Meanings
interjectionhands up!
- idiomaticPut your hands up (if you wish to participate).
verb
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of hand up
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionSurrender (by raising your hands)!
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Translations
Arabic اِسْتَسْلِمْ
- اِسْتَسْلِمْ (istaslim)surrender!
Bulgarian го́ре ръце́те!
- го́ре ръце́те! (góre răcéte!)surrender!
Catalan mans enlaire!
- mans enlaire!surrender!
Chinese Mandarin 舉起手來！ /举起手来！, 舉起手！ /举起手！
- 舉起手來！ /举起手来！ (jǔqǐ shǒu lái!)surrender!
- 舉起手！ /举起手！ (jǔqǐ shǒu!)surrender!
Czech ruce vzhůru!, ruce nahoru!
- ruce vzhůru!surrender!
- ruce nahoru!surrender!
Danish hænderne op!
- hænderne op!surrender!
Dutch handen omhoog!
- handen omhoog!surrender!
Esperanto manojn supren
- manojn suprensurrender!
Estonian käed üles!
- käed üles!surrender!
Finnish kädet ylös!
- kädet ylös!surrender!
French haut les mains !, mains en l'air !
- haut les mains !surrender!
- mains en l'air !surrender!
German Hände hoch!
- Hände hoch!surrender!
Greek ψηλά τα χέρια
- ψηλά τα χέρια (psilá ta chéria)surrender!
Hebrew הָרַם יָדַיִם
- הָרַם יָדַיִם (harém yadáyim)surrender!
Hungarian kezeket fel!, fel a kezekkel!
- kezeket fel!surrender!
- fel a kezekkel!surrender!
Icelandic upp með hendurnar!
- upp með hendurnar!surrender!
Irish lámha in airde!
- lámha in airde!surrender!
Italian su le mani, mani in alto
- su le manisurrender!
- mani in altosurrender!
Japanese 手を上げろ！
- 手を上げろ！ (te o agero!)surrender!
Korean 손들어!
- 손들어! (sondeureo!)surrender!
Latvian rokas augšā!
- rokas augšā!surrender!
Lithuanian rankas aukštyn!
- rankas aukštyn!surrender!
Norwegian henda i været!, opp med henda!
- henda i været!surrender!
- opp med henda!surrender!
Polish ręce do góry!
- ręce do góry!surrender!
Portuguese mãos ao alto!
- mãos ao alto!surrender!
Romanian mâinile sus!
- mâinile sus!surrender!
Russian ру́ки вве́рх!
- ру́ки вве́рх! (rúki vvérx!)surrender!
Slovak ruky hore!
- ruky hore!surrender!
Spanish ¡arriba las manos!, ¡manos arriba!
- ¡arriba las manos!surrender!
- ¡manos arriba! (surrender)surrender!
Swedish upp med händerna!
- upp med händerna!surrender!
Turkish eller yukarı!
- eller yukarı!surrender!
Ukrainian ру́ки вго́ру!, ру́ки догори́!
- ру́ки вго́ру! (rúky vhóru!)surrender!
- ру́ки догори́! (rúky dohorý!)surrender!
Welsh dwylo i fyny, dwylo lan
- dwylo i fynyput your hands up to participate
- dwylo lanput your hands up to participate
- dwylo i fynysurrender!
- dwylo lansurrender!
- codwch nhwsurrender!
- coda nhwsurrender!
Cite this entry
APA
hands up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hands%20up
MLA
“hands up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hands%20up. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hands up,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hands%20up.
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