swell up in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for swell up in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.swell <pp swollen or Am swelled> [Am swɛl, Brit swɛl] VB intr

II.swell <pp swollen or Am swelled> [Am swɛl, Brit swɛl] VB trans

III.swell [Am swɛl, Brit swɛl] N

IV.swell [Am swɛl, Brit swɛl] ADJ

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

swell up in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for swell up in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.swell <[or swelled]> [swel] -er, -est VB trans swelled, swollen

II.swell <[or swelled]> [swel] -er, -est VB intr

III.swell <[or swelled]> [swel] -er, -est N no pl (of sea)

IV.swell <[or swelled]> [swel] -er, -est ADJ Am inf

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Heat rash develops when sweat ducts become blocked and swell up, looking like dots or tiny pimples on the skin.
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However, the stress of playing and training fully competitively again caused his knee to swell up, requiring further surgery.
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Allergies can also set off an allergic reaction causing swelling to the bronchial tubes, and as a result the air passage will swell up, or close up completely.
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Do not keep the soil wet when the humidity is maintained at 100%, as the eggs will absorb water, swell up, and burst.
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Later, the second star can swell up, allowing the neutron star to suck up its matter.
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To ensure they have adequate supplies they force-feed certain ants which swell up and become living larders for the rest of the colony.
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If nodes detect something foreign passing through them such as a bacterium or a cancer cell they will swell up.
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