make up for in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for make up for in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.for [Am fɔr, fər, Brit fɔː, fə] PREP

2. for (indicating purpose):

9.1. for (indicating duration):

II.for [Am fɔr, fər, Brit fɔː, fə] CONJ liter

I.make <pt & pp made> [Am meɪk, Brit meɪk] VB trans

1. make (to produce):

3. make (to cause sth to be):

10.1. make inf (to manage to attend, reach):

II.make <pt & pp made> [Am meɪk, Brit meɪk] VB intr

III.make [Am meɪk, Brit meɪk] N

See also mess, mend, mar, make for, fuss, difference

I.mess [Am mɛs, Brit mɛs] N

III.mess [Am mɛs, Brit mɛs] VB trans euph

III.mend [Am mɛnd, Brit mɛnd] N

mar <pres part marring; pt, pp marred> [Am mɑr, Brit mɑː] VB trans

make for VB [Am meɪk -, Brit meɪk -] (v + prep + o)

I.fuss [Am fəs, Brit fʌs] N U

montar un número Spain inf

difference [Am ˈdɪf(ə)rəns, Brit ˈdɪf(ə)r(ə)ns] N

1.2. difference C or U:

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

make up for in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for make up for in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.for [fɔ:ʳ, Am fɔ:r] PREP

II.for [fɔ:ʳ, Am fɔ:r] CONJ form

III.make [meɪk] made, made N

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
He thought that the ingredients were perfectly cooked, but they didn't make up for the combinations involved in the dishes.
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This was released to make up for delays in recording that meant the band would miss its original launch window.
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Brink calls fair trade a misguided attempt to make up for market failures encouraging market inefficiencies and overproduction.
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He frittered away the time he had planned to spend learning, then tried to make up for it by intensively studying the law.
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Agricultural fields may need to be fertilised to make up for the phosphorus that has been removed in the crop.
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What the "congueros" lacked in material goods, they had to make up for in inventiveness.
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Unable to hear the lessons, she'd had to copy out her classmates' notes and do extra reading to make up for the barriers she faced.
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Regulars know not to be put off by the cashier charging around the counter wielding his flyswatter; the beefy, stacked burgers more than make up for it.
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The organizers proposed to make up for the shortfall with increased taxes of the rich, inheritance tax, and using surplus tax money.
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He had been an occasional drug addict; now, to make up for lost income, he took to selling drugs.
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