English-Portuguese translations for own up

• admitir
• assumir
  Numa retrospectiva das nossas conquistas, temos também de ser críticos e assumir os erros cometidos. Looking back at our achievements, we must also be critical and own up to mistakes that have been committed.
• confessar
  Os Estados-Membros deveriam confessar que se opõem à igualdade de tratamento. The Member States should own up to the fact that they are opposed to equal treatment.
• confessar que
  Os Estados-Membros deveriam confessar que se opõem à igualdade de tratamento. The Member States should own up to the fact that they are opposed to equal treatment.

Definition of own up

• to acknowledge, confess, or admit guilt or reponsibility. Often used with ''to''

Examples

• Ill own up: I glued your mouse to its mat.
• If you own up to breaking the glass, youll be forgiven.

Related words

• grown up
• Yellow-crowned Euphonia
• Orange-crowned Euphonia
• Spot-crowned Euphonia
• frown upon
• frowned upon
• grown up points
• look down upon
• up and down