add up

sumar

Calcular un total juntando dos o más números o cantidades.

En inglés sencillo: Find the total by putting two or more numbers or amounts together.

• Add up these numbers.
• She added up the prices on the list.
• Have you added all the scores up?

Cómo se usa: add something up (Add the costs up before you decide.)

Sinónimos: total, sum

Expresiones frecuentes: add up the numbers, add something up

acumularse, sumar

Varias cantidades crecen poco a poco o juntas forman un total determinado.

En inglés sencillo: Gradually become a larger amount or together make a particular total.

• Small costs soon add up.
• Our savings added up to enough for a holiday.
• Those extra minutes add up over a year.

Cómo se usa: add up to an amount (The fees add up to fifty euros.)

Sinónimos: accumulate, amount to

Expresiones frecuentes: costs add up, add up to something

tener sentido, cuadrar

Parecer razonable y encajar con los hechos conocidos.

En inglés sencillo: Seem reasonable and fit with the facts you know.

• His story does not add up.
• The dates added up once we checked the records.
• If she was abroad, her explanation cannot add up.

Sinónimos: make sense, hold together

Expresiones frecuentes: does not add up, story will add up