ascent

ascenso

Acción de subir o de alcanzar una posición más elevada.

En inglés sencillo: The act of moving upward or reaching a higher position.

• The balloon began its ascent.
• The plane's steep ascent made me nervous.
• His ascent to power took only a few years.

Cómo se usa: ascent to something (Her ascent to the top of the company was rapid.)

Sinónimos: rise, climb

Antónimos: descent

Expresiones frecuentes: rapid ascent, begin an ascent, ascent to power

ascensión, subida

Recorrido a pie para llegar a la cima de una montaña o colina.

En inglés sencillo: A journey on foot up a mountain or hill to its top.

• The ascent took three hours.
• We began our ascent of the hill at dawn.
• They made the first winter ascent of that peak.

Cómo se usa: an ascent of something (They completed an ascent of the mountain in one day.)

Sinónimos: climb

Antónimos: descent

Expresiones frecuentes: mountain ascent, first ascent, ascent of something

pendiente, inclinación

Grado de inclinación de un camino u otra superficie que sube.

En inglés sencillo: How steeply a road or other surface slopes upward.

• The road has a gentle ascent.
• Engineers measured the railway's angle of ascent.
• The path's ascent reaches ten degrees near the summit.

Sinónimos: gradient, inclination, steepness

Expresiones frecuentes: angle of ascent, degree of ascent