English-Spanish translations for get up

• levantarse
  Esas personas son refugiados; tienen derecho a acostarse y levantarse cada mañana sintiéndose seguros. So these people are refugees; they are entitled to go to bed at night and get up in the morning, safe.
  Después de haber estado postrado durante tanto tiempo, ahora está preparado para levantarse y desempeñar su papel en el escenario mundial. Having been on its knees for a long time, it is now ready to get up and play its part on the world stage.
  Señor Presidente, esta mañana la prensa nos cuenta que se ha quejado usted de que tiene que levantarse a las 4 de la madrugada para venir a Estrasburgo a trabajar. Mr President, this morning the press tells us that you complained that you had to get up at 4 a.m. in order to get to Strasbourg to do business here.

Definition of get up

• To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb
• To rise from one's bed (often implying to wake up
• To move from a sitting or lying position to a standing position; to stand up
• To materialise; to grow stronger
• To bring together; to amass
• To gather or grow larger by accretion
• To go towards the attacking goal
• To criticise
• To annoy
• To dress in a certain way, especially extravagantly

Examples

• The tired horse eventually got up and over the hurdle
• Im having difficulty getting up the stairs
• I didnt get up until midday
• Get up off the couch and clean this mess!
• As dusk fell a storm got up
• The general got up a large body of men
• The locomotive got up a good head of steam
• I could see that he was getting up a temper
• He got up me about the mess I made in the kitchen
• She was all got up in the most ridiculous frilly dress

Related words

• vegetable soup
• target group
• get up on the wrong side of the bed
• get up to
• if you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas
• get a leg up
• get the wind up
• get it up
• get one's hopes up