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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
well up vi phrasal(liquid: spring forth)brotar vi
The little girl dug a hole in the sand and watched the water well up in it.
La niña cavó un hoyo en la arena y observó cómo brotaba el agua dentro.
well up vi phrasal(tears: spring up)brotar vi
Tears welled up in Tina's eyes when she heard the news.
Las lágrimas brotaron de los ojos de Tina cuando supo la noticia.
well up vi phrasalinformal (person: emit tears, weep)llenarse los ojos de lágrimas loc verb
Joanna welled up when she thought about her father.
A Joanna se le llenaron los ojos de lágrimas al pensar en su padre.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
well-brought-up,
well brought up
adj
(taught etiquette as child)bien educado loc adj
Note: Hyphens are used when the adjective precedes the noun.
This private school only accepts well-brought-up children from wealthy families.
Esta escuela privada solo acepta niños bien educados de familias ricas.
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'well up' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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Spanish:

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Collocations: the [emotions, feelings] welled up inside (her), [she, her tears] welled up, well up at the [thought, idea, sight] of, more...

Forum discussions with the word(s) "well up" in the title:

All well and good that you are fed up with the world out here
Are you up to/feel well to do something - grammar
Baby holds his head up well
clean up well
cleaning up so well
come up well/not bad/nice
far too well brought up
He felt laughter well up within him
I might as well get up
I might as well you up front
it didn’t well up in the first place
Recently, I have been getting up early, exercising, and eating well.
stand up well over time
stood up to that well
to be well up for that
Well Giddy Up
well that about wraps it up
Well they're all used-up has-beens
Well-nigh up to our waists
Well, I got a little mixed up when I started to go over..
Well, I Guess This Is Growing Up
Well, shake it on up
Well, shut up then"
Well, we grew up together / Since we grew up... - grammar
You are pretty well iratze'd up
You scrub up well
You summed up so well
and in church there goes up prayer to Gawd for those ’oo—well, for the others, sir, ’oo—— - English Only forum
end up well vs end well - English Only forum
extremely well brought up in a very traditional way - English Only forum
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