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Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
play up vi phrasalUK, informal (child: misbehave)portarse mal v prnl + adv
The children got bored on the long journey and started playing up.
Los niños se aburrían con el viaje largo y empezaron a portarse mal.
play up vi phrasalinformal (appliance: malfunction)andar mal vi + adv
funcionar mal vi + adv
The washing machine suddenly started playing up.
La lavadora empezó a andar mal de repente.
play [sth] up,
play up [sth] vtr phrasal sep		US, informal (draw attention to [sth])resaltar⇒ vi
She always used heavy eyeliner to play up her blue eyes.
Siempre se maquilla mucho para resaltar sus ojos azules.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
play catch-up vtr + ninformal (get updated)ponerse al día loc verb
Julia wanted to play catch-up and find out what had happened while she had been away.
Julia quería ponerse al día y enterarse de todo lo que había pasado cuando no estuvo.
play catch-up vtr + ninformal (do work missed due to illness) (trabajo)ponerse al día loc verb
I had to play catch-up after being away from work on sick leave.
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Forum discussions with the word(s) "play up" in the title:

a heads-up play
Bearing as supplied, play to be taken up
bring some charts/funk up/play off the seat
build up play (football)
He came up with the idea for us to play - grammar
If I should play it up and escape
It's hard to play catch-up ball
Link up play
pick-up-and-play game
Play a role and "catch up"
play dress up
Play it up
play it up -- Michael and his fellow grunts had played it up
play somebody up
Play up
play up
play up
play up (writing)
Play up my arms
play up someone
play up to
play up to the boss, get in with the teacher
This is just a heads-up about the state of play
to play catch-up in doing sth
to play dress up
To play up to it
What’s up play ‘a?
Your play backed you up
A question about play up/act up - English Only forum
as if Time had not grown up himself yet, <but were> a child too, and always at play - English Only forum
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