Usage examples of "look up" in English with translation to Spanish

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Look up the word in your dictionary. Busca la palabra en tu diccionario.
When I am going to visit someone I look up to, I first write to him and tell him why. Cuando voy a visitar a alguien a quien admiro, primero le escribo y le digo por qué.
Look up the phrase in your dictionary. Busca la frase en tu diccionario.
Look up the town on the map. Busca la ciudad en el mapa.
Look up the words in your dictionary. Busca las palabras en tu diccionario.
Look up these words in the dictionary. Busque estas palabras en el diccionario.
I often look up words in that dictionary. A menudo busco palabras en ese diccionario.
Look up the number in the telephone book. Busca el número en el directorio.
Please look up this word in a dictionary. Por favor, busca esta palabra en el diccionario.
We use a dictionary to look up the meaning of words. Usamos un diccionario para buscar el significado de las palabras.
It is a good habit to look up new words in a dictionary. Es un buen hábito buscar palabras nuevas en un diccionario.
I wouldn't have thought I would someday look up "Viagra" in Wikipedia. Nunca hubiera pensado que algún día buscaría "viagra" en Wikipedia.
Look that word up in the dictionary. Busca esa palabra en el diccionario.
Look the word up for yourself in the dictionary. Busca tú mismo la palabra en el diccionario.
I don't know what this word means. I'll look it up in the dictionary. No sé qué significa esta palabra. La buscaré en el diccionario.
He looked up the word in his dictionary. Buscó la palabra en su diccionario.
She looked up at the sky. Ella alzó la vista al cielo.
My mother looked up the history of coffee cups. Mi madre buscó la historia de las tazas de café.
I always end up looking up the same words in the dictionary. Siempre termino buscando las mismas palabras en el diccionario.
I can't remember the meaning of the word that I looked up yesterday. No puedo recordar el significado de la palabra que había buscado ayer.
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