amount to

ascender a

amount to(uh-maunt tu)

transitive verb phrase

1. (to add up to)

a. ascender a

The flight is cheaper out of Chicago, but with the added costs of a bus and a hotel, it amounts to more.

El vuelo es más económico de Chicago, pero con los costos adicionales de un bus y un hotel, asciende a más.

2. (to be equivalent)

a. venir a ser lo mismo que

Even though you didn't technically break a rule, what you did still amounts to cheating.

Aunque técnicamente no rompiste una regla, lo que hiciste viene a ser lo mismo que hacer trampa.

b. equivaler a

If someone writes a song for you, and you don't say you like it, that amounts to saying you don't like it.

Si alguien escribe una canción para ti y no dices que te gusta, eso equivale a decir que no te gusta.

3. (to become)

a. llegar a ser

I want to prove that everyone who thought I wouldn't amount to much were wrong.

Quiero demostrar a todos los que pensaba que yo nunca llegaría a nada que no tenían la razón.

amount to

transitive verb phrase

1. (add up to)

a. ascender a

her debts a to £700sus deudas ascienden a 700 libras

2. (mean)

a.

it amounts to the same thingviene a ser lo mismo, equivale a lo mismo

he'll never a to muchnunca llegará a nada

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amount to

intransitive verb

1 (add up to) [+sums, figures, debts] sumar; ascender a

Your husband's debts amount to quite a sum Taxes on expenditure, including VAT, amount to 33 per cent of the total In a regular 28-day cycle, this would amount to around 10 days each month

2 (be equivalent to) equivaler a; significar

it amounts to the same thing es igual; viene a ser lo mismo; this amounts to a refusal esto equivale a una negativa

3 (be worth)

it doesn't amount to much apenas es significativo; viene a ser poca cosa; he'll never amount to much nunca dejará de ser nadie