apalancar

v.

1 to lever open.

2 to lever up, to lift with a lever, to prise.

3 to leverage.

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apalancar

Conjugation model [SACAR], like {{link=sacar}}sacar

► verbo transitivo

1 (levantar) to lever up; (abrir) to lever open

■ apalancó la puerta he levered the door open

► verbo pronominal apalancarse

1 argot to settle oneself, settle down

■ se apalancó ante la tele she settled down in front of the telly

2 argot to get stuck in a rut

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1. VT

1) (=para levantar) to lever up

2) (=para abrir) to prise o (EEUU) prize off, lever off

3) Cono Sur

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apalancar a algn — to wangle a job for sb *

2.

See:

apalancarse

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verbo transitivo

a) (para levantar) to jack up (AmE), to lever up (BrE)

b) (para abrir) to force open

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verbo transitivo

a) (para levantar) to jack up (AmE), to lever up (BrE)

b) (para abrir) to force open

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apalancar [A2 ]

vt

1 (para levantar) to jack up (AmE), to lever up (BrE)

2 (para abrir) to force open, to jack open (AmE), to lever open (BrE)

■ apalancarse

v pron

(fam Esp)

1 (instalarse) to settle

se apalanca en el sillón y ya no hay quien lo mueva he settles into o ensconces himself in his armchair and he won't budge

lleva ocho meses apalancada en mi casa she came to stay eight months ago and she seems to have taken up permanent residence (colloq)

2 (estancarse) to get stuck (in a rut)

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apalancar (conjugate apalancar) verbo transitivo

a) (para levantar) to jack up (AmE), to lever up (BrE)

b) (para abrir) to force open

apalancar verbo transitivo to raise with a lever
'apalancar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
palanquear
English:
lever
- leverage
- prise

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apalancar

♦ vt

[para abrir, mover] to lever open

♦ See also the pronominal verb apalancarse

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apalancar

v/t lever

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apalancar {72} vt

1) : to jack up

2) : to pry open