aupar

v.

to help up.

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aupar

Conjugation model [AUNAR], like {{link=aunar}}aunar

► verbo transitivo

1 (levantar) to help up

2 figurado (alabar) to praise

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VT (=levantar) to help up; [+ pantalón etc] to hitch up; (=ensalzar) to praise

sus discos la han aupado al primer puesto — her records have lifted her o shot her up to number one

aupar a algn al poder — to raise sb to power

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (fam) <niño> to lift up

b) <político> to raise o bring ... to power

2.

auparse v pron

se aupó a una silla — she got up on a chair

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (fam) <niño> to lift up

b) <político> to raise o bring ... to power

2.

auparse v pron

se aupó a una silla — she got up on a chair

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aupar [A23 ]

vt

1 (fam); ‹niño› to lift up

mamá, aúpame que no llego mommy, lift me up, I can't reach

2 ‹político› to raise o bring … to power, to put … in power

las votaciones de los lectores la han aupado al número uno the readers' votes have taken o lifted her to number one

■ auparse

v pron

se aupó a una silla she got up on a chair

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aupar verbo transitivo & verbo reflexivo lift up: ¡Mamá, aúpame!, Mommy, pick me up!

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aupar

♦ vt

1. [subir] to help up;

[levantar en brazos] to lift up in one's arms;

aúpame, que no llego lift me up, I can't reach

2. [a posición social, económica]

la película que lo aupó a la fama the film that catapulted him to fame;

auparon la empresa al liderazgo del sector automovilístico they made the company the number one car manufacturer;

una coalición lo aupó a la presidencia a coalition brought him to the presidency

3. [animar] to cheer on;

consiguió el oro aupado por un público enfervorecido he was cheered on to the gold medal by a frenzied crowd

♦ See also the pronominal verb auparse

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aupar

v/t lift up