remontar

∗

remontar
transitive verb
1to go up (pendiente, río); to get over, to overcome (obstáculo); to pull back, to catch up (puestos)
  • remontar el vuelo -> to soar
remontarse
pronomial verb
1to soar, to climb high (ave, avión)
2(gastos)
  • remontarse a -> to amount o come to
3(en el tiempo)
  • remontarse a -> to go o date back to; (hecho) to go back to (persona)

Copyright © 2006 Chambers Harrap Publishers Limited

remontar [ray-mon-tar’]
article & verb transitive
1To frighten away (animales), to oblige one to withdraw.
2To remount the cavalry; to supply them with fresh horses.
3To repair the saddles of mules and horses.
4To put new soles or feet to boots.
verb reflexive
5To tower (edificio), to soar (pájaros).
6To conceive great and sublime ideas; to form sublime conceptions.
7To go back (recuerdos), go up stream (río).
  • Sus recuerdos se remontan en el siglo pasado -> her memories go back to the last century
  • Remontaron el río -> they went up the stream

Velazquez® Spanish and English Dictionary. Copyright © 2007 by Velazquez® Press. All rights reserved.

remontar
verbo:transitivo
1 [+río] to go up; [+obstáculo] to negotiate; get over
vuelo
2 [+zapato] to mend; repair; [+media] to mend; mend a ladder in
3 (Mil) [+caballo] to remount
4 [+reloj] to wind
5 (Caza) [+animales] to frighten away
verbo:pronominal
remontarse
1 [+avión, pájaro] to rise; soar; [+edificio] to soar; tower
remontarse en alas de la imaginación (literario) to take flight on the wings of fantasy
2 (Economía)
remontarse a to amount to
3 (en tiempo)
remontarse a to go back to; este texto se remonta al siglo XI this text dates from dates back to the 11th century;o sus recuerdos se remontan a la Guerra Civil her memories go back to the Civil War; tenemos que remontarnos a los mismos orígenes we must go back to the roots of this

Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Verb Conjugation for "remontar"

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo remonto remonté remontaba remontaré remonte
Tú remontas remontaste remontabas remontarás remontes
Ella/Él/Usted remonta remontó remontaba remontará remonte
Nosotros remontamos remontamos remontábamos remontaremos remontemos
Vosotros remontáis remontasteis remontabais remontaréis remontéis
Ellos/Ustedes remontan remontaron remontaban remontarán remonten
Paid English to Spanish translation