chop up

• Verbo frasal que significa cortar algo em pedaços pequenos, especialmente alimentos, usando uma faca ou outro instrumento.

A phrasal verb meaning to cut something into small pieces, especially food, using a knife or other tool.

incontável · transitivo · phrasal, separável

1. Cut into piecesinformal

   To cut something into smaller pieces, usually with a knife or other sharp tool.

   Picar

   • She chopped up the vegetables for the salad.
   • He chopped up the wood for the fireplace.
   • The chef chopped up the herbs finely.

   Sinônimoschopcut upminceslice

2. Destroy or damageinformal

   To damage or destroy something by cutting or hitting it repeatedly.

   Destruir ou danificar

   • The storm chopped up the garden furniture.
   • He chopped up the old documents with a shredder.
   • The vandals chopped up the sign with an axe.

   Sinônimosbutchercut uphackmanglemaulshredslash

   Antônimosfixmendreconstructrepairrestore

Verbo basechop