go up

go up
1) (to increase in size, value etc: The temperature/price has gone up.) subir, aumentar
2) (to be built: There are office blocks going up all over town.) construirse
go up vb subir
prices are going up all the time los precios suben constantemente
go up
v.
ascender v.
ir arriba v.
remontar v.
subir v.
v + adv
1)
a) (ascend) \<\<person\>\> subir; \<\<balloon/plane\>\> subir, ascender* (frml); \<\<curtain\>\> (Theat) levantarse
b) (approach)

to go up (to somebody/something) — acercarse* (a alguien/algo)

c) (toward the north) ir*
d) (to another place) (esp BrE) ir*

I'm going up to London — voy a Londres

2)
a) (increase) \<\<temperature/price/cost\>\> subir, aumentar; \<\<population/unemployment\>\> aumentar

to go up in price — subir or aumentar de precio

I went up to 140 lbs — engordé hasta llegar a pesar 140 libras

b) (improve) \<\<standard\>\> mejorar

she's gone up in my estimation — ha ganado en mi estima

3)
a) (be built, erected)

a church has gone up on that site — se ha levantado una iglesia en aquel terreno

b) (be put up)

a notice has gone up in the hall — han puesto un anuncio en el hall

4) (burst into flames) prenderse fuego; (explode) estallar

to go up in flames — incendiarse

VI + ADV
1) (=rise) [temperature, price] subir

the total goes up to ... — el total asciende a ...

Hartlepool should go up this season — (Sport) el Hartlepool debería ascender esta temporada

2) (=travel)

to go up to London — ir a Londres

3) (=approach)

to go up to sb — acercarse a algn, abordar a algn

4) (=go upstairs) subir (a la planta de arriba)
5) (=be built) [tower block, building] levantarse
6) (=explode) estallar

to go up in flames — arder en llamas, ser pasto de las llamas

7) (=be heard)

a gasp went up from the crowd — la multitud dio un grito entrecortado

8) (Brit)
(Univ)

to go up to university — (to begin studies) entrar en la universidad; (after vacation) volver a la universidad

9) (Theat) [curtain] subir, abrirse, levantarse; [lights] encenderse
* * *
v + adv
1)
a) (ascend) \<\<person\>\> subir; \<\<balloon/plane\>\> subir, ascender* (frml); \<\<curtain\>\> (Theat) levantarse
b) (approach)

to go up (to somebody/something) — acercarse* (a alguien/algo)

c) (toward the north) ir*
d) (to another place) (esp BrE) ir*

I'm going up to London — voy a Londres

2)
a) (increase) \<\<temperature/price/cost\>\> subir, aumentar; \<\<population/unemployment\>\> aumentar

to go up in price — subir or aumentar de precio

I went up to 140 lbs — engordé hasta llegar a pesar 140 libras

b) (improve) \<\<standard\>\> mejorar

she's gone up in my estimation — ha ganado en mi estima

3)
a) (be built, erected)

a church has gone up on that site — se ha levantado una iglesia en aquel terreno

b) (be put up)

a notice has gone up in the hall — han puesto un anuncio en el hall

4) (burst into flames) prenderse fuego; (explode) estallar

to go up in flames — incendiarse


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Compartir el artículo y extractos

Link directo
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”