Upon in spanish

Sobre

pronunciation: soʊbɹ̩e part of speech: none
In gestures

upon = sobre, encima de. 

Example: All love that has not friendship for its base is like a mansion built upon the sand.

more:

» be upon us = haber llegado, estar aquí ya.

Example: The knowledge society, then, is upon us.

» hereupon = a partir de aquí.

Example: Hereupon proposals are made in order to determine which index types are the most appropriate tools for the analysis and retrieval in the various document collections.

» Once upon a time = Érase una vez, Había una vez. [Forma tradicional de empezar un cuento]

Example: Once upon a time there was a teeny-tiny woman who lived in a teeny-tiny house in a teeny-tiny village.

» row upon row = hilera tras hilera, una hilera tras otra, hileras e hileras.

Example: Factories and mills sprang up, and with them row upon row of tight boxlike workers' houses.

» upon + Gerundio = al + Infinitivo.

Example: Article 17 reads: 'Persons entitled to the privileges of the Library shall, upon request, open their parcels for inspection upon leaving the Library'.

» upon learning that = al conocer que, al enterarse de que, al averiguar que.

Example: Monte Rissell, who killed five women, upon learning that one of his victims had a father dying from cancer, let her go free because his own father had died from cancer.

» upon + Nombre = una vez + Participio.

Example: Upon completion of his Peace Corps commitment he served as Chief of the Catalog Department at the Washington University Library in St. Louis, Missouri.

» (up)on (+ Posesivo +) arrival = al llegar.

Example: In fact only very avid readers will ever settle to silent reading immediately on arrival from some different activity.

» upon + receipt = al recibir.

Example: Upon receipt of orders, the system retrieves the images of the documents and transmit them on-line to the users.

» upon + request = siempre que se solicite, cuando se solicite.

Example: Article 17 reads: 'Persons entitled to the privileges of the Library shall, upon request, open their parcels for inspection upon leaving the Library'.

» upon request of = a petición de.

Example: The Board will meet upon written notification by its President or upon request of at least three members from the Board.

» whereupon = después de lo cual, con lo cual, por el cual.

Example: Mechanization may yet force the issue, especially in the scientific field; whereupon scientific jargon would become still less intelligible to the layman.
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