ring up

llamar por teléfono, telefonear

Comunicarse con alguien por teléfono.

En inglés sencillo: To contact someone by telephone.

• Please ring up your mother.
• She rang me up yesterday evening.
• Can you ring up the office for me?

Cómo se usa: ring someone up (I will ring you up after lunch.)

Sinónimos: call, phone, telephone

Expresiones frecuentes: ring up someone, ring up home

registrar en caja, pasar por caja

Introducir productos o sus precios en la caja de una tienda para que el cliente pueda pagar.

En inglés sencillo: To record goods or their cost on a shop’s payment machine so a customer can pay.

• Please ring up these apples.
• The cashier rang up my shopping and handed me a receipt.
• Have you rung up the drinks yet?

Cómo se usa: ring something up (The cashier rang the books up separately.)

Sinónimos: process a sale

Expresiones frecuentes: ring up items, ring up purchases

cobrar a, atender en caja

Registrar las compras de un cliente y cobrarle en la caja de una tienda.

En inglés sencillo: To record a customer’s purchases and take their payment at a shop’s checkout.

• Can you ring me up?
• The cashier rang up the last customer before closing.
• She will ring you up when you have finished shopping.

Cómo se usa: ring someone up (Could you ring me up at this register?)

Sinónimos: check out

Expresiones frecuentes: ring up someone, ring up customers

ponchar, eliminar por strikes

En béisbol, eliminar al bateador lanzando o señalando el tercer strike.

En inglés sencillo: In baseball, to make a batter leave their turn by pitching or calling a third strike.

• The pitcher rang up three batters.
• The umpire rang him up on a called third strike.
• She rang up the final batter to end the inning.

Cómo se usa: ring a batter up (The pitcher rang the batter up with a fastball.)

Sinónimos: strike out, fan

Expresiones frecuentes: ring up someone, ring up batters

fallar en contra de, sancionar

Tomar una decisión oficial contra alguien, por ejemplo sancionarlo o declararlo fuera del juego.

En inglés sencillo: To make an official decision against someone, such as giving a penalty or ruling them out.

• The referee rang him up for a foul.
• The official rang up the player after the violation.
• They appealed after the umpire rang her up.

Cómo se usa: ring someone up for something (The referee rang him up for a foul.)

Sinónimos: penalize, rule against

Expresiones frecuentes: ring up someone, ring up players

despertar con una campana, llamar con una campana

Despertar a alguien o llamarlo a cumplir su tarea haciendo sonar una campana.

En inglés sencillo: To wake someone or call them to duty by ringing a bell.

• The bell rang up the sleeping crew.
• They rang us up for the early watch.
• A sailor rang up the captain at dawn.

Cómo se usa: ring someone up (The watch officer rang the crew up before dawn.)

Sinónimos: rouse, summon

Expresiones frecuentes: ring up someone, ring up crew