- pack up
- 1) (to put into containers in order to take somewhere else: She packed up the contents of her house.) empaquetar, embalar2) (to stop working or operating: We'd only gone five miles when the engine packed up.) averiarse, pararsepack up vb acabar / dejarloI think it's time to pack up and go home creo que es hora de dejarlo e irnos a casapack upv.• encajonar v.1) v + adva) (assemble belongings) liar* el petate, hacer* su itacate (Méx)b) (stop) (colloq)
let's pack up for the day — dejémoslo por hoy
c) (break down) (colloq) \<\<motor/radio\>\> dejar de funcionar, descomponerse* (esp AmL), tronarse* (Méx fam)2) v + o + adv, v + adv + oa) \<\<tools/belongings\>\> recoger*, guardarb) pack in 1)1. VI + ADV1) * (=cease to function) [washing-machine, car] estropearse, descomponerse (esp Mex); [battery] agotarse; [engine] averiarse, estropearse2) * [person]a) (=stop activity)let's pack up now — vamos a dejarlo or terminar ya
b) (=collect things together) recoger (mis, tus, sus etc cosas)they just packed up and left — recogieron (sus cosas) y se marcharon
2. VT + ADV1) (=put away) [+ belongings] recoger2) * (=give up) dejar* * *1) v + adva) (assemble belongings) liar* el petate, hacer* su itacate (Méx)b) (stop) (colloq)let's pack up for the day — dejémoslo por hoy
c) (break down) (colloq) \<\<motor/radio\>\> dejar de funcionar, descomponerse* (esp AmL), tronarse* (Méx fam)2) v + o + adv, v + adv + oa) \<\<tools/belongings\>\> recoger*, guardarb) pack in 1)
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.