ascender a

to promote

ascender a(ah-sehn-dehrr ah)

transitive verb phrase

1. (to raise to a higher position)

a. to promote

Voy a despedir a Juan y a ascender a Claudia. Es lo justo.

I'm going to fire Juan and promote Claudia. It's the fair thing to do.

b. to promote to

No me lo vas a creer, pero mi jefe me acaba de ascender a gerente general. - ¡Felicidades!

You're not going to believe me, but my boss just promoted me to general manager! - Congratulations!

2. (to be raised to a higher position)

a. to be promoted

¿Ascendieron a Paula? - No, ascendieron a Andrea. Paula se queda donde está.

Was Paula promoted? - No, Andrea was promoted. Paula is staying right where she is.

b. to be promoted to

Honestamente, estoy un poco molesto de que hayan ascendido a Daniel a supervisor. Yo me merecía el puesto más que él.

Honestly, I'm a bit annoyed that Daniel was promoted to supervisor. I deserved the position more than he did.

c. to go up to

Tras ganar el último partido, el equipo fue ascendido a primera división.

After winning their last game, the team was promoted to the first division.

3. (to increase to)

a. to rise to

Se espera que la tasa de inflación ascienda a 5% este trimestre.

The inflation rate is expected to rise to 5% this quarter.

b. to go up to

El pronóstico dice que la temperatura mañana puede ascender a 102 grados.

The forecast says that the temperature might go up to 102 degrees tomorrow.

4. (to move upwards to)

a. to rise to

El cohete ascendió a una altitud de 60 pies antes de comenzar a descender.

The rocket rose to an altitude of 60 feet before starting to descend.

b. to ascend to

Esta luz roja comenzará a parpadear una vez que el globo meteorológico ascienda a la altura deseada.

This red light will start blinking once the weather balloon ascends to the desired altitude.

c. to climb to

Les tomó tres días a los alpinistas ascender a la cima de la montaña.

It took the mountaineers three days to climb to the top of the mountain.