| Principal Translations |
cut [sth] up,
cut up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (chop, slice) | cortar en pedazos loc verb |
| | (en trozos pequeños) | picar⇒ vtr |
| | (animal) | destazar⇒, descuartizar⇒ vtr |
| | You have to cut up the chicken into smaller pieces if you want to feed everybody. |
| | Vas a tener que cortar el pollo en pedazos más pequeños si quieres que te alcance para todos. |
| cut [sb] up vtr phrasal sep | UK (driver, vehicle: move suddenly in front) | cruzarse⇒ v prnl |
| | | meterse⇒ v prnl |
| | A blue Mondeo cut me up as I was approaching the roundabout. |
| | Un Mondeo azul se me cruzó cuando estaba llegando a la rotonda. |
cut up,
cut-up adj | (chopped into pieces) | recortado adj |
| | | cortado/a adj |
| | | trozado, troceado adj |
| | (muy finito) | picado/a adj |
| Note: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun or is itself a noun |
| | The collage is made from cut-up newspaper. |
| | El collage está hecho de diario recortado. |
| Additional Translations |
| cut up adj | UK, figurative, slang (upset) (coloquial) | hecho polvo, hecho trizas loc adj |
| | (coloquial) | tirado/a adj |
| | (AR) | hecho bolsa loc adj |
| | (vulgar) | hecho mierda loc adj |
| | He's really cut up that you dumped him. |
| | Está hecho polvo ahora que terminaste con él. |
| | Está muy tirado ahora que terminaste con él. |
| cut up about [sth] expr | figurative, slang (upset) (figurado) | destruido, destrozado loc adj |
| | (coloquial) | hecho polvo, hecho trizas loc adj |
| | (vulgar) | hecho mierda loc adj |
| | Iris is really cut up about not being invited to her son's wedding. |
| | Iris está destruida porque su hijo no la invitó a su boda. |
| cut-up n | US, informal ([sb] who jokes) (figurado) | payaso nm |
| | He's such a cut-up, you can't take anything he says seriously. |
| | Él es un payaso, no puedes tomar en serio nada de lo que dice. |
| cut up vi phrasal | US, figurative, slang (make jokes) | payasear⇒ vi |
| | | hacer el payaso loc verb |
| | Danny is always getting into trouble for cutting up in class. |
| | Danny siempre se mete en problemas por payasear en clase |
| cut up about [sth] vi phrasal + prep | US, figurative, slang (make jokes about) | bromear sobre vi + prep |
| | | hacer chistes sobre loc verb |
| | The girls were cutting up about their embarrassing parents. |
| | Las chicas estaban bromeando sobre sus padres. |