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How do you say catch up in Spanish?
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» catch up A verb + adverb (draw level): I missed three weeks' classes, and it was a struggle to catch up perdí tres semanas de clase y me costó ponerme al día; we used to be market leaders, but now other countries are catching up antes éramos los líderes del mercado pero ahora otros países nos están alcanzando; to catch up with/on somebody/something: she had to catch up with o on the rest of the class/the work she'd missed tuvo que ponerse al nivel del resto de la clase/al día con el trabajo; I've got a lot of work to catch up on tengo que poner al día mucho trabajo atrasado; you go on ahead, I'll catch up with you later ustedes vayan delante, que yo ya los alcanzo; all those late nights eventually caught up on o with me todas esas trasnochadas finalmente pudieron más que yo; I called Sue to catch up with o on the latest gossip llamé a Sue para ponerme al día con los últimos chismes or al tanto de los últimos chismes; I need to catch up on my sleep tengo que recuperar el sueño perdido B 1 verb + object + adverb (draw level with) (BrE) ‹leader/group› alcanzar* 2 verb + object + adverb, verb + adverb + object (pick up) recoger* C (trap, involve) to be/get caught up in something‹in barbed wire/thorns› estar*/quedar enganchado/atrapado en algo; ‹in excitement/enthusiasm› contagiarse de algo; I was completely caught up in my thoughts estaba totalmente absorto or ensimismado en mis pensamientos; I got caught up in the traffic me agarró or (especially Spain) me cogió el tráfico; she got caught up in the scandal se vio envuelta en el escándalo |
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(with "ya" it should have been "in a minute") Quote:
tanto trasnochar finalmente me pasó factura/la cuenta todas esas noches trasnochadas finalmente pudieron conmigo
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