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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
stick [sb/sth] up,
stick up [sb/sth] vtr phrasal sep		 informal (carry out armed robbery on)asaltar⇒, robar⇒ vtr
  asaltar a mano armada, robar a mano armada vtr + loc adv
  asaltar a punta de pistola, robar a punta de pistola vtr + loc adv
Note: Ante complemento directo de persona debe usarse la preposición «a».
 A gang stuck up that bank over there last week.
 Una pandilla asaltó ese banco la semana pasada.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
stick-up,
also US: stickup n		 informal (armed robbery)atraco nm
  robo nm
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Locuciones verbales
stick up | stick-up
InglésEspañol
stick up for [sb/sth] vtr phrasal insep informal (defend, support) (coloquial)defender a vtr + prep
  defender⇒ vtr
 When the bullies came around, he stuck up for his little sister.
 Cuando los bravucones los rodearon, él defendió a su hermana pequeña.
  sacar la cara por, dar la cara por loc verb
 Cuando los bravucones los rodearon, él sacó la cara por su hermana pequeña.
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Compound Forms:
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stick two fingers up at [sb] v expr UK (make rude hand gesture)levantarle el dedo a loc verb + prep
  (AR, voz inglesa)hacerle fuck you a loc verb + prep
Note: En español el equivalente es con un solo dedo.
 Dave stuck two fingers up at the driver of the car which had nearly hit him.
 Dave le levantó el dedo al conductor del auto que casi lo choca.
stick two fingers up to [sb/sth] v expr UK, figurative (defy [sb], be disrespectful)mostrarle su desprecio a loc verb + prep
  hacerle un desplante a loc verb + prep
 The election defeat was the voters' way of sticking two fingers up to the government.
 La derrota en las elecciones fue el modo en que la gente le mostró su desprecio al gobierno.
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