Alza in english
Rise
pronunciation: raɪz part of speech: noun, verb
pronunciation: raɪz part of speech: noun, verb
In gestures
alza = upswing.
Example: The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.more:
» ajustar las notas al alza = curve + grades [En un contexto educativo, práctica de subir las notas de toda la clase haciendo que la nota mejor se convierta en la nota máxima posible de la asignatura] .
Example: Not all professors are willing to curve grades for a class, but over the course of your studies you're bound to encounter one or two classes where you will have a curved grade.» al alza = bullish ; hawkish .
Example: Wheat traders are getting more bullish, even after prices tumbled into a bear market, as demand for U.S. exports strengthened and a drought in the Great Plains threatens to curb next season's crop. Example: The same is with the hawkish and dovish terms: the first one means bullish, positive, and comes from the hawk in the sky, and the second one means bearish, negative, and comes from the dove.» en alza = on the upswing ; in ascendancy ; buoyant ; booming ; on the rise ; at high tide ; in the ascendant ; bullish ; on the way up ; rising ; hawkish .
Example: Absenteeism is on the upswing. Example: Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline. Example: The foreign relations of the Community will probably remain a buoyant area. Example: In the face of overpublishing and growing scepticism, this once booming area is now retrenching and broadening its coverage = En vista del exceso de publicaciones y del creciente escepticismo, este área que una vez estuvo en auge ahora ha venido a menos. Example: In the article 'Love is a many splendoured thing' a selection of 13 writers of romance, both new and veteran, all on the rise in their field, discuss their craft and the challenges of today's market. Example: The global economy is at high tide and Canada is expected to ride the wave with six per cent export growth this year. Example: British skyscrapers are in the ascendant -- new skyscrapers in London get higher and more popular to live in. Example: Wheat traders are getting more bullish, even after prices tumbled into a bear market, as demand for U.S. exports strengthened and a drought in the Great Plains threatens to curb next season's crop. Example: We've all heard the saying 'Be nice to people on the way up because you may need them on the way down'. Example: But the good times ran out and the world recession of the 1970s brought rising inflation, unemployment and increasing pressure for better social services. Example: The same is with the hawkish and dovish terms: the first one means bullish, positive, and comes from the hawk in the sky, and the second one means bearish, negative, and comes from the dove.» estar al alza = be on the up .
Example: It's no secret that the housing market has been on the up and up, just like mortgage rates.» estar en alza = be up ; be on the increase .
Example: In fact, the 1979 index figures show a strong contrast between the hardback and paperback turnovers, with the hardback market being down and the paperback market up. Example: Incidents of harassment in libraries today between library employees and patrons or between one patron and another are on the increase.» ir al alza = be on the up ; be on the increase .
Example: It's no secret that the housing market has been on the up and up, just like mortgage rates. Example: Incidents of harassment in libraries today between library employees and patrons or between one patron and another are on the increase.» mercado en alza = bullish market ; bull market .
Example: A bullish market trend often begins before the general economy shows clear signs of recovery. Example: Bull markets are characterized by optimism, investor confidence and expectations that strong results will continue.» modificar las notas al alza = curve + grades [En un contexto educativo, práctica de subir las notas de toda la clase haciendo que la nota mejor se convierta en la nota máxima posible de la asignatura] .
Example: Not all professors are willing to curve grades for a class, but over the course of your studies you're bound to encounter one or two classes where you will have a curved grade.» Nombre + en alza = Nombre + up .
Example: This outreach comes at a time when academic librarians find demands for their services sharply up and budgets sharply down.» nota ajustada al alza = curved grade [En un contexto educativo, práctica de subir las notas de toda la clase haciendo que la nota mejor se convierta en la nota máxima posible de la asignatura] .
Example: Not all professors are willing to curve grades for a class, but over the course of your studies you're bound to encounter one or two classes where you will have a curved grade.» nota modificada al alza = curved grade [En un contexto educativo, práctica de subir las notas de toda la clase haciendo que la nota mejor se convierta en la nota máxima posible de la asignatura] .
Example: Not all professors are willing to curve grades for a class, but over the course of your studies you're bound to encounter one or two classes where you will have a curved grade.» precios en alza = rising costs ; runaway prices .
Example: The base of higher education is shrinking because of the drop in the birthrate and rising costs. Example: Tighter budgets and runaway journal prices have made it necessary for growing numbers of academic libraries to trim their collections.alzar
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» alzar con gato = jack up ; jack .
Example: Never go underneath your car when it is jacked up unless it is also properly supported on axle stands. Example: The building was nine inches off plumb and was jacked back into position incrementally over a period of one year.» alzar el vuelo = take + wing ; get off + the ground ; get off + the launching pad ; lift off + the launching pad ; be off the launching pad .
Example: Unfortunately, he did not live long enough to see his company start to blossom -- his vision was only just starting to take wing when he died in 1900. Example: From the beginning it has been a local service, originally funded from the rates, but it needed Carnegie grants to really get off the ground. Example: If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't -- belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad. Example: We got a short glimpse of a giant rocket lifting off the launching pad. Example: Once your idea is off the launching pad, don't close your eyes and hope for a safe landing.» alzar la mirada = raise + Posesivo + eyes ; look up .
Example: You grew up and you learnt to keep your eyes lowered because if you raised your eyes you didn't know whether you were going to get an insult or a box in the ear. Example: She looked up and saw the muzzle of a rifle pointed at her.» alzar la vista = raise + Posesivo + eyes ; look up .
Example: You grew up and you learnt to keep your eyes lowered because if you raised your eyes you didn't know whether you were going to get an insult or a box in the ear. Example: She looked up and saw the muzzle of a rifle pointed at her.» alzar la voz = raise + Posesivo + voice .
Example: As Scots we are sometimes shy; we are sometimes afraid to raise our heads above the parapet; we are sometimes afraid to raise our voices.» alzarse = tower above/over .
Example: Prague represents a unique collection of historical monuments dominated by Prague Castle towering high above the city.» alzarse empinadamente = shoot up .
Example: On both sides the crags shot up in fantastic forms towards the sky, and the rising wind roared among them like a spirit of anguish.» máquina de alzar = gathering machine .
Example: Machines were developed for carrying out these remaining processes between 1856 and 1903, all of them American in origin: case-making machines (1891-5); gathering machines (1900-3); and casing-in machines (1903).