remontar

v.

1 to go up.

remontar el vuelo to soar

2 to remount.

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remontar

► verbo transitivo

1 (elevar) to raise

2 (subir) to go up

3 (río) to sail up; (vuelo) to soar

4 (superar) to overcome, surmount

■ remontar una dificultad to overcome a difficulty

► verbo pronominal remontarse

1 (al volar) to soar

2 (datar) to go back (a, to)

■ el historiador se remonta hasta el siglo XII the historian goes back to the 12th century

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verb

to soar

- remontarse a

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1. VT

1) [+ río] to go up; [+ obstáculo] to negotiate, get over

vuelo II, 1)

2) [+ zapato] to mend, repair; [+ media] to mend, mend a ladder in

3) (Mil) [+ caballo] to remount

4) [+ reloj] to wind

5) (Caza) [+ animales] to frighten away

2.

See:

remontarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) <dificultad/problema> to overcome, surmount (frml)

los Jets remontaron un déficit de 20 puntos — the Jets came from 20 points behind

2)

a)

remontar el vuelo — avión to gain height; pájaro to fly o soar up

b)

remontar el río — to go upriver

c) (RPl) <barrilete> to fly

3) (Col) <zapatos> to mend

2.

remontarse v pron

1) avión to gain height; pájaro to soar up

2) (en el tiempo) to go back

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= climb.

Nota: La "b" no se pronuncia (ni tampoco en aplomb, bomb, numb, plumb, succumb).

Ex. Stanton felt a bit like someone who, after boasting that she could dive into water from a great height has climbed to the height and dares not jump, but knows that she must jump.

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* ascendencia + remontarse a = trace + ascendancy.

* historia + remontarse a = trace + ascendancy.

* las raíces se remontan a = roots + lie.

* origen + remontarse a = trace + ascendancy.

* remontar a = take + Nombre + back to.

* remontarse = hearken back to.

* remontarse a = date back to + Expresión Temporal, trace back to, be traced to, go back to/for + Tiempo, date from + Expresión Temporal, go + (as/so) far back as + Expresión Temporal, trace + Nombre + as far back as + Expresión Temporal, date + as far back as + Expresión Temporal, extend + as far back as + Expresión Temporal, be traceable to, hark(en) back to, stretch back to.

* remontarse bastante en el tiempo = go back + a long way.

* remontarse en el tiempo = extend + far back, stretch + far back in time.

* remontarse + Expresión Temporal = reach back + Expresión Temporal.

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1.

verbo transitivo

1) <dificultad/problema> to overcome, surmount (frml)

los Jets remontaron un déficit de 20 puntos — the Jets came from 20 points behind

2)

a)

remontar el vuelo — avión to gain height; pájaro to fly o soar up

b)

remontar el río — to go upriver

c) (RPl) <barrilete> to fly

3) (Col) <zapatos> to mend

2.

remontarse v pron

1) avión to gain height; pájaro to soar up

2) (en el tiempo) to go back

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= climb.

Nota: La "b" no se pronuncia (ni tampoco en aplomb, bomb, numb, plumb, succumb).

Ex: Stanton felt a bit like someone who, after boasting that she could dive into water from a great height has climbed to the height and dares not jump, but knows that she must jump.

* ascendencia + remontarse a = trace + ascendancy.

* historia + remontarse a = trace + ascendancy.

* las raíces se remontan a = roots + lie.

* origen + remontarse a = trace + ascendancy.

* remontar a = take + Nombre + back to.

* remontarse = hearken back to.

* remontarse a = date back to + Expresión Temporal, trace back to, be traced to, go back to/for + Tiempo, date from + Expresión Temporal, go + (as/so) far back as + Expresión Temporal, trace + Nombre + as far back as + Expresión Temporal, date + as far back as + Expresión Temporal, extend + as far back as + Expresión Temporal, be traceable to, hark(en) back to, stretch back to.

* remontarse bastante en el tiempo = go back + a long way.

* remontarse en el tiempo = extend + far back, stretch + far back in time.

* remontarse + Expresión Temporal = reach back + Expresión Temporal.

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remontar [A1 ]

vt

A ‹dificultad/problema› to overcome, surmount (frml)

los Jets remontaron un déficit de 20 puntos the Jets made up a 20-point deficit o came from 20 points behind

B

1

remontar el vuelo «avión» to gain height;

«pájaro» to fly o soar up

remontar el río (a nado) to swim upriver; (en barco) to go upriver

2 (RPl) ‹barrilete› to fly

C (Col) ‹zapatos› to mend

■ remontarse

v pron

A «avión» to gain height; «pájaro» to soar up

B (en el tiempo) to go back

sus orígenes se remontan al siglo VI its origins go o date back to the 6th century

la historia se remonta al mes de mayo the beginning of the story goes back to May, the story begins back in May

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remontar (conjugate remontar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹dificultad/problema› to overcome, surmount (frml)
2

a)

◊ remontar el vuelo [avión] to gain height;

[pájaro] to fly o soar up

b)

◊ remontar el río to go upriver

c) (RPl) ‹barrilete› to fly

remontarse verbo pronominal
1 [avión] to gain height;
[pájaro] to soar up
2 (en el tiempo) to go back
remontar verbo transitivo
1 (una pendiente) to go up, climb
2 (un río) to go upriver
3 (en el aire) (un avión, una cometa) to gain height
(un ave) to fly, soar (up)
4 (un problema, una dificultad) to overcome, surmount, get over
5 (puestos, posiciones) to move up
'remontar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cometa
- vuelo
English:
date back to
- date from
- fly

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remontar

♦ vt

1. [pendiente, río] to go up;

[obstáculo] to get over, to overcome; [puestos] to go up, to climb up;

remontaron un parcial de 3-0 they overcame a 3-0 deficit;

remontar (el) vuelo [avión, ave] to soar;

la empresa no consigue remontar (el) vuelo the company hasn't been able to pull itself out of the crisis

2. RP [cometa] to fly

♦ See also the pronominal verb remontarse

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remontar

I v/t

1 río go up

2 dificultad overcome, surmount

II v/i DEP stage a comeback, come from behind

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remontar vt

1) : to overcome

2) subir: to go up

♦ See also the reflexive verb remontarse

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remontar vb

1. (dificultad) to overcome [pt. overcame; pp. overcome]

remontamos las dificultades we overcame the difficulties

2. (resultado) to turn round

era casi imposible remontar el resultado it was almost impossible to turn the result round

3. (cuesta, río) to go up