rising

creciente

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An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).

adjective

1. (increasing)

a. creciente

There has been a rising number of home burglaries in recent months.Ha habido un número creciente de robos de casas en los últimos meses.

b. en aumento

The sun and rising temperatures are helping clear roads of snow and ice.El sol y las temperaturas en aumento están ayudando a despejar la nieve y el hielo de los caminos.

c. en alza

Rising interest rates have dampened new home sales.Las tasas de interés en alza han enfríado las ventas de viviendas nuevas.

d. alcista

Grain resumes its rising course and promises a recovery.Los granos retoman el rumbo alcista y prometen una recuperación.

2. (moving upwards)

a. naciente

Watching the rising sun at Machu Picchu was breathtaking.Ver el sol naciente en Machu Picchu fue impresionante.

b. creciente

The rising tide is threating to flood the city.La marea creciente amenaza con inundar la ciudad.

c. ascendente

Rising temperatures are leading to a proliferation of mosquito-borne illnesses.Las temperaturas ascendentes están dando lugar a una proliferación de enfermedades transmitidas por mosquitos.

d. en pendiente

Through the fog, he could just barely make out a cluster of buildings on a rising terrain.A través de la niebla, apenas podía divisar un grupo de casas en un terreno en pendiente.

3. (promising)

a. prometedor

Tracy is a rising singer and is drawing larger crowds at every concert.Tracy es una cantante prometedora y atrae multitudes cada vez más grandes en cada concierto.

b. en alza

Everyone agrees that Alfonso is a rising politician.Todos están de acuerdo que Alfonso es un político en alza.

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

noun

4. (ascension)

a. la salida

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

They sat holding hands and waiting for the rising of the sun.Estaban sentados, tomados de la mano, esperando la salida del sol.

5. (insurrection)

a. la rebelión

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

The police put the rising down.La policía aplastó la rebelión.

b. el levantamiento

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

What started as a rising in a single neighborhood has grown into a civil war.Lo que empezó como un levantamiento en un solo barrio se ha convertido en guerra civil.

c. la revuelta

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

Some fear there will be a social rising as a result of the new policies.Algunos temen una revuelta social como resultado de las nuevas medidas.

An adverb is a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or other adverbs (e.g. to run quickly, very tired).

adverb

6. (nearly) (United Kingdom)

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

He's rising 60 and will retire soon.Pronto tendrá 60 y se jubilará.

The people who like that band are rising 30.La gente a quien le gusta esa banda ya raya en los 30 años.

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rising

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (revolt)

a. el revuelta f, levantamiento

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).

adjective

2. (sun)

a. naciente

3. (prices, temperature)

a. en aumento, ascendente

4. (artist, politician)

a. en alza

5. (fig)

rising starvalor en alza, estrella en ciernes

rising [ˈraɪzɪŋ]

adjective

1 (increasing) [+number, quantity] creciente; [+prices etc] en aumento; en alza

the increase is needed to meet rising costs (Economics)

[+trend] alcista

the rising number of murders el creciente número de homicidios; with rising alarm con creciente alarma

2 (getting higher) [+sun, moon] naciente; [+ground] en pendiente; [+tide] creciente

the house stood on rising ground la casa estaba construída sobre una pendiente

3 (promising) prometedor

rising politician político (m) en alza; the rising generation las nuevas generaciones

adverb

(almost) casi

he's rising 12 pronto tendrá 12 años

noun

1 (uprising) rebelión (f); sublevación (f)

2 [of river] nacimiento (m); [of sun etc] salida (f)

on the rising of the House (Parl) al suspenderse la sesión

modifier

rising damp (n) humedad (f) de paredes

rising star (n) (person) figura (f) emergente

The fitness center was packed with the rising stars of the corporation ...another rising star of the Conservative Party

Examples

Phrases

rising action	la acción creciente
self-rising flour	la harina con levadura
dead rising	el ángulo de pantoque
rising sea level	subida del nivel del mar
rising temperatures	aumento de las temperaturas
rising tide	el flujo