WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
frame [sth] up,
frame up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (create a frame for) | enmarcar⇒ vtr |
| | | poner en un marco loc verb |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
frame-up,
also UK: fit-up n | figurative (plot to incriminate [sb] innocent) | montaje nm |
| | | incriminación nf |
| | | caso fabricado nm + adj |
| | The boy said it was a frame-up, and that his sister had eaten the cookies. |
| | He was the victim of a frame-up: the police had planted evidence in his car. |
| | Fue víctima de un montaje, la policía había colocado la evidencia en su auto. |
| | (figurado, coloquial) | cama nf |
| Note: Viene de la expresión "hacer una cama", que significa inculpar. |
| | Fue víctima de una cama, la policía había colocado la evidencia en su auto. |