- open up
- 1) (to open (a shop etc): I open up the shop at nine o'clock every morning.) abrir2) (to open (a box etc) completely: He opened up the parcel.) abrir3) (to open the (main) door of a building etc: `Open up!' shouted the policeman. `We know you are in there!') abrirSense I1) v + o + adv, v + adv + oa) (undo, unlock) abrir*b) (cut, create) \<\<channel/breach\>\> abrir*2)a) (make accessible, available) abrir*b) (reveal) \<\<new horizons\>\> abrir*3) (set up) \<\<shop/store\>\> abrir*, poner*Sense II4) v + adva) (open building) abrir*
open up! police! — abran! policía!
b) (become open) abrirse*5) (become accessible, available) \<\<country/market\>\> abrirse*to open up (to somebody/something) — abrirse* (a alguien/algo)
to open up to new ideas — abrirse* a nuevas ideas
6) (talk freely) (colloq)he found it difficult to open up to his father — le costaba ser abierto or franco con su padre
7) (start up) \<\<business/factory/store\>\> abrir*1. VT + ADV1) [+ box, jacket] abrir; [+ map] extender, desplegar2) [+ house, shop] abrir3) [+ new business] abrir, poner4) [+ route] abrir; [+ blocked road] franquear, despejar; [+ country] explorar; [+ secret, new vista] revelar; [+ new possibility] crearto open up a market — abrirse un mercado, conquistar un mercado
to open up a country for trade — incorporar un país al comercio
when the oilfield was opened up — cuando se empezó a explotar el campo petrolífero
2. VI + ADV1) [flower] abrirse; [new shop, business] abrir, inaugurarseopen up! — ¡abran!; (police order) ¡abran a la autoridad!
2) (fig) [prospects etc] abrirse, desplegarse3) (emotionally) abrirse, confiarse4) (Mil) (=start shooting) romper el fuego5) * (=accelerate) [car] acelerar (a fondo)* * *Sense I1) v + o + adv, v + adv + oa) (undo, unlock) abrir*b) (cut, create) \<\<channel/breach\>\> abrir*2)a) (make accessible, available) abrir*b) (reveal) \<\<new horizons\>\> abrir*3) (set up) \<\<shop/store\>\> abrir*, poner*Sense II4) v + adva) (open building) abrir*open up! police! — abran! policía!
b) (become open) abrirse*5) (become accessible, available) \<\<country/market\>\> abrirse*to open up (to somebody/something) — abrirse* (a alguien/algo)
to open up to new ideas — abrirse* a nuevas ideas
6) (talk freely) (colloq)he found it difficult to open up to his father — le costaba ser abierto or franco con su padre
7) (start up) \<\<business/factory/store\>\> abrir*
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.
