- take up
- 1) (to use or occupy (space, time etc): I won't take up much of your time.) tomar, robar2) (to begin doing, playing etc: He has taken up the violin/teaching.) empezar a, emprender3) (to shorten (clothes): My skirts were too long, so I had them taken up.) acortar4) (to lift or raise; to pick up: He took up the book.) recogertake up vt1) lift: levantar2) shorten: acortar (una falda, etc.)3) begin: empezar, dedicarse a (un pasatiempo, etc.)4) occupy: ocupar, llevar (tiempo, espacio)5) pursue: volver a (una cuestión, un asunto)6) continue: seguir contake upv.• llenar v.• ocupar v.Sense I1) v + o + adv, v + adv + oa) (pick up) \<\<bag/book\>\> tomar, agarrar (esp AmL), coger* (esp Esp)b) (accept) \<\<offer/challenge\>\> aceptarc) (adopt) \<\<cause\>\> hacer* suyo (or mío etc)d) (begin)
he's taken up pottery/badminton — ha empezado a hacer cerámica/a jugar al badminton
when she took up her new role as director — cuando empezó a desempeñar or cuando asumió sus funciones de directora
2) (lift) \<\<carpet/floorboards\>\> levantar3)a) (continue) \<\<story\>\> seguir*, continuar*; \<\<thread\>\> retomar; \<\<conversation\>\> reanudarb) (pursue) \<\<issue/point\>\> tratar; (pursue) volver* a4) (shorten) \<\<skirt\>\> acortar; \<\<hem\>\> subirSense II5) v + adv + o(use up, absorb)a) \<\<time\>\> llevarmost of my time is taken up with ... — se me va casi todo el tiempo en ...
b) \<\<space\>\> ocupar6) (move into) \<\<position\>\> tomar1. VT + ADV1) (=raise, lift) [+ object from ground] levantar, recoger; [+ carpet, floorboards] quitar; [+ road] levantar; [+ dress, hem] acortar; arm II, 1., slack2) (=lead, carry upstairs) subir3) (=pick up) [+ pen, one's work] coger, agarrar (LAm); [+ passengers] recoger4) (=continue) [+ story] continuar con5) (=occupy) [+ time, attention] ocupar; [+ space] llenar, ocuparit takes up a lot of his time — le dedica mucho tiempo
he's very taken up with his work — está absorto en el trabajo
post III, 1., 1), residencehe's very taken up with her — está ocupado con ella
6) (=absorb) [+ liquid] absorber7) (=raise question of) [+ matter, point] retomar, volver sobreI shall take the matter up with the manager — hablaré del asunto con el gerente
8) (=take issue with)I feel I must take you up on that — siento que debo contestar a lo que has dicho
9) (=start) [+ hobby, sport] dedicarse a; [+ career] emprender10) (=accept) [+ offer, challenge] aceptarI'll take you up on your offer — te acepto la oferta
I'll take you up on that some day — algún día recordaré lo que has dicho
11) (=adopt) [+ cause] apoyar; [+ case] ocuparse de; [+ person] adoptar2.VI + ADVto take up with sb — (as friend) hacerse amigo de algn; (romantically) juntarse con algn
he took up with a woman half his wife's age — se juntó con una mujer que tenía la mitad de la edad de su mujer
* * *Sense I1) v + o + adv, v + adv + oa) (pick up) \<\<bag/book\>\> tomar, agarrar (esp AmL), coger* (esp Esp)b) (accept) \<\<offer/challenge\>\> aceptarc) (adopt) \<\<cause\>\> hacer* suyo (or mío etc)d) (begin)he's taken up pottery/badminton — ha empezado a hacer cerámica/a jugar al badminton
when she took up her new role as director — cuando empezó a desempeñar or cuando asumió sus funciones de directora
2) (lift) \<\<carpet/floorboards\>\> levantar3)a) (continue) \<\<story\>\> seguir*, continuar*; \<\<thread\>\> retomar; \<\<conversation\>\> reanudarb) (pursue) \<\<issue/point\>\> tratar; (pursue) volver* a4) (shorten) \<\<skirt\>\> acortar; \<\<hem\>\> subirSense II5) v + adv + o(use up, absorb)a) \<\<time\>\> llevarmost of my time is taken up with ... — se me va casi todo el tiempo en ...
b) \<\<space\>\> ocupar6) (move into) \<\<position\>\> tomar
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.
