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1 downward
adjective (leading, moving etc down: a downward curve.) descendentetr['daʊnwəd]1 (movement) descendente; (direction, pressure) hacia abajo2 SMALLFINANCE/SMALL a la baja1→ link=downwards downwards{\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLdownward mobility movilidad nombre femenino social descendente: hacia abajoadj.• descendente adj.adv.• de arriba hacia abajo adv.• descendente adv.• hacia abajo adv.
I 'daʊnwərd, 'daʊnwədadjective <direction/pressure> hacia abajo; <movement/spiral> descendente; < tendency> ( Fin) a la bajaa downward path — un camino en bajada or cuesta abajo
II 'daʊnwərd, 'daʊnwədesp BrE downwards -z adverb hacia abajo['daʊnwǝd]1.ADJ [curve, movement] descendente; [slope] hacia abajo; [tendency] a la baja2.ADV [go, look] hacia abajofrom the President downward — todos, incluso el Presidente
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I ['daʊnwərd, 'daʊnwəd]adjective <direction/pressure> hacia abajo; <movement/spiral> descendente; < tendency> ( Fin) a la bajaa downward path — un camino en bajada or cuesta abajo
II ['daʊnwərd, 'daʊnwəd]esp BrE downwards [-z] adverb hacia abajo -
2 upward
adjective (going up or directed up: They took the upward path; an upward glance.) hacia arriba, ascendentetr['ʌpwəd]1 hacia arriba, ascendente1 hacia arriba: hacia arribaupward adj: ascendente, hacia arribaadj.• ascendente adj.• ascensional adj.adv.• arriba adv.• desde abajo hacia arriba adv.• hacia arriba adv.
I 'ʌpwərd, 'ʌpwədadjective (before n) <pressure/direction> hacia arriba; <movement/spiral> ascendente; < tendency> al alza
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esp BrE upwards -z adverb <climb/look> hacia arribaeveryone from 60 upward — todas las personas de 60 años para arriba or de 60 años o más
['ʌpwǝd]upward of 50 people/$100 — más de 50 personas/100 dólares
1.ADJ [slope] ascendente, hacia arriba; [tendency] al alzaupward mobility — ascenso m social, movilidad f social ascendente
2. ADV(also: upwards)1) (gen) hacia arriba£50 and upward — de 50 libras para arriba
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I ['ʌpwərd, 'ʌpwəd]adjective (before n) <pressure/direction> hacia arriba; <movement/spiral> ascendente; < tendency> al alza
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esp BrE upwards [-z] adverb <climb/look> hacia arribaeveryone from 60 upward — todas las personas de 60 años para arriba or de 60 años o más
upward of 50 people/$100 — más de 50 personas/100 dólares
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3 subir
subir ( conjugate subir) verbo intransitivo 1 ( venir arriba) to come up; ahora subo I'll be right up; el camino sube hasta la cima the path goes up to o leads to the top of the hillb) subir A algo ‹a autobúsen/avión› to get on o onto sth;‹ a coche› to get in o into sth; ‹a caballo/bicicleta› to get on o onto sth, to mount sth (frml);◊ subir a bordo to go o get on board( en el escalafón) to be promoted 2 [aguas/río] to rise [ temperatura] to rise 3 [precio/valor/cotización/salario] to rise, go up verbo transitivo 1 ‹ montaña› to climb; ‹escaleras/cuesta› to go up, climb 2 ( llevar arriba) to take up; ‹ cuello de prenda› to turn up: ‹ pantalones› to pull up;◊ ¿me subes la cremallera? will you zip me up?, will you fasten my zipper (AmE) o (BrE) zip?‹ falda› to take o turn upe) (Inf) to upload3 subirse verbo pronominal 1◊ se subió al árbol/al muro she climbed up the tree/(up) onto the wall;estaba subido a un árbol he was up a tree 2 ( refl) ‹calcetines/pantalones› to pull up; ‹ cuello› to turn up
subir
I verbo transitivo
1 (una pendiente, las escaleras) to go up (hacia el hablante) to come up (una montaña) to climb
2 (llevar arriba) to take up: voy a subir las cajas, I'm going to take the boxes upstairs (hacia el hablante) to bring up
3 (elevar) to raise: sube la mano izquierda, lift your left hand (el sueldo, la temperatura, la voz, etc) to raise: sube (el volumen de) la radio, turn the radio up
II verbo intransitivo
1 (ascender) to go up: ¿por qué no subimos a verla?, why don't we go up to see her? (acercándose al hablante) to come up ➣ Ver nota en ir 2 (a un avión, tren, autobús) to get on o onto: subimos al tren, we boarded the train (a un coche) to get into o in
3 (la marea, las aguas) to rise
4 (la temperatura) to rise
5 (los precios, el sueldo, etc) to rise, go up
6 (de categoría) to go up ' subir' also found in these entries: Spanish: A - abrochar - ascender - bordo - cajón - cerrar - cortante - embarcación - escena - estrado - irse - trono - abordar - alto - bien - escalafón - montar - volumen English: aboard - ascend - board - boarding card - boarding pass - climb - come in - come up - curl - elevate - escalate - flight - get into - get on - go up - hand up - heave - hoist - increase - jump on - mount - move up - pile in - push - raise - rise - roll up - send up - sharply - shoot up - show up - slope - spiral up - stair - stand - steeply - tree - turn up - up - volume - walk up - zip up - air - come - do - flow - gain - get - go - jump
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