WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| worked up v expr | (excited, annoyed) | nervioso/a adj |
| | | alterado/a adj |
| | | tenso/a adj |
| | I've never seen you this worked up before; calm down. |
| | Nunca te vi tan nervioso, cálmate. |
| be worked up v expr | (tense, nervous) | estar nervioso loc verb |
| | | estar alterado loc verb |
| | | estar tenso loc verb |
| | Why are you so worked up? It's only a spelling test! |
| | ¿Por qué estás tan nervioso? ¡Es sólo un examen de ortografía! |
| get worked up v expr | informal (be annoyed, excited) | calentarse⇒ v prnl |
| | | enojarse⇒ v prnl |
| | The team was playing poorly and the home fans were getting worked up. |
| | El equipo estaba jugando mal y los fanáticos se estaban calentando. |
get [sb] worked up,
have [sb] worked up v expr | informal (make overexcited, nervous) | tener alterado a loc verb |
| | | poner nervioso a loc verb |
| | The fast-approaching deadline had Veronica worked up. |
| | La fecha de entrega tenía alterada a Verónica. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
work [sb] up,
work up [sb] vtr phrasal sep | (annoy or excite) (pasión, ánimo) | exaltar a vtr + prep |
| | (ira, enfado) | enfadar a, enojar a vtr + prep |
| | (ansiedad, inquietud) | poner nervioso a vtr + adj |
| | The politician's speech worked the crowd up. |
| | The boss was worked up because I was five minutes late. |
| | El discurso del político exaltó a la multitud. |
| | Llegué cinco minutos tarde y eso enfadó al jefe. |
work [sth] up,
work up [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (produce, generate) | producir⇒ vtr |
| | | generar⇒ vtr |
| | I'm so unfit that I work up a sweat just walking down to the corner. |
| | Estoy tan fuera de estado que produzco sudor simplemente con andar hasta la esquina. |
work [sth] up,
work up [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (prepare) | preparar⇒ vtr |
| | | elaborar⇒ vtr |
| | Susan will try to work up a sketch by Friday. |
| | Susan intentará preparar un borrador para el viernes. |
| Additional Translations |
work [sth] up,
work up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (develop [sth]) | desarrollar⇒, perfeccionar⇒ vtr |
| | (valor, coraje) | armarse de v prnl + prep |
| | (valor, coraje) | reunir⇒ vtr |
| | The artist worked up his drawing by adding greater detail. |
| | El artista perfeccionó el dibujo agregándole más detalle. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Me costó armarme de valor para decirle la verdad a mi hija. |
work [sb] up,
work up [sb] vtr phrasal sep | (medicine: do diagnostic procedures) | preparar para el diagnóstico a loc verb |
| | The doctor worked the patient up thoroughly in her attempts to find the source of the problem. |
| | La doctora diagnosticó a la paciente con detalle para encontrar |