wind up

wind up
1) (to turn, twist or coil; to make into a ball or coil: My ball of wool has unravelled - could you wind it up again?) enrollar
2) (to wind a clock, watch etc: She wound up the clock.) dar cuerda
3) (to end: I think it's time to wind the meeting up.) acabar
wind up vt
end: terminar, concluir -
wind up vi
: terminar, acabar
wind up
v.
• clavetear v.
• finiquitar v.
1) v + o + adv, v + adv + o
a) (tighten spring) \<\<watch/toy\>\> darle* cuerda a
b) (bring to conclusion) \<\<meeting/speech\>\> cerrar*, poner* fin a
c) (close down) \<\<company\>\> cerrar*, liquidar
2) v + o + adv
a) (make excited) animar
b) (colloq) (make angry) torear, darle* manija a (RPl fam); (tease) tomarle el pelo a (fam)
3) v + adv
a) (end up, find oneself) (colloq) terminar, acabar

he'll wind up in jail — va a terminar or acabar en la cárcel, va a ir a parar a la cárcel

I wound up in Boston — fui a parar or a dar a Boston

b) (conclude) \<\<speaker\>\> concluir*, terminar
c) (come to end) \<\<project/campaign\>\> concluir*, terminar
d) \<\<toy/doll\>\>

it winds up at the back — se le da cuerda por detrás

1. VT + ADV
1) (lit) [+ car window] subir; [+ clock, toy] dar cuerda a
2) (=close) [+ meeting, debate] cerrar, dar por terminado; [+ company] liquidar

he wound up his speech by saying that ... — terminó su discurso diciendo que ...

3)

to be wound up — (=tense) estar tenso

she's dreadfully wound up — está muy tensa

it gets me all wound up (inside) — me pone nerviosísimo

4) (Brit)
*

to wind sb up — (=provoke) provocar a algn; (=tease) tomar el pelo a algn

2. VI + ADV
1) (=finish) [meeting, debate, speaker] concluir, terminar

how does the play wind up? — ¿cómo concluye or termina la obra?

2) * (=end up) acabar

we wound up in Rome — acabamos en Roma, fuimos a parar a Roma

* * *
1) v + o + adv, v + adv + o
a) (tighten spring) \<\<watch/toy\>\> darle* cuerda a
b) (bring to conclusion) \<\<meeting/speech\>\> cerrar*, poner* fin a
c) (close down) \<\<company\>\> cerrar*, liquidar
2) v + o + adv
a) (make excited) animar
b) (colloq) (make angry) torear, darle* manija a (RPl fam); (tease) tomarle el pelo a (fam)
3) v + adv
a) (end up, find oneself) (colloq) terminar, acabar

he'll wind up in jail — va a terminar or acabar en la cárcel, va a ir a parar a la cárcel

I wound up in Boston — fui a parar or a dar a Boston

b) (conclude) \<\<speaker\>\> concluir*, terminar
c) (come to end) \<\<project/campaign\>\> concluir*, terminar
d) \<\<toy/doll\>\>

it winds up at the back — se le da cuerda por detrás


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