Lift in spanish
Levantar
pronunciation: lebɑntɑɹ̩ part of speech: verb, noun
pronunciation: lebɑntɑɹ̩ part of speech: verb, noun
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lift1 = ascensor, elevacargas.
Example: Nottingham University Library was based on this, but the height was restricted to four floors to obviate the necessity for lifts for users.more:
» airlift = puente aéreo, transporte aéreo, embarque aéreo.
Example: In 1949 the author, now professor at the Institute of Library Science at the Berlin Freie Universitat, was a transport worker at Berlin Airport during the Allied airlift.» chairlift [chair lift] = telesilla.
Example: This ski resort has played a pioneering role in the introduction of up-to-date equipment for skiing and ski jumping including chairlifts, ski jumping ramps, and ski lifts.» forklift = carretilla elevadora, montacargas de horquilla.
Example: 30,000 books were moved using a donated forklift and plastic milk crates = Se trasladaron 30.000 libros utilizando una carretilla elevadora que había sido donada y cajas de plástico para la leche.» ski lift [skilift] = telesquí.
Example: This ski resort has played a pioneering role in the introduction of up-to-date equipment for skiing and ski jumping including chairlifts, ski jumping ramps, and ski lifts.» uplift = elevación.
Example: His goal was to contribute to the 'uplift' of the masses and to make men sober, righteous, conservative, patient, and devout -- in short, to make others more like himself.lift2
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» brow lift = levantamiento de (las) cejas.
Example: These aren't to do with the endoscopic nature of the surgery, but are issues with brow lifts as a whole.» butt lift = lifting the glúteos.
Example: Plastic surgeons around the world are noticing an increasing demand for buttock implants and butt lifts.» facelift [face-lift] = remozamiento, renovación, rejuvenecimiento, reforma, cambio.
Example: The Web's full embrace of constant change means that even old friend sites may be unrecognisable after technology facelifts.» facelift [face-lift] = lifting, lifting facial, lifting de cara, estiramiento facial, cirugía estética facial, cirugía estética facial. [En medicina se utiliza "estiramiento facial"]
Example: Rejuvenation procedures typically performed in conjunction with a facelift are brow lift, to correct a sagging or deeply furrowed brow, and eyelid surgery to rejuvenate aging eyes.lift3
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» catch + a lift = llevar en coche.
Example: Getting there was easy: I caught a lift to the campsite with Sophia, whose campervan runs on vegetable oil.» get + a lift = llevar en coche.
Example: Unless you can get a lift from someone you know, getting a taxi will be the safest way of getting home.» give + Nombre + a lift = llevar en coche.
Example: A man has been convicted of attempting to rape a woman after he gave her a lift in his car.» grab + a lift = llevar en coche.
Example: if you are out drinking, book a taxi, grab a lift or even walk home -- it's not worth the risk.» thumb + a lift = hacer autostop, hacer dedo.
Example: The article 'Exploiting new technologies -- or 'thumbing a lift on the communications highways of tomorrow'' reviews current trends in telecommunications and their application to information services.lift (up)4 = levantar.
Example: The scanner must, however, be lifted from the document at the end of each scan.more:
» airlift = transportar por aire, aerotransportar.
Example: A family of four were airlifted to hospital after being hit by falling rocks while they were fossil hunting on a beach.» lift + a ban = levantar una prohibición.
Example: Maybe now is the time to lift the ban on silicone breast implants.» lift + a blockade = levantar un cerco, levantar un bloqueo.
Example: Farmers are expected to lift the blockades later today on the remaining meat plants as the rest of the food processing industry returns to normal following the dispute which began last Tuesday week.» lift + a curse = levantar una maldición, quitar una maldición.
Example: She has no faith in doctors, blames his paralysis on black magic and wishes to take him home so the curse can be lifted by faqirs.» lift + an embargo = levantar un embargo.
Example: Over the last several months, the United States has expressed strong opposition to the EU's proposed plan to lift the arms embargo on China.» lift + a restriction = levantar una prohibición.
Example: Speaking of which, Chertoff recently lifted restrictions that have confined airline passengers to their seats for a half hour after taking off and before landing.» lift + a weight off + Posesivo + shoulders = quitar un peso de encima a Alguien.
Example: In a sense, the release of this new album has lifted a weight off his shoulders and bookended his first six years as a solo artist.» lift from = liberar de.
Example: A system of values lifts the librarian from preoccupation with the mundane and points him towards what is truly important.» lift + Nombre + out (of) = sacar levantando.
Example: If your mouse is a bit jumpy it is a good idea first of all just to get it used to your hand before attempting to lift it out of its cage.» lift off = despegar.
Example: Plaster was mixed with water and poured over the type, and allowed to set; when it had hardened it was lifted off the page (the oil preventing it from sticking to the type), and baked hard in an oven.» lift off + the launching pad = despegar, levantar el vuelo, alzar el vuelo.
Example: We got a short glimpse of a giant rocket lifting off the launching pad.» lift out = copiar tal cual.
Example: They are one-sidedly ransacking his writings to 'cherry-pick' and string together whatever can possibly be lifted out and turned against him.» lift + Posesivo + morale = subir la moral.
Example: This article discusses what steps may be necessary change the ethos of the library, including training programmes to lift staff morale.» lift + Posesivo + spirits up = levantar los ánimos, levantar el ánimo, levantar la moral.
Example: It was obvious that Balzac's enthusiasm for the grant lifted his spirits up from their normal sagging state.» lift + the curtain on = revelar el secreto de.
Example: He makes science easy to understand and 'wows' the reader with terrific examples of how modern genetic research is lifting the curtain on human history.» lift + the lid on = revelar, denunciar, delatar, desenmascarar, hacer saltar la liebre, tirar de la manta.
Example: We have been able to follow the money paid to these scam companies and have lifted the lid on the activities of a criminal gang.» lift + the veil on = levantar el velo, desvelar, revelar.
Example: Microsoft lifts the veil on two new tablets meant to show the way forward for Windows.» lift + wholesale and unmodified = copiar tal cual.
Example: The terms in the source will already be in a standard form ready for lifting wholesale and unmodified into a thesaurus.» not lift a finger = no levantar un dedo, no mover un dedo, no dar golpe, no dar palo al agua.
Example: He doesn't lift a finger and pays off a bunch of technicians to make the equipment for him.» shoplift = robar en una tienda, hurtar en una tienda.
Example: He caught a kid shoplifting in his store, gave him a good cuff on the side of his head and kicked him out the door.» uplift = elevar, ennoblecer.
Example: This article discusses the implementation of a carefully devised approach to uplift standards of reading.