bust up in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for bust up in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.bust up VB [Am bəst -, Brit bʌst -] inf (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

II.bust up VB [Am bəst -, Brit bʌst -] inf (v + adv) to bust up with sb

bust-up [Am ˈbəstəp, Brit ˈbʌstʌp] N

Translations for bust up in the Spanish»English Dictionary

Translations for bust up in the English»Spanish Dictionary

bust1 [Am bəst, Brit bʌst] N

I.bust2 <pt & pp busted or Brit also bust> [Am bəst, Brit bʌst] VB trans

II.bust2 <pt & pp busted or Brit also bust> [Am bəst, Brit bʌst] VB intr inf

III.bust2 [Am bəst, Brit bʌst] N

IV.bust2 [Am bəst, Brit bʌst] ADJ

2. bust (broken) Brit → busted

See also busted

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

bust up in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for bust up in the English»Spanish Dictionary

II.bust2 [bʌst] VB trans bust Am: busted, bust Am: busted inf

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
But the pair had a high profile bust-up in the mid-90s.
www.gigwise.com
The bust-up has now torn the once happy family apart.
www.mirror.co.uk
Children were left distressed as football thugs became embroiled in a violent bust-up with a steward.
www.newsandstar.co.uk
The dressing room bust-up with his team-mates was one thing, but the confrontation with his manager was quite another.
www.eveningtimes.co.uk
There was also a bust-up in the tunnel at half-time.
en.wikipedia.org
They were later interviewed under caution by the police but claimed they were unable to recall what had led to the bust-up.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

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