stay up

English

Verb

stay up (third-person singular simple present stays up, present participle staying up, simple past and past participle stayed up)

(literally) To remain in a raised or upright position.
These trousers are too big around the waist. They won't stay up.
To remain awake, to not go to bed.
My plane leaves at 6:00 in the morning, so I plan to stay up until then and sleep on the plane.

She stayed up past her bedtime.
(euphemistic) To maintain an erection.
He told his lover he has a problem staying up.

Derived terms

stay up late

Translations

remain awake

Arabic:
Egyptian Arabic: سَهَر‎ (sahar)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 熬夜 (zh) (áoyè)
Dutch: opblijven (nl)
Finnish: valvoa (fi)
German: aufbleiben (de), durchmachen (de)
Ingrian: valvoa
Korean: 새우다 (ko) (sae'uda)
Spanish: quedarse despierto, empalmar (es), reenganchar (es)

maintain an erection

Chinese:
Mandarin: 勃起 (zh) (bóqǐ)
Finnish: ylläpitää erektiota

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