buttress [ˈbʌtrɪs]
buttress
∗buttress [ˈbʌtrɪs]
sustantivo
1contrafuerte (m) (arquitectura); apoyo (m) pilar (m) (sentido figurado)
verbo transitivo
2respaldar (sentido figurado) (support)
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buttress [ba-tres]
sustantivo
1Contrafuerte, estribo, machón, arbotante, pedazo de pared fuerte a manera de pilar, que se pone arrimado a la misma pared o muralla para sostenerla. (Arqueología)
2Apoyo, sostén.
- Flying buttress -> arbotante
va. Estribar, afianzar con estribo. Reforzar con un contrafuerte (wall). Respaldar, apoyar (support/argument, case).
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Verb Conjugation for "buttress"
Imperative
- buttress
- you buttress
- he/she buttresses
- we buttress
- you buttress
- they buttress
Preterite
- I buttressed
- you buttressed
- he/she buttressed
- we buttressed
- you buttressed
- they buttressed
Present Continuous
- I am buttressing
- you are buttressing
- he/she is buttressing
- we are buttressing
- you are buttressing
- they are buttressing
Present Perfect
- I have buttressed
- you have buttressed
- he/she has buttressed
- we have buttressed
- you have buttressed
- they have buttressed
Past Continuous
- I was buttressing
- you were buttressing
- he/she was buttressing
- we were buttressing
- you were buttressing
- they were buttressing
Past Perfect
- I had buttressed
- you had buttressed
- he/she had buttressed
- we had buttressed
- you had buttressed
- they had buttressed
Future
- I will buttress
- you will buttress
- he/she will buttress
- we will buttress
- you will buttress
- they will buttress
Future Perfect
- I will have buttressed
- you will have buttressed
- he/she will have buttressed
- we will have buttressed
- you will have buttressed
- they will have buttressed
Future Continuous
- I will be buttressing
- you will be buttressing
- he/she will be buttressing
- we will be buttressing
- you will be buttressing
- they will be buttressing
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been buttressing
- you have been buttressing
- he/she has been buttressing
- we have been buttressing
- you have been buttressing
- they have been buttressing
Future Perfect Continuous
- I will have been buttressing
- you will have been buttressing
- he/she will have been buttressing
- we will have been buttressing
- you will have been buttressing
- they will have been buttressing
Past Perfect Continuous
- I had been buttressing
- you had been buttressing
- he/she had been buttressing
- we had been buttressing
- you had been buttressing
- they had been buttressing
