WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
shake [sth] up,
shake up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (mix by shaking) | agitar⇒ vtr |
| | You must shake up the medicine before drinking it. |
| | Debes agitar la medicina antes de tomarla. |
| shake [sb] up vtr phrasal sep | figurative (shock, upset) (figurado) | sacudir a vtr + prep |
| | | conmocionar a vtr + prep |
| | | afectar a vtr + prep |
| | The news that her husband had lost his job shook Leah up. |
| | A Leah la sacudió la noticia de que su esposo se había quedado sin trabajo. |
shake [sth] up,
shake up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (reorganize, reform) | revolucionar⇒ vtr |
| | | reformar⇒, reorganizar⇒ vtr |
| | | dar un cambio radical a loc verb + prep |
| | Members of the new party say they aim to shake up the political system. |
| | Los miembros del nuevo partido dicen que apuntan a revolucionar el sistema político. |
| shake-up n | figurative (radical reorganization) | reforma nf |
| | | cambio radical nm + adj mf |
| | Fifty employees were made redundant as part of a shake-up of the company. |
| | Despidieron a cincuenta empleados como parte de la reforma de la compañía. |