apuntalar

v.

1 to underpin (also figurative).

2 to prop up, to bolster, to brace, to beef up.

3 to shore up, to back up, to prop up.

4 to foster.

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apuntalar

► verbo transitivo

1 to prop (up), shore up, underpin

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1. VT

1) (Min, Arquit) to prop up, shore up; (Mec) to strut

2) (=respaldar) to support, back

2.

See:

apuntalarse

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verbo transitivo <edificio/túnel> to shore up, brace; <cimientos> to underpin

los banqueros que apuntalaron el régimen — the bankers who propped up the regime

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verbo transitivo <edificio/túnel> to shore up, brace; <cimientos> to underpin

los banqueros que apuntalaron el régimen — the bankers who propped up the regime

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apuntalar [A1 ]

vt

‹edificio/túnel› to shore up, brace; ‹cimientos› to underpin

los banqueros que apuntalaron el régimen the bankers who propped up the regime

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apuntalar (conjugate apuntalar) verbo transitivo ‹edificio/túnel› to shore up, brace;
‹cimientos› to underpin
apuntalar verbo transitivo to prop up, shore up, underpin
'apuntalar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
afirmar
English:
brace
- buttress
- shore

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apuntalar vt

1. [casa] to shore up

2. [idea] to underpin

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apuntalar

v/t edificio shore up; fig

prop up

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apuntalar vt

: to prop up, to shore up