(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).
The foundation raised a substantial amount of money for cancer research.La fundación recaudó una cantidad considerable de dinero para la investigación del cáncer.
The new director raised many questions about the policies of the company.El director nuevo planteó muchas cuestiones en torno a la política de la empresa.
(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).
1(lift)[+fallen object, weight, hand]levantar;alzar;[+hat]levantarse;[+blinds, window]subir;[+flag]izar;[+dust]levantar;[+wreck]sacar a flote;[+camp, siege, embargo]levantar
she raised her head and listenedhe raised his hand to waveraise your right arm above your headshe raised her arm and it appeared she was going to hit himSir Cedric raised his head weakly and took a sip of waterwhenever they got close he raised the shovel and chargedbreathe in as you raise the weight and out as you lower ithe raised his fist in the traditional Communist saluteshe raised a clenched fist in the airPendergood raised his finger in warningthe man was about to speak, when Jack raised a finger and silenced himraise your right hand to take the oathshe raised a hand to shield her face from the sunthe man performed the reflex action of raising his hatwhen he reviewed the troops they cheered him as he smiled and raised his hatshe went to the window and raised the blindshe tried to raise the window, but the sash cord was brokenthey had raised the white flag in surrenderat midnight, the German flag will be raised over the ReichstagKuwaiti troops raised their national flag today over Kuwait Cityraising a little dust, a group of riders came into view on the dirt roadhe drove fast enough to raise the dustValenkov sighed, his hands raising dust from the arms of the chairthere are jeeps raising clouds of dust as they drag artillery into positionit took five weeks to raise the vesselthe Royal Navy said it would attempt to raise the wreckwith so few regular troops, he had no alternative but to raise the siegethere is mounting pressure to raise the oil embargo currently in forcetell the men we're raising camp tomorrow by sunup
to raise one's eyebrowsarquear las cejas
her behaviour raised a lot of eyebrowssu comportamiento escandalizó a mucha gente
he raised his eyebrows in surprise
to raise one's eyesalzar la vista or la mirada;levantar los ojos or la vista
she did not raise her eyes as he enteredshe raises her eyes to the heavens when the subject is mentionedShe refused to raise her eyes when he spoke, continuing to stare at the floorto raise one's [glass]Milton raised the glass to his lipsthey raised their glasses and Russell called out, "come on Leonard, speech!"
to raise one's glass to sth/sbbrindar por algo/algn
he raised his glass to her - "cheers!"
he raised his hands in horror/surrenderlevantó or alzó las manos horrorizado/rindiéndose
she raised a hand for silenceto raise sb's [hopes]the agreement has raised hopes that the war may finally come to an enda phonecall from the bank temporarily raised her hopesI don't want to raise her hopes for nothingscientists were last night keen not to raise false hopes over beating the biggest cancer killer of womento raise sb up from [poverty]to raise sb to [power]Churchill had been raised to power by the warto raise sb's [spirits]the news did nothing to raise their spiritsher visits did a lot to raise his spirits while he was illhe remembered spending some time with herdsmen, which raised his spirits
to raise o.s.levantarse;alzarse
to raise o.s. into a sitting positionincorporarse
he has raised himself [up] from nothingshe raised herself to her full height
the rain has raised the water level in the riverla lluvia ha subido el nivel del agua del río
the worksurface needs raising a bit highera chest of drawers set upon four carved legs that raised it about a foot from the groundice which is already floating on the ocean won't raise the sea level any further if it happens to melt
she has done more to raise consciousness of about the Third World's plight than anyone elsethe furore over Nigeria has raised public consciousness about Shell's activitiesWe're not here to try to change anybody's mind. All we want to do is raise your consciousness about it.
to raise standards in educationsubir el nivel de la enseñanza;to raise the school leaving ageextender la edad de escolarización mínima obligatoria
if they raise prices above their competitors' levels, they will sufferthey were forced to raise wages to agreed national levelsCongress did not have the power to raise taxesthe Republic of Ireland is expected to raise interest ratesmeasures to raise the standard of livingto raise the level of communication in your marriagetwo incidents in recent days have raised the level of concerna new drive to raise standards of literacy in Britain's schoolsyou raise the standard of living of people who are able to put money in the bankshe promised to raise the level of child benefit provided by the governmentfatty acids tend to raise cholesterol levels in the bodyin 1972 the school-leaving age was raised to 16she has worked to raise public awareness about of AIDSthe charity aims to raise consciousness about the young homeless in the cityit would take only a slight rise in carbon dioxide to raise the world's temperature
we want to raise the profile of rugbyqueremos realzar la imagen del rugby
the TV interview helped to raise his profileto raise one's [voice]
don't you raise your voice to me!¡no me levantes or alces la voz!
Gregory began to raise his voice in protestin all that time not once had John ever raised his voice to herAnne raised her voice in order to be heard
the house where she was raisedla casa donde se crió;I want to settle down, maybe raise a familyquiero asentarme, y quizá tener una familia
a farm-raised chicken/they raise horses and cattle/ on a family ranchhis children were raised in the Catholic faiththe plump, tender capons raised by a local farmermy mother was an amazing woman - she raised four of us kids virtually singlehandedlyhe raises 2,000 acres of wheat and hayI raised these plants from seed
his speech raised a cheer from the crowdsu discurso suscitó una ovación del público
his forlorn attempts to raise a few laughssus intentos desesperados por provocar unas cuantas risas
his wise-cracking speech failed to raise any laughshe raised a cheer from conference representatives with that remarkhe was trying to raise a public outcry against an American company felling a cedar forestthe new automatic ticket barriers have already raised an outcry, and most people refuse to use themresearchers have raised doubts about the safety of this drugthe massacre raised fears of all-out civil warthe new evidence raised doubts in the minds of the jurorsrecent events have raised fears about the growth of anti-semitismthieves dress up as workmen to enter properties without raising neighbours'suspicionsthis raised the suspicion that the IRA organised the thefther connection with Botswana had raised suspicions about her loyaltiesthe execution raised cries of racismeven the old trails about which we raised such cries of despair are nearly overgrownthe rest of us now spotted it and raised a loud crythe cold air raised goose bumps on her arms
she could barely raise a smileapenas pudo sonreír
his jokes barely raised a smile
to raise suspicion in sb's mindlevantar or despertar las sospechas de algn
8(present, put forward)[+question, point, possibility]plantear;[+subject]sacar;[+complaint]presentar
I'll raise the point with themse lo mencionaré;you'll have to raise that with the directortendrás que plantearle or comentarle eso al director
to raise objections to sthponer objeciones or peros a algo
he raised no objection to her goingthe White House continued to raise fresh objections to the terms of the bill
this raises the prospect of civil waresto plantea la posibilidad de una guerra civil
he gets embarrassed whenever the subject is raisedse pone violento cada vez que se saca el tema
this raises the question of whether ...the study raises more questions than it answersthe accident again raises questions about the safety of the plantthis latest attack raises yet again the question of whether public figures should receive greater police protectionin the meeting Mrs. Ashrawi raised the three main concerns that the Palestinians havethe issue raises further difficultieswe must not now raise difficulties, conditions or obstaclesthe women raised complaints about working conditionsthe possible break-up of Yugoslavia raises the prospect of lots of small nation states springing up across Europethe Prime Minister has raised the prospect of civil war resulting from shortages of food and energynew research raises the possibility of a curehe raised the possibility that allied bombing did not destroy Iraq's nuclear capabilitythe spokeman raised the possibility of using charitable bodies to distribute the supplies
they couldn't raise his bailno pudieron reunir el dinero de su fianza
they raised a loan against the houseconsiguieron un préstamo con la casa como garantía
to raise money for charityrecaudar dinero con fines benéficos
events held to raise money for Help the Agedthe dinner dance raised 3,000 pounds for the charitya variety of events to raise funds were plannedthey raised the money to buy the house and two hundred acres of groundsI could probably raise the extra two thousand pounds but I'd prefer not toI couldn't raise two thousand dollars if my life depended on itthe bank's function is to raise capital for industrythe majority of these households had raised loans to improve their homesyou may be able to borrow money against the policyno government was able to raise loans so cheaply or lavishly as was the Britishthe government attempted to stabilize the currency by raising foreign loansthey planned to raise loans to pay for the warthey would either have to raise a conscript army or enlist the support of an allyCongress agreed to raise an army of 60,000 men
I'll raise you!¡subo la apuesta!;I'll raise you £10te subo 10 libras más
to raise the [stakes]the prime minister raised the stakes by threatening to call an election if he lostdiplomats accused pro-Iranian kidnappers of raising the stakes in the Middle East hostage situationIsrael's prime minister will lead the delegation to the peace talks, raising the stakes for the conference
we tried to raise him on the radiointentamos contactar con él or localizarlo por radio
I'll see if I can raise her by phoneto raise [land]
12(conjure)[+spirits]evocar
once in the tomb, the camera crew re-enacted /a play meant to raise the spirits of the dead/
to raise sb from the deadresucitar a algn;levantar a algn de entre los muertos
Jesus raised Lazarus from the deadto raise the [ghost] of sbthe scene where he raises the ghost of his fatherhe raised the ghost of Captain Oates, the famous Antarctic explorer, in his farewell speechto raise the [spectre] of sththis raised the spectre of war in Europefor some Soviets, reunification will raise the spectre of the militarized Germany of the past
13(Mat)[+total]elevar
2 raised to the power 3 is 82 elevado a la tercera potencia es 8
to raise sth to the power of nto raise one's [game]Swinton raised their game to clinch a shock victorywhen your best player finds it difficult to raise his game, you know the team is in troublehe really does raise their game with his mere presenceplaying against class sides simply helps us to raise our game
a raise in taxeshe asked his boss for a raiseshe gave him a raisewithin two months Kelly got a raiseI'll see the raise, and I'll raise you five thousand
