sneak up in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for sneak up in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.sneak <pt & pp sneaked or Am also snuck> [Am snik, Brit sniːk] VB trans

II.sneak <pt & pp sneaked or Am also snuck> [Am snik, Brit sniːk] VB intr

III.sneak [Am snik, Brit sniːk] N Brit inf

IV.sneak [Am snik, Brit sniːk] ADJ attr

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

sneak up in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for sneak up in the English»Spanish Dictionary

III.sneak [sni:k] Am N Brit childspeak

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
To mammalian and squamate predators that can sneak up to nesting or sleeping birds, it is more vulnerable however.
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It also has muscles in its legs that allow it to sneak up behind people and pounce without them realizing it.
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This muffles the noise the bird makes when it flaps its wings, enabling it to sneak up on prey quietly.
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If the player manages to sneak up on the enemy and make contact from the rear, they gain a preemptive strike and attack first.
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They sneak up on the now plugged-nose vampire, shows him the crucifix, and again he shrinks and run off.
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