abultar

v.

1 to puff out (hinchar) (mejillas).

2 to be bulky (ocupar mucho espacio).

el equipaje abulta mucho the luggage takes up a lot of room

3 to augment, to blow up, to exaggerate, to bulge.

Ricardo abulta sus virtudes Richard exaggerates=augments his virtues.

La inflamación abulta el ganglio The inflammation bulges the ganglion.

4 to occupy a lot of space.

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abultar

► verbo transitivo

1 to enlarge, increase

2 figurado to exaggerate

► verbo intransitivo

1 to be bulky

■ la caja abulta mucho the box takes up a lot of space

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verb

to bulge

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1. VT

1) (=aumentar) to increase; (=agrandar) to enlarge; (=hacer abultado) to make bulky

2) (=exagerar) to exaggerate

2. VI

1) (=tener bulto) to be bulky, be big

2) (=tener más importancia) to increase in importance

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1.

verbo intransitivo

a) (formar un bulto) to make a bulge

la pistola le abultaba debajo de la chaqueta — the gun made a bulge under his jacket

b) (ocupar lugar) to be bulky

dóblalo bien para que no abulte — fold it neatly so that it lies flat

2.

abultar vt <cifras/resultados> to inflate

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= bulk, bulge.

Ex. Such entries bulk the catalogue, making its weeding increasingly difficult and time-consuming.

Ex. Finally, the scores of amendments, which had been issued to change rules or clarify their meaning, had mounted to the point where catalogers copies of the AACR were seriously out-of-date, if they were not bulging with tip-ins.

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* abultar poco = be skimpy.

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1.

verbo intransitivo

a) (formar un bulto) to make a bulge

la pistola le abultaba debajo de la chaqueta — the gun made a bulge under his jacket

b) (ocupar lugar) to be bulky

dóblalo bien para que no abulte — fold it neatly so that it lies flat

2.

abultar vt <cifras/resultados> to inflate

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= bulk, bulge.

Ex: Such entries bulk the catalogue, making its weeding increasingly difficult and time-consuming.

Ex: Finally, the scores of amendments, which had been issued to change rules or clarify their meaning, had mounted to the point where catalogers copies of the AACR were seriously out-of-date, if they were not bulging with tip-ins.

* abultar poco = be skimpy.

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abultar [A1 ]

vi

1

(formar un bulto): ¿qué tienes en el bolsillo que te abulta? what have you got in your pocket that's making it stick out?

la pistola le abultaba debajo de la chaqueta the gun made a bulge under his jacket

2

(ocupar lugar): abulta mucho pero no es pesado it takes up a lot of room o it's very bulky but it's not heavy

dóblalo bien para que no abulte fold it neatly so that it lies flat

ponle un poco de verde al ramo para que abulte más add some greenery to fill the bouquet out a bit

■ abultar

vt

to inflate

abultan artificialmente las cifras they inflate o (colloq) beef up the figures artificially

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abultar (conjugate abultar) verbo intransitivo

a) (formar un bulto) to make a bulge

b) (ocupar lugar) to be bulky

verbo transitivo ‹cifras/resultados› to inflate
abultar
I verbo intransitivo to be bulky: este sillón abulta mucho, this armchair takes up a lot of room
II vtr (una cifra, una noticia) to exaggerate

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abultar

♦ vt

1. [mejillas] to puff out

2. [cifras, consecuencias] to exaggerate

♦ vi

1. [ocupar mucho espacio] to be bulky;

el equipaje abulta mucho the luggage takes up a lot of room

2. [formar un bulto] to bulge;

la pistola le abulta debajo de la americana you can see the bulge of his gun under his jacket

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abultar

I v/t

1 swell

2 (aumentar) increase

II v/i be bulky;

no abulta casi nada it takes up almost no room at all

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abultar vi

: to bulge

abultar vt

: to enlarge, to expand

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abultar vb to be bulky

el paquete abulta mucho the parcel is very bulky