- give up
- 1) (to stop, abandon: I must give up smoking; They gave up the search.) dejar de, abandonar; rendirse2) (to stop using etc: You'll have to give up cigarettes; I won't give up all my hobbies for you.) renunciar a, desistir3) (to hand over (eg oneself or something that one has) to someone else.) ceder, renunciar a, sacrificar4) (to devote (time etc) to doing something: He gave up all his time to gardening.) sacrificar, consagrar, dedicar5) ((often with as or for) to consider (a person, thing etc) to be: You took so long to arrive that we had almost given you up (for lost).) dar porgive up vb dejar / abandonarto give up smoking dejar de fumargive up vt: dejar, renunciar a, abandonarto give up smoking: dejar de fumargive up (To refuse to guess an answer)expr.• darse por vencido, -a expr.v.• darse por vencido v.• dejar v.• desasir v.• desposeer v.• entregar v.• rendirse v.• renunciar v.Sense I1) v + o + adv, v + adv + oa) (renounce, cease from) \<\<alcohol\>\> dejar; \<\<pleasures/title\>\> renunciar a; \<\<job/project\>\> dejar, renunciar a; \<\<principle/fight\>\> abandonar
to give up hope — perder* las esperanzas
to give up -ing — dejar de + inf
I've given up smoking — he dejado de fumar
b) (relinquish, hand over) \<\<territory/position\>\> ceder, renunciar a; \<\<ticket/keys\>\> entregar*to give up one's seat to o for somebody — cederle or darle* el asiento a alguien
2) (surrender)to give oneself up — entregarse*
3) (devote, sacrifice) \<\<time\>\> dedicar*Sense II4) v + adva) (cease fighting, trying) rendirse*the campaign is in its sixth week, you can't give up now! — estamos en la sexta semana de la campaña no vas a abandonar la lucha ahora!
all right, I give up — (in guessing games etc) está bien, me rindo or me doy por vencido
to give up on somebody: I've given up on them, they're hopeless — yo con ellos no insisto más or no pierdo más tiempo, son un caso perdido
b) (stop doing something) dejarSense III5) v + o + adv (abandon hope for)to give somebody up for lost — dar* a alguien por desaparecido
1. VT + ADV1) (=yield up) [+ seat, place] ceder; [+ authority] ceder, traspasarto give o.s. up to the police — entregarse a la policía
to give o.s. up to — [+ vice] entregarse a, darse a
to give a child up for adoption — entregar a un hijo para que sea adoptado
2) (=hand over) [+ ticket] entregar3) (=renounce) [+ habit] dejar; [+ job, post] renunciar a, dejar; [+ friend] dejar de ver; [+ boyfriend] dejar, romper con; [+ beliefs, idea] abandonarto give up smoking — dejar de fumar
I've given up trying to persuade her — he dejado de intentar persuadirla or convencerla
eventually he gave up trying — al final dejó de intentarlo
I gave it up as a bad job * — me di por vencido
4) (=devote) [+ one's life, time] dedicar (to a)to give up one's life to music — dedicar su vida a la música
5) (=sacrifice) [+ one's life] entregar (for por); [+ career] renunciar a (for por)they gave up their lives for their country — entregaron or sacrificaron sus vidas por la patria
she gave up her career for her family — renunció a su carrera profesional por su familia
6) (=abandon hope for) [+ patient] desahuciarthe doctors had given him up — los médicos lo habían desahuciado
we'd given you up — creíamos que ya no venías
they gave him up for dead — lo dieron por muerto
to give sb up for lost — dar por perdido a algn
2.VI + ADV (=stop trying) rendirseI give up! — (trying to guess) ¡me rindo!, ¡me doy por vencido!
don't give up yet! — ¡no te rindas todavía!
* * *Sense I1) v + o + adv, v + adv + oa) (renounce, cease from) \<\<alcohol\>\> dejar; \<\<pleasures/title\>\> renunciar a; \<\<job/project\>\> dejar, renunciar a; \<\<principle/fight\>\> abandonarto give up hope — perder* las esperanzas
to give up -ing — dejar de + inf
I've given up smoking — he dejado de fumar
b) (relinquish, hand over) \<\<territory/position\>\> ceder, renunciar a; \<\<ticket/keys\>\> entregar*to give up one's seat to o for somebody — cederle or darle* el asiento a alguien
2) (surrender)to give oneself up — entregarse*
3) (devote, sacrifice) \<\<time\>\> dedicar*Sense II4) v + adva) (cease fighting, trying) rendirse*the campaign is in its sixth week, you can't give up now! — estamos en la sexta semana de la campaña no vas a abandonar la lucha ahora!
all right, I give up — (in guessing games etc) está bien, me rindo or me doy por vencido
to give up on somebody: I've given up on them, they're hopeless — yo con ellos no insisto más or no pierdo más tiempo, son un caso perdido
b) (stop doing something) dejarSense III5) v + o + adv (abandon hope for)to give somebody up for lost — dar* a alguien por desaparecido
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.
