eat up

comerse todo, acabarse

Comer toda una porción de comida sin dejar nada.

En inglés sencillo: To eat all of some food.

• Eat up your lunch.
• The children ate up all the cake.
• Have you eaten your vegetables up?

Cómo se usa: eat something up / eat up something (The children ate their lunch up.); eat it/them up (There are two biscuits left; eat them up.)

Sinónimos: finish, eat all of

Expresiones frecuentes: eat up something, eat something up

consumir, agotar

Gastar o utilizar una gran cantidad de dinero, tiempo, espacio u otros recursos.

En inglés sencillo: To use a large amount of money, time, space, or another resource.

• Rent eats up most of my pay.
• The repairs ate up all our savings.
• These files are eating up the computer’s memory.

Cómo se usa: eat up something / eat something up (Repairs ate up our savings.)

Sinónimos: use up, consume, exhaust

Antónimos: save

Expresiones frecuentes: eat up time, eat up money, eat something up

atormentar, consumir

Hacer que alguien sufra durante mucho tiempo por preocupación, rabia o tristeza.

En inglés sencillo: To make someone feel very worried, angry, or upset for a long time.

• Guilt was eating him up.
• Don’t let jealousy eat you up.
• She was eaten up by regret after the argument.

Cómo se usa: eat someone up (Guilt was eating him up.); be eaten up by/with something (She was eaten up with worry.)

Sinónimos: torment, consume

Expresiones frecuentes: eat someone up, eat up someone

disfrutar mucho, devorar

Disfrutar de algo o recibirlo con mucho interés y placer, como elogios, historias o entretenimiento.

En inglés sencillo: To enjoy or take in something with great interest or pleasure.

• The audience ate up her jokes.
• He loves attention and eats it up.
• Her fans ate up every detail of the new book.

Cómo se usa: eat up something / eat something up (The audience ate up his jokes.)

Sinónimos: lap up, relish, devour

Expresiones frecuentes: eat up praise, eat something up

tragarse, creerse

Creer todo lo que alguien dice sin preguntarse si es verdad.

En inglés sencillo: To believe everything someone says without asking whether it is true.

• He ate up every lie.
• She told a wild story, and they ate it up.
• Why do you eat up everything that salesman says?

Cómo se usa: eat up something / eat something up (He ate up every excuse she offered.)

Sinónimos: swallow, buy, believe

Antónimos: doubt

Expresiones frecuentes: eat up lies, eat something up

comerse a besos

Sentir tanto cariño por alguien muy lindo que dan ganas de llenarlo de besos; se dice en broma.

En inglés sencillo: To feel that someone is so cute you want to show great affection.

• You’re so cute I could eat you up!
• Look at those tiny cheeks; I could eat him up.
• She kissed the baby and said she could eat her up.

Cómo se usa: could eat someone/something up (That puppy is so cute I could eat it up.)

Sinónimos: adore

Expresiones frecuentes: eat someone up, eat something up