belly-up

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌbelɪˈʌp/

  • WordReference
  • Collins
  • WR Reverse (3)

WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
go belly up,
go belly-up v expr		 slang, figurative (fail, go wrong)quedar patas para arriba expr
 If it weren't for the bail-outs several large banks would have gone belly up.
 De no ser por las ayudas, muchos bancos se hubieran quedado patas para arriba.
  (coloquial, figurado)quedar en la lona expr
 De no ser por las ayudas, muchos bancos se hubieran quedado en la lona.
  Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.

'belly-up' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
Spanish:
desmoronar - ir al garete - zozobrar


Forum discussions with the word(s) "belly-up" in the title:

  • Go to Preferences page and choose from different actions for taps or mouse clicks.
See Google Translate's machine translation of 'belly-up'.

In other languages: French | Italian | Portuguese | Romanian | German | Dutch | Swedish | Russian | Polish | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Advertisements
Advertisements
Infórmanos de los anuncios inapropiados.
WordReference.com
WORD OF THE DAY
GET THE DAILY EMAIL!

Become a WordReference Supporter to view the site ad-free.