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verbo transitivo con partícula

1situar (ladder); montar (tent); levantar, construir (building, barricade, fence); colocar, poner (painting, notice); erigir, poner (statue); abrir (umbrella)

to p up one's hand -> levantar la mano
to p one's hair up -> recogerse el pelo

2elevar, subir (increase)

3alojar (provide accommodation for)

4aportar (provide) (money); presentar (candidate)

to p something up for sale -> poner algo a la venta
to p up a fight or struggle -> ofrecer resistencia

put up [put]

To put up a thing for sale -> poner una cosa en venta
To put up a prayer -> rogar, pedir, suplicar; hacer una oración o deprecación
To put up at -> apearse en, alojarse en
To put up to -> incitar, urgir, instigar a alguno para que ejecute lo que se desea; empeñar en algún asunto; enseñar, dar instrucciones sobre algo
To put up with -> sufrir sin quejarse; aguantar, tolerar, sufrir, perdonar o disimular una falta; tener paciencia; conformarse con

poner a un lado o en su propio lugar; preservar, encajonar (fruits); hacer conservas; guardar, esconder, ocultar, adelantarse o ir hacia alguno, pretender, solicitar, salir a la palestra, ponerse entre los pretendientes a algún empleo, oficio, etc.; dejar impune un delito, exponer al público, salir de repente, acumular, amontonar, hacer brotar o germinar una planta.

put up

verb:transitive:plus_adverb

1 (raise, lift up) [+window, blinds] subir; [+hand] levantar; [+flag, sail] izar; [+collar] subirse

he put his hands up over his face and started crying he put up the collar of his jacket I put the window up to hear his speech = subir I got a ladder and put it up against the wall

if you have any questions, put your hand uphand quien tenga alguna pregunta que levante la mano

put 'em up! (informal) [+hands] (in surrender) ¡manos arriba!; [+fists] ¡pelea!

back foot

2 (hang up) [+picture, decorations] colgar

they helped me put up the Christmas decorations

[+notice, sign] poner

they're putting new street signs up the college put up a plaque to its founder she put up hundreds of notices bearing his picture and name

3 (erect) [+building, wall] construir; levantar; [+statue, monument] erigir; levantar; [+fence, barrier] poner; [+tent] montar; [+umbrella] abrir; [+ladder] montar; poner

they plan to put up a new shopping centre where the lake now stands

to put one's hair uphair recogerse el pelo; (stylishly) hacerse un peinado alto

4 (send up) [+satellite] lanzar; mandar

they have now put a total of 15 men up in space

5 (increase) [+price, tax, sb's temperature, blood pressure] aumentar; subir

just before Christmas they always put the prices up the government warned it might have to put up taxes again avoid arguments — they will only put your blood pressure up

that puts the total up to over 1,000 con eso el total asciende a más de 1.000

6 (offer) [+reward, prize, prayer] ofrecer; [+resistance] oponer

In the end the Kurds surrendered without putting up any resistance

the horse put up an excellent performance in today's race el caballo hizo un papel excelente en la carrera de hoy

he didn't put up much of a fight strugglefightorstruggle no se resistió mucho; no opuso mucha resistencia

they put up a struggle fight

to put sth up for sale/auctionfor poner algo a la venta/a subasta; vender/subastar algo

to put a child up for adoption ofrecer un niño en adopción

in those days it was quite common to put a child up for adoption if you couldn't afford to keep it

7 (provide) [+money] poner; dar

An anonymous donor put up half the cash needed how much are you able to put up?

to put up the money for sth poner dar el dinero para algo;or

8 (give accommodation to) alojar; hospedar

we need volunteers to put up the visitors se necesitan voluntarios para alojar hospedar a los visitantes;or can you put me up for the night? ¿me puedo quedar (en tu casa) esta noche?

I'll ring Keith and ask him if he can put me up for a couple of days we can put up two people here and Shirley can put up another two

9 (present, put forward) [+plan, petition] presentar; [+proposal, suggestion] hacer; [+argument, case, defence] presentar; [+candidate] proponer;for para

he put up a spirited defence of the bill in Parliament hizo una vehemente defensa del proyecto de ley en el parlamento

He wouldn't have put up such a good case for himself why not check and then we'll put it up to the others ...the argument that the Vatican is putting up all the time she was put up by her local branch

we put him up for chairman lo propusimos para presidente

10 (preserve) [+fruit] conservar

verb:intransitive:plus_adverb

1 (stay) hospedarse; alojarse

we put up for the night at a hotel esa noche nos alojamos hospedamos en un hotel;or

2 (Pol) (offer o.s.)

to put up for president presentarse a presidente; to put up for the Greens presentarse como candidato de los Verdes

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