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# How to pronounce "teared up" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/tɪːrɛdʌp/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **tea·re·dup**

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "teared up" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "You know I sat at home and I watched. I teared up and I said that's where I want to be. So Netra and I wound up our life, closed up everything we had, and we decided to move to New York."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 15:26](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_4IK8CiLg8&t=926s)

### Example 2
> "it teared up a bit and uh he just takes it out while he's reading the"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 23:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlYHjAEBhiQ&t=1392s)

### Example 3
> "nearly teared up I actually nearly cried well it's great to see you thanks for elementary tonight at n Sky living and as I said T2 is out on January the"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 1:49](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZN8wGTt0rQ&t=109s)

### Example 4
> "So I get teared up every time I see this."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 37:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXxDwchQQ54&t=2259s)

### Example 5
> "I get teared up thinking about it."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 26:43](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32kd-2DEHEk&t=1603s)

### Example 6
> "You can damage your olfactory pathway in ways that are pretty severe, you can also damage your vision. If you've ever teared up because you inhaled something that was really noxious, that is not a good thing, it doesn't mean you necessarily cause damage, but it means that you have irritated the mucosal lining and possibly even the surfaces of your eyes, so please be very, very careful."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 58:18](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwz8JprPeMc&t=3498s)

### Example 7
> "And Jacob spit a little and teared up and remembered how horrible it was to be Sam's age-- how painful and unfair."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 25:46](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1XEQ3jhsSA&t=1546s)

### Example 8
> "everybody's really excited uh definitely teared up when we got that poll you know I've had a lot of polls in my life but"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 27:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8de-Z2QujhU&t=1636s)

### Example 9
> "She was so grateful that she teared up right in front of us."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 0:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn0aWklOiWQ&t=51s)

### Example 10
> "is and I think that's really powerful I think Hillary Clinton um was a second wave feminist person and a lot of women in the second wave had to fight so hard to break those glass ceilings I mean I teared up during her speech when she said those 18 million votes were 18 million chinks in the glass ceiling and that is really really true I think the third wave of feminists we're doing things differently but at the same time I think because a lot of"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 0:49](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W73SSGnZZl0&t=49s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [teared](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/teared)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "teared up" correctly?
"teared up" is pronounced `/tɪːrɛdʌp/`. Syllable breakdown: **tea·re·dup**.

### What does "teared up" mean in context?
Refer to real speech examples in the video clips above to observe how native speakers use "teared up" in daily English.

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