WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| shooting up n | slang (injecting heroin) (coloquial) | chute nm |
| | The junkie's shooting up became difficult, because of a lack of healthy veins. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| shoot up vi + adv | (size, quantity: increase) | dispararse⇒ v prnl |
| | Buy as much as you can now, because in the summer prices will shoot up! |
| | Compra ahora todo lo que puedas porque en verano los precios se dispararán. |
| shoot up vi + adv | informal (child: get taller) (coloquial) | pegar el estirón loc verb |
| | He was small until his teens, when all of a sudden he shot up. |
| | Fue chiquito hasta su adolescencia, cuando de repente pegó el estirón. |
| shoot up vi phrasal | slang (inject drugs intravenously) | pincharse⇒, inyectarse⇒ v prnl |
| | (ES: coloquial) | chutarse⇒ v prnl |
| | The marks on his arm indicated he shot up frequently. |
| | Las marcas en sus brazos indicaban que se pinchaba con frecuencia. |
shoot [sth] up,
shoot up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | US, slang (riddle with bullets) | acribillar⇒ vtr |
| | (coloquial) | llenar de plomo loc verb |
| | The killer threatened to shoot up the place if anyone approached him. |
| | El asesino amenazó con acribillar el lugar si alguien se acercaba a él. |