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set up
verbo transitivo con partícula
1erigir (erect) (statue); montar (tent, barrier)
2organizar (arrange, organize) (meeting, group); establecer (system, company)
  • to s up house or home -> instalarse
  • I've been set up! (familiar) -> ¡me han tendido una trampa! (I've been framed)
verbo intransitivo
3establecerse (establish oneself)(as de or como)
  • to s up in business -> montar un negocio

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set up [set][set]
1Impr.) componer; dar un grito; hacer ruido; meter bulla.
  • To set up a coach -> echar coche
  • To set up a shop -> poner tienda
  • To set up a tent -> levantar una tienda
  • To set up for -> darse uno por lo que no es; darse por lo que es; erigirse en medianero, dictador, etc.; preciarse de; concurrir
  • To set up for oneself -> obrar por sí; trabajar por su cuenta
  • To set up to sale -> poner en venta
ensalzar, exaltar, elevar; erigir, fundar, instituir o levantar; enderezar o poner derecha o empinada una cosa; adelantarse o ponerse delante; hacer una proposición; establecer y establecerse; empezar alguno a traficar por sí o por su cuenta; principiar un sistema nuevo de vida; hacer profesión pública de una opinión, de una virtud, etc., preciarse de; poner a la vista;

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set up
verb:intransitive:plus_adverb
to set up in business establecerse en un negocio; to set up (in business) as a baker establecerse de panadero
verb:transitive:plus_adverb
1 (place in position) [+chairs, tables etc] disponer; colocar; [+statue, monument] levantar; erigir; [+fence] construir; poner
to set up camp acampar
2 (start) [+school, business, company] establecer; fundar; [+committee] poner en marcha; [+inquiry] constituir; [+fund] crear; [+government] establecer; instaurar; [+record] establecer; [+precedent] sentar; [+infection] causar; producir
to set up house establecerse; poner casa; to set up shop (Comm) poner (un) negocio; to set sb up in business poner un negocio a algn; establecer a algn; he set her up in a flat la instaló en un piso departamento;or (LAm) now he's set up for life ahora tiene el porvenir asegurado
3 (pose)
to set o.s. up as sth presumir de algo; hacérselas de algo
4 (informal) (frame) tender una trampa a
5 (informal) (lure into a trap) engañar; llevar al huerto a; (informal)
they set him up good and proper
6 (informal) (fix, rig) [+fight] amañar; apañar
the fight was set up; Briggs ws told to take a dive in the fifth round
7 (equip) equipar; proveer;with de
to be well set up for estar bien provisto de; tener buena provisión de
8 (Tip) componer
9 (raise) [+cry] levantar; lanzar; dar; [+protest] levantar; formular

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