crack up

• Verbo frasal que se usa para indicar que alguien se echa a reír de forma repentina o que alguien causa mucha risa, o para referirse a un colapso mental o emocional.

A phrasal verb used to indicate bursting into laughter or causing someone to laugh, or to suffer a mental or emotional breakdown.

incontable · transitivo e intransitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Laugh uncontrollablyinformal

   To suddenly start laughing very hard, often in a situation where it is inappropriate.

   desternillarse de risa

   • His joke made everyone crack up.
   • She cracked up during the serious meeting.
   • The comedian's performance caused the audience to crack up.

   Sinónimosbreak up

2. Suffer a mental breakdowninformal

   To become emotionally or mentally unstable due to stress or pressure.

   sufrir un colapso mental

   • He cracked up under the pressure of his job.
   • After months of overwork, she finally cracked up.
   • The constant criticism caused him to crack up.

   Sinónimosbreak downfall apartgo to pieceslose itsnap

3. Praise excessivelyinformalbritish

   To speak very highly of someone or something, often in an exaggerated way.

   Elogiar excesivamente

   • The critics cracked up the new movie as a masterpiece.
   • She cracked up her friend's cooking as the best she ever had.
   • He cracked up the new employee's skills to the manager.

   Sinónimosacclaimeulogizeextolhypelaudoverpraisepuff

   Antónimosbelittlecriticizedenigratedeprecatedisparage

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