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1 upon my word
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2 upon receipt
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3 upon us
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4 upon my soul!
upon my soul!¡Santo Dios!, ¡Dios mío! -
5 upon
1) (to meet by accident: I chanced on a friend of yours.) encontrarse por casualidad2) (to discover by accident: I chanced upon some information.) tropezarse conupon prep sobre / encima detr[ə'pɒn]1 formal use en, sobre Table 1SMALLNOTA/SMALL See also on/Table 1upon [ə'pɔn, ə'pɑn] prep: en, sobreupon the desk: sobre el escritorioupon leaving: al salirquestions upon questions: pregunta tras preguntaprep.• contra prep.• en prep.• encima de prep.• hacia prep.• sobre prep.• tras prep.ə'pɑːn, ə'pɒnpreposition (frml)a) (on)upon their arrival, they were shown to their room — a su llegada, se los condujo a su habitación
there are trains upon the hour, every hour — hay un tren por hora, a la hora en punto
upon -ing — al + inf
to be upon somebody: the enemy was upon us teníamos al enemigo encima; winter is already upon us — ya estamos prácticamente en invierno
c) ( indicating large numbers)[ǝ'pɒn]PREP1) (with place, position) sobreupon my word! — † ¡caramba!
2) (with time)upon hearing this she wept — al oír esto, lloró
on, once 1., 2)upon entering the church, take the door on the left — al entrar en la iglesia, siga por la puerta de la izquierda
* * *[ə'pɑːn, ə'pɒn]preposition (frml)a) (on)upon their arrival, they were shown to their room — a su llegada, se los condujo a su habitación
there are trains upon the hour, every hour — hay un tren por hora, a la hora en punto
upon -ing — al + inf
to be upon somebody: the enemy was upon us teníamos al enemigo encima; winter is already upon us — ya estamos prácticamente en invierno
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6 upon
prep.1 en, sobre.2 (fecha, hora)Upon one’s guard prevenidoUpon the whole matter por lo demás, fuera de estoUpon pain of death so pena de muerte, bajo pena de muerte3 al, en el momento de, en.Upon, seguido de un nombre de día o de una fecha, no se traduce, y lo mismo sucede con el gerundio. -
7 upon my word!
(an exclamation indicating surprise etc.) palabra de honorupon my word!¡caramba! -
8 upon acquaintance
adv.después de conocerse. -
9 upon oath
adv.bajo juramento. -
10 upon occasion
adv.ocasionalmente, de tiempo en tiempo, de vez en cuando. -
11 upon presentation
adv.a su presentación. -
12 upon request
adv.cuando se solicite, a solicitud, a petición, si lo solicita. -
13 take upon
v + o + prep + oto take something upon oneself: he took the responsibility upon himself asumió la responsabilidad; to take it upon oneself to + inf: I took it upon myself to cancel the flight me arriesgué y cancelé el vuelo; he took it upon himself to invite her to my party — se creyó con derecho a invitarla a mi fiesta
VT + PREPto take sth upon o.s. — tomar algo sobre sí
to take it upon o.s. to do sth — atreverse a hacer algo
* * *v + o + prep + oto take something upon oneself: he took the responsibility upon himself asumió la responsabilidad; to take it upon oneself to + inf: I took it upon myself to cancel the flight me arriesgué y cancelé el vuelo; he took it upon himself to invite her to my party — se creyó con derecho a invitarla a mi fiesta
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14 put-upon
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15 call upon
v.• llamar v.v + prep + oa) ( invite)to call upon somebody to speak — dar* la palabra a alguien
b) ( appeal to) apelar aVI + PREPfrm see call on* * *v + prep + oa) ( invite)to call upon somebody to speak — dar* la palabra a alguien
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16 act upon
VI + PREP1) [+ advice, suggestion] seguir; [+ order] obedecer2) (=affect) afectar (a)* * * -
17 come upon
(to meet, find or discover by chance: She came upon a solution to the problem.) encontrarse conv.• atinar v.v + prep + o (arch or liter) (encounter, reach) encontrarse* conVI + PREP (=find) [+ object, person] topar(se) con, encontrar* * *v + prep + o (arch or liter) (encounter, reach) encontrarse* con -
18 once upon a time
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19 to put upon
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20 dwell upon
VI + PREP1) (=think about) dar vueltas a, pensar obsesivamente en; (=talk about) insistir en (hablar de)2) (=emphasize) hacer hincapié en; (=lengthen) [+ note, syllable] alargar, poner énfasis en
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