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Hi, guys: After research in many sources, I cannot figure out what's difference between "cram" and "cram up". I think both of them have the ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Spanish-English/Español-Inglés Spanish-EnglishVocabulary/VocabularioEspañol-Inglés Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. Cram/cramup Threadstarter yapa Startdate May1,2017 Y yapa Member EspañoldeEspaña Hi,guys: Afterresearchinmanysources,Icannotfigureoutwhat'sdifferencebetween"cram"and"cramup". Ithinkbothofthemhavethesamemeaning: 1.alotofunitsofsomethinginalittlespace 2.tostudyalot. But,betweencramandcramup,isthereanydifference? Thankyoueverybodyinadvance!   Bevj AllegraModerata(Sp/Eng,Cat) Girona,Spain English(U.K.) Holayapa Porfavordanosunaoracióncompletacomoejemplodelusodelafrase,deacuerdoconlasnormasdelforo. Gracias.   Y yapa Member EspañoldeEspaña Ok,sorry/perdón. Ihaven'taconcretesentence,justIlookedforthemeaningofcramandcramup,andIdidn'tfindanydifference.So,Iwasaskingaboutthispossibility. Forexample:"everythingfeelsquitepokeybecauseit's,you'reallcrammedupnexttoeachother...", Ifinsteadofcrammedupweusecrammed,wouldkeepitthesamemeaning?   fenixpollo moderator Arizona AmericanEnglish Yourexamplelackscontext.Wherearethepeoplecrammed? Withoutknowingmore,Iwouldsaythatthemeaningwouldn'tchangeifyousaid"crammed":the"up"justemphasizesthesmallnessofthespace. Inothercontexts,"up"mightrefertothedirectionorlocationwherethepeople/objectswerecrammed.However,wecanonlydealwithonecontextperthread.   Bevj AllegraModerata(Sp/Eng,Cat) Girona,Spain English(U.K.) Iagreethatweneedmoreinformation,andalsoagreewithfenixpollothatthe'up'isnotstrictlynecessary.Infactifyouaretalkingaboutpeoplesquashedintoasmallspace(onlyaguess,becauseyoudon'texplain),itwouldbemoreusualtosay'crammedin'.   Y yapa Member EspañoldeEspaña fenixpollosaid: Yourexamplelackscontext.Wherearethepeoplecrammed? Withoutknowingmore,Iwouldsaythatthemeaningwouldn'tchangeifyousaid"crammed":the"up"justemphasizesthesmallnessofthespace. Inothercontexts,"up"mightrefertothedirectionorlocationwherethepeople/objectswerecrammed.However,wecanonlydealwithonecontextperthread. Clicktoexpand... Well,Ithoughtthewholesentencewasn'tstrictlyneccessary.Thecontextisaboutspacewitnmanypeopleworkinginanoffice.But,anyway,youalreadyansweredme.Inyouropinion"up"isjustanemphasisofthewordanditdoesn'tmodifythemeaningof"cram"toomuch. Thisisthewholeparagrah:"it'sweirdbecauseit'sahugeairyspace,theactual...thebigroombuteverythingfeelsquitepokeybecauseit's...,you'reallcrammedupnexttoeachother..." Accordingtoyourpurpose,cramandcramuphaven'tmuchdifference.Thankyouuuu...!   Bevj AllegraModerata(Sp/Eng,Cat) Girona,Spain English(U.K.) Conelcontextoañadido,yosigopensandoque'crammedin'eslocorrecto.'Crammedup'paramínotienemuchosentido,peropuedeserotradiferenciaentreAEyBrE.   fenixpollo moderator Arizona AmericanEnglish Bevjsaid: Conelcontextoañadido,yosigopensandoque'crammedin'eslocorrecto.'Crammedup'paramínotienemuchosentido,peropuedeserotradiferenciaentreAEyBrE. Clicktoexpand... No,noesunadiferenciaregional:crammedupenestecontextonosuenatanbiencomocrammedin.   S Sprachliebhaber MemberEmeritus USAEnglish Crammedinreferstopeople,whilecrammed/crammedupcanalsorefertothespace.   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Spanish-English/Español-Inglés Spanish-EnglishVocabulary/VocabularioEspañol-Inglés Top