eat up in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for eat up in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.eat up VB [Am it -, Brit iːt -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o) (finish)

II.eat up VB [Am it -, Brit iːt -] (v + adv) (finish meal)

III.eat up VB [Am it -, Brit iːt -] (v + adv + o) (consume)

IV.eat up VB [Am it -, Brit iːt -] (v + o + adv) (consume)

Translations for eat up in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.eat <pt ate, pp eaten> [Am it, Brit iːt] VB trans

II.eat <pt ate, pp eaten> [Am it, Brit iːt] VB intr

I.up [Am əp, Brit ʌp] ADV up often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (back up, pick up, sit up, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (back, pick, sit, etc).

1.1. up (in upward direction):

up a bitleft a bit
up United! Brit

II.up [Am əp, Brit ʌp] PREP

III.up [Am əp, Brit ʌp] ADJ

IV.up <pres part upping; pt, pp upped> [Am əp, Brit ʌp] VB trans inf

V.up <pres part upping; pt, pp upped> [Am əp, Brit ʌp] VB intr

See also come up to

eat up in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for eat up in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.eat <ate, eaten> [it] VB trans

IV.up <-pp-> [ʌp] VB intr inf

British English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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An individual adult of this species can eat up to six square metres of living reef in a single year.
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They may eat up to 9,000 insects per day, from 50 to 80 different nests, which they locate by scent and then dig into with their powerful claws.
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The skills are varied, the community is alright, and it'll eat up your time if you aren't careful, giving it a score of 83%.
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Using their divided upper lip, an adult manatee will commonly eat up to 10%-15% of their body weight (about 50 kg) per day.
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They eat up to three times their own body weight daily.
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If the jackals turn up and eat up the food, it is considered auspicious.
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Nematodes can effectively regulate bacterial population and community composition - they may eat up to 5,000 bacteria per minute.
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Therefore, a 450 kg adult horse could eat up to of food.
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He uses rice as fuel and can eat up to fifty bowls in one sitting.
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It has been known to eat up to 220 species of plants.
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