hold up in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for hold up in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.hold up VB [Am hoʊld -, Brit həʊld -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

II.hold up VB [Am hoʊld -, Brit həʊld -] (v + adv)

Translations for hold up in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.hold1 <pt & pp held> [Am hoʊld, Brit həʊld] VB trans

II.hold1 <pt & pp held> [Am hoʊld, Brit həʊld] VB intr

III.hold1 [Am hoʊld, Brit həʊld] N

1.1. hold U (grip, grasp):

coger (algo) esp Spain
coge esa punta esp Spain
ubicar a alguien LatAm

hold2 [Am hoʊld, Brit həʊld] N (of ship, aircraft)

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

hold up in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for hold up in the English»Spanish Dictionary

hold-up [ˈhəʊldʌp, Am ˈhoʊld-] N

Translations for hold up in the Spanish»English Dictionary

Translations for hold up in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.hold [həʊld, Am hoʊld] held, held N

II.hold [həʊld, Am hoʊld] held, held VB trans

III.hold [həʊld, Am hoʊld] held, held VB intr

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
It was meant to be finished five months ago, but a hold-up in federal funding slowed the work, he explained.
www.ctvnews.ca
There, a masked man entered the bank, approached a teller and handed a hold-up note demanding money.
www.insidetoronto.com
I don't know what the hold-up is; it's about who has got the rights.
www.pedestrian.tv
The biggest factor likely to cause up a hold-up was wind, he said.
horsetalk.co.nz
In the meantime the police have learned the particulars of the hold-up from the frightened passengers and have started up the railroad tracks after the fleeing robbers.
en.wikipedia.org
You drug pushers, hold-up men and do-nothings, you better go out.
fox40.com
The three participants who performed a hold-up are shown stating positive things about their experience, although it is unclear whether these were taped before or after the heist itself.
en.wikipedia.org
Limerick, where a criminal gang fled with a significant sum of money following a terrorising hold-up in their home.
www.breakingnews.ie
Although the system is up and running and refuelling has commenced, airlines are still recovering from the earlier hold-up.
traveller24.news24.com
During a bank hold-up scene, the three gangsters put on actors' costumes and steal the money from the bank.
en.wikipedia.org

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