plantearse

plantearse

► verbo pronominal

1 to consider

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to think about

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VPR

1) (=cuestionarse) to think about, consider

ya es hora de que te plantees qué vas a hacer con tu vida — it's time you started thinking about o it's time you considered what you're going to do with your life

yo no me planteo ese tipo de cosas — I don't think about that sort of thing

me estoy planteando si merece la pena el esfuerzo — I'm thinking about o considering whether it is worth the effort

2) (=considerar) to see

yo me planteo la vida como una lucha por sobrevivir — I see life as a struggle for survival

en tu lugar, yo me lo plantearía de otro modo — if I were you, I would see things differently

plantearse hacer algo — to think of doing sth, consider doing sth

me estoy planteando seriamente dejar de fumar — I'm seriously thinking of o considering giving up smoking

3) (=presentarse) [cuestión, problema] to arise, come up

esa cuestión volverá a plantearse en el futuro — this question will arise o come up again in the future

ahora se plantea el problema de la inflación — this raises the question of inflation, there arises the question of inflation frm

en el futuro se nos planteará el mismo dilema — we will be faced with the same dilemma in the future

ahora se nos plantea la duda de qué hacer con todo este dinero — now we have the problem of what to do with all this money

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(v.) = conceptualise [conceptualize, -USA], flirt, teeter + on the edge of

Ex. Coates believed that in order to conceptualise an action it is necessary to visualise the thing on which the action is being performed.

Ex. The author examines key passages in the 1941 Nietzsche lectures where Heidegger appears to flirt with the possibility of a more primordial sense of existence.

Ex. We would like to encourage other institutions who have been teetering on the edge of implementation to get on their running shoes and go for it.

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(v.) = conceptualise [conceptualize, -USA], flirt, teeter + on the edge of

Ex: Coates believed that in order to conceptualise an action it is necessary to visualise the thing on which the action is being performed.

Ex: The author examines key passages in the 1941 Nietzsche lectures where Heidegger appears to flirt with the possibility of a more primordial sense of existence.

Ex: We would like to encourage other institutions who have been teetering on the edge of implementation to get on their running shoes and go for it.

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■plantearse verbo transitivo & verbo reflexivo
1 (considerar) to consider, think about
2 (presentarse, surgir) to arise
'plantearse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estructuración
- plantear
English:
look on
- look upon

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vpr

plantearse algo to consider sth, to think about sth;

se está planteando retirarse she is considering retiring;

nunca me había planteado esa posibilidad I had never considered that possibility;

se me planteó el dilema de elegir entre dos excelentes candidatos I was confronted with the dilemma of choosing between two excellent candidates

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vr

1) : to think about

2) : to arise

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plantearse vb to consider

me estoy planteando comprar una casa I'm considering buying a house