What are you upto

English translation: What are you planning to do?

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English term or phrase:What are you upto
Selected answer:What are you planning to do?
Entered by: Thijs van Dorssen

04:32 Oct 14, 2001
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: What are you upto
What's the meaning of what are you upto? and what should I reply?
Khawer
What are you planning to do?
Explanation:
Hi Khawer,

it should really be: what are you up to, (two words) meaning what sort of prank, trick are you planning now

Bye
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Thijs van Dorssen
Local time: 00:19
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +6What are you doing?
Mary Worby
5All of the above
Tom Funke
5All of the above
Tom Funke
5What's going on in your life lately?
athena22
4What are you planning to do?
Thijs van Dorssen
4doing or planning secretly , ready for miscief
1964
4what do you want know or do?
jamali2000
4what do you want know or do?
jamali2000


  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
What are you planning to do?


Explanation:
Hi Khawer,

it should really be: what are you up to, (two words) meaning what sort of prank, trick are you planning now

Bye

Thijs van Dorssen
Local time: 00:19
PRO pts in pair: 4
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
doing or planning secretly , ready for miscief


Explanation:
That may have such meanings or something close to this: what are you plnanning or considering to do

1964
Türkiye
Local time: 01:19
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in pair: 8
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
What are you doing?


Explanation:
In informal English, it just means, what are you doing ...

What are you up to today?
Mowing the lawn, doing some shopping, etc.

What are you up to at the weekend?
Some friends are coming round for dinner.

etc.

HTH

Mary

Mary Worby
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:19
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 164

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Julia Gal
36 mins

agree  Yuri Geifman
3 hrs

agree  cochrum
3 hrs

agree  Gilda Manara
6 hrs

agree  Abu Amaal (X)
14 hrs

agree  Tatiana Neroni (X): That's right, no pranks, just informal.
156 days
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
All of the above


Explanation:
All the previous answerers are correct, depending on that the "doer" had in mind -- or the asker.


    experience, including 8 American children, 20 American grandchildren etc. etc.
Tom Funke
Local time: 18:19
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 8
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
All of the above


Explanation:
All the previous answerers are correct, depending on that the "doer" had in mind -- or the asker.


    experience, including 8 American children, 20 American grandchildren etc. etc.
Tom Funke
Local time: 18:19
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 8
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
what do you want know or do?


Explanation:
Infact it depends on the context. It means what do you want to know more about this matter for someone wants to know more about something unknown to him.
Or as the other answers that what do you want to do in the future?

jamali2000
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
what do you want know or do?


Explanation:
Infact it depends on the context. It means what do you want to know more about this matter for someone wants to know more about something unknown to him.
Or as the other answers that what do you want to do in the future?

jamali2000
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
What's going on in your life lately?


Explanation:
You can answer anything you'd like, from what you are doing right then to what you've been "up to" professionally, or what has been going on in your life personally, or even what you're thinking about that moment. It's related to the Bugs Bunny question, "What's up, doc?"


athena22
United States
Local time: 15:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 32
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