shut up in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for shut up in the English»French Dictionary

I.shut up VB [Brit ʃʌt -, Am ʃət -] (shut up) inf

II.shut up VB [Brit ʃʌt -, Am ʃət -] (shut [sb] up, shut up [sb])

Translations for shut up in the English»French Dictionary

I.shut [Brit ʃʌt, Am ʃət] ADJ

II.shut <pres part shutting, pret, pp shut> [Brit ʃʌt, Am ʃət] VB trans

3. shut (confine) → shut up

III.shut <pres part shutting, pret, pp shut> [Brit ʃʌt, Am ʃət] VB intr

See also shut up

I.shut up VB [Brit ʃʌt -, Am ʃət -] (shut up) inf

II.shut up VB [Brit ʃʌt -, Am ʃət -] (shut [sb] up, shut up [sb])

I.up [ʌp] ADJ Up appears frequently in English as the second element of phrasal verbs (get up, pick up etc.). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (get, pick etc.).

1. up (high):

VIII.up and down ADV (to and fro)

XIV.up <pres part upping; pret, pp upped> [ʌp] VB trans (increase)

XV.up <pres part upping; pret, pp upped> [ʌp] VB intr inf

See also pick over, pick, get

I.pick over VB [Brit pɪk -, Am pɪk -] (pick [sth] over, pick over [sth])

I.pick [Brit pɪk, Am pɪk] N

2. pick (poke) → pick at

I.get <pres part getting, prét got, pp got, gotten Am> [ɡet] VB trans This much-used verb has no multi-purpose equivalent in French and therefore is very often translated by choosing a synonym: to get lunch = to prepare lunch = préparer le déjeuner.
get is used in many idiomatic expressions (to get something off one's chest etc.) and translations will be found in the appropriate entry (chest etc.). This is also true of offensive comments (get stuffed etc.) where the appropriate entry would be stuff.
Remember that when get is used to express the idea that a job is done not by you but by somebody else (to get a room painted etc.) faire is used in French followed by an infinitive (faire repeindre une pièce etc.).
When get has the meaning of become and is followed by an adjective (to get rich/drunk etc.) devenir is sometimes useful but check the appropriate entry (rich, drunk etc.) as a single verb often suffices (s'enrichir, s'enivrer etc.).
For examples and further uses of get see the entry below.

II.get <pres part getting, prét got, pp got, gotten Am> [ɡet] VB intr

get her inf!
get him inf in that hat!
to get it up vulg sl
bander vulg sl
to get it up vulg sl
to get one's in Am inf

shut up in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for shut up in the English»French Dictionary

II.shut <shut, shut, -tt-> [ʃʌt] VB trans

III.shut <shut, shut, -tt-> [ʃʌt] VB intr

See also down3, down2, down1

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
In television, all they want you to do is shut up.
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He tells her to shut up, and then he apologizes and says that he hasn't spoken for days.
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The least we owe them is to shut up, get up on stage and put out.
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And it was time to put up or shut up.
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After 1945, there were at rst still seven, but over the decades that followed, even they shut up shop one by one.
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Another man told him to shut up, and they both started to fight.
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Idle again chimes in to ask about a man with a pointed stick, to which the teacher also tells him to shut up.
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To say that someone was shut up meant that they were locked up, quarantined, or held prisoner.
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I did not think he ought to be shut up.
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It could also be seen as a track where the speaker is telling his girlfriend to shut up.
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