was up and he wanted revenge A group of Asians bent on taking revenge on a white youth murdered a harmless schoolboy by stabbing him in the back, a jury heard yesterday. "Their blood was up and therefore any white boy would serve as a target It turned out that the Russians' blood was up after they had been stopped for 24 hours at the German frontier by suspicious border guards

18 (Britain) (under repair)

the road is up la calle está en obras

19 (US) (Cookery)

two fried eggs, up un par de huevos fritos boca arriba; a bourbon (straight) up un bourbon sin hielo

20 (mounted)

a horse with Dettori up un caballo montado por Dettori

21 (in exclamations)

up (with) Celtic! ¡arriba el Celtic!

22 (in set expressions)

up against

he's really up against it ahora sí que está en un aprieto; to be up against sb tener que habérselas con algn; tener que enfrentarse a algn

he's up against a very powerful politician

up and running

to be up and running estar en funcionamiento

after a few problems, the new system is now up and running

to get sth up and running poner algo en funcionamiento

up for sth

three seats are up for election tres escaños salen a elecciones; most politicians up for reelection know this (seeking) la mayoría de los políticos que se presentan a la reelección lo saben; every two years, a third of the Senate comes up for election cada dos años se renueva una tercera parte del Senado; to be up for sth (ready, willing) tener ganas de algo; are you up for it? ¿estás dispuesto?

Let's climb to the top of that hill. Are you up for it?

up to (till, as far as) hasta

up to now hasta ahora; hasta la fecha; up to this week hasta esta semana; up to here hasta aquí; up to £10 hasta 10 libras nada más; to count up to 100 contar hasta 100; we were up to our knees/waist in water el agua nos llegaba por or hasta las rodillas/la cintura

to be up to one's knees/waist in water

what page are you up to? ¿por qué página vas?

up to and including chapter 5

to be up to a task (capable of) estar a la altura de una tarea; estar en condiciones de realizar una tarea

to be up to sth

to be up to doing sth estar en condiciones de hacer algo

is he up to doing research?

they weren't up to running a company no estaban en condiciones de gestionar una empresa; no estaban a la altura necesaria para gestionar una empresa

to be or feel up to sth

are you (feeling) up to going for a walk? ¿te sientes con ganas de dar un paseo?

he really isn't up to going back to work yet

I don't feel up to going out no tengo ánimos para salir

to be up to sth (doing)

what are you up to? ¿qué andas haciendo?; what are you up to with that knife? ¿qué haces con ese cuchillo?; he's up to something está tramando algo; what does he think he's up to? ¿qué diablos piensa hacer?; I see what you're up to te veo venir; what have you been up to lately? ¿qué has estado haciendo últimamente?

to be up to a standard/to much (equal to)

it isn't up to his usual standard no está a su nivel de siempre; the book isn't up to much (Britain) el libro no vale mucho

to be up to sb (depend on)

it's up to you to decide te toca (a ti) decidir; I feel it is up to me to tell him creo que me corresponde a mí decírselo

it's up to us to make sure this doesn't happen again

I wouldn't do it but it's up to you yo (que tú) no lo haría, pero allá tú or tú verás; I'd go, but it's up to you por mí iría, pero depende de ti; if it were or was up to me si dependiera de mí

including

preposition

1 (on top of) en lo alto de; arriba de; (LAm)

he was up a ladder pruning the apple trees estaba subido a una escalera or en lo alto de una escalera podando los manzanos; to be up a tree estar en lo alto de or arriba de un árbol; (LAm)

2 (along, towards the top)

he went off up the road se fue calle arriba; put your handkerchief up your sleeve guárdate el pañuelo dentro de la manga; the heat disappears straight up the chimney el calor se escapa chimenea arriba; el calor se escapa por lo alto de la chimenea

to travel up and down the country viajar por todo el país

people up and down the country are saying ... la gente por todo el país dice ...

they live further up the road viven en esta calle pero más arriba

further up the page en la misma página, más arriba

halfway up the stairs a mitad de la escalera

halfway up the mountain a mitad de la subida de la montaña

up north en el norte

They live up north and rarely come down to London

up river río arriba

up yours ¡vete a hacer puñetas! (vulgar)

noun

ups and downs altibajos (m); vicisitudes (f)

the ups and downs that every politician is faced with los altibajos a que se enfrenta todo político; las vicisitudes a que está sometido todo político; after many ups and downs después de mil peripecias

it's on the up and up (Britain) (improving) va cada vez mejor; (US) (above board) está en regla

adjective

1 (Ferro) [+train, line] ascendente

2 (elated)

to be up estar en plena forma

he's very up after his promotion

intransitive verb

1 (jump up)

he upped and hit him se levantó (de un salto) y le pegó

he upped and hit him

she upped and left (stood up) se levantó y se marchó; se levantó y se largó (informal); (went) fue y se marchó; fue y se largó (informal)

A year later he upped and went MANY a fed-up youngster has upped and left home

he upped and offed se largó sin más (informal)

transitive verb

(raise) [+price, offer] subir; aumentar

they finally upped their offer by another 5% budget increases on petrol are just another excuse for petrol stations to up the price

to up anchor levar el ancla

We quietly upped anchor and left, creeping slowly up Pyefleet Creek until we were well above the oyster beds

Examples

Phrases

ups and downs	altibajos
do push-ups	hacer flexiones
push-ups and sit-ups	las flexiones y los abdominales
do sit-ups	hacer abdominales
have three active power-ups at the same time	tener tres potenciadores activos al mismo tiempo
pick up 12 power-ups	recoge 12 potenciadores