How to Say "heave-ho" in Spanish
The Spanish word for “heave-ho” is “UP” — A1 level.
English → SpanishA1
interjectionA1informal
during heavy lifting
Examples
¡Up! Vamos a los brazos de papá.
Up! Let's go to daddy's arms.
¡Up, up! ¡Tú puedes saltar esa valla!
Up, up! You can jump that fence!
Dijo 'up' al levantar la pesada caja.
He said 'up' while lifting the heavy box.
A Word That Never Changes
This word is a 'set sound.' It doesn't matter if you are talking to a boy, a girl, or a group of people; the word always stays exactly the same.
The Power of Punctuation
In Spanish, we wrap these short sounds in exclamation marks (¡Up!) to show they are being shouted or said with energy.
Don't Use it as a Verb
Mistake: “Yo up el niño.”
Correction: Yo levanto al niño (I lift the child). 'Up' is just a sound for the moment of action, not a verb you can conjugate.
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