Online Language Dictionaries

creep up

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
creep up vi phrasal	(approach stealthily)	acercarse sin hacer ruido loc verb
	When Gary crept up and tapped me on the shoulder, I jumped.
	Cuando Gary se acercó sin hacer ruido y me tocó el hombro, salté.
creep up vi phrasal	informal, figurative (increase gradually)	aumentar gradualmente vi + adv
	House prices have crept up by several thousand since we bought our home.
	Los precios de las casas aumentaron gradualmente desde que compramos nuestra casa.

Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.

Locuciones verbales
Inglés		Español
creep up on [sb/sth] vi phrasal + prep	(approach stealthily)	acercarse sigilosamente v prnl + adv
	She startled her sister by creeping up on her and shouting "Boo!"
	Asustó a su hermana acercándose sigilosamente y gritando "¡Bu!".
creep up on [sb] vi phrasal + prep	figurative (fact, situation: arrive unforeseen)	sorprender⇒ vtr
		agarrar desprevenido loc verb
	You had better start working now; don't let the deadline creep up on you.
	Mejor que empieces a trabajar ahora, no dejes que la fecha de entrega te sorprenda.

Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.

Forum discussions with the word(s) "creep 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 'creep up'.

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