what's up | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,colloquial,withupin the sense of "of concern")What’s the matter? What is the problem? What is wrong?You're looking a bit miserable.What's up?I got a call saying to come straight away.What's up?1884December 10,Mark Twain[pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XIII, inThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade)[…], London:Chatto & Windus,[…],→OCLC,page112:Hello,what's up? Don't cry, bub. What's the trouble?1890,A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Mr. John Harston Keeps an Appointment”, inThe Firm of Girdlestone: A Romance of the Unromantic, London:Chatto & Windus,[…],→OCLC,page 5:"What's up?" he asked, dropping back into a chair, and jingling the loose coins in his trouser pockets. / "I have had news of theBlack Eagle," his father answered. "She is reported from Madeira."1912,W. Somerset Maugham,Lady Frederick: A Comedy in Three Acts, act 1:Lady Frederick:Oh lord, I wish I were eighteen.[She sinks into a chair, and an expression of utter weariness comes over her face.]Gerald:I say,what's up?Lady Frederick:[Starting.]I thought you'd gone. Nothing.; (idiomatic,colloquial,chieflyUS,withupin the sense of "happening")What's happening?What are you doing?Synonyms:what's happening,what's new,what's the hapsHey,what's up? – Not much, just working.; (rhetorical question,colloquial)Acasualgreetingwith ameaningsimilar tohiornice to meet you.Hey,what's up? – Hey! Good to see you.

Examples:

EN: Oh, what's up with you?
ES: ¿Qué pasa contigo?
EN: Say, what's up?
ES: ¿Qué pasa?
EN: Now just tell me what's up.
ES: ¡Dime de una vez qué pasa!
EN: OH, what's up?
ES: ¿Que ocurre?
EN: - Hello, what's up? - She isn't in.
ES: - Hola. ¿Que pasa?
EN: What did he say, what's up?
ES: - ¿Qué dijo, qué pasa?
EN: Hmm, what's up?
ES: ¿Qué pasa?
EN: I gave up trying to ascertain what's up .. A year after I married your mother, John.
ES: He dejado de intentar saber qué pasa al año siguiente de casarme con tu madre, John.
EN: Let's see what's up the awful stairs.
ES: Veamos qué hay ahí arriba.
EN: Well, what's up?
ES: ¿Por qué?
ES: Bien, ¿qué hay?
EN: - Just a minute, mister. - Oh, what's up, now?
ES: Un momento, señor.
EN: - Bakeless, what's up?
ES: - Bakeless, ¿qué tal?
EN: Tell me, what's up on your meadow?
ES: Dime, ¿qué pasa en vuestra pradera?
EN: Hey, what's up with that oven?
ES: Oye, ¿qué pasa con ese horno?
EN: Well, Nayland, what's up?
ES: Bueno, Nayland, ¿qué sucede?

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