go up

subir

Moverse hacia un lugar o una posición más alta.

En inglés sencillo: To move to a higher place or position.

• The balloon went up.
• We went up the hill together.
• Does this lift go up to the fifth floor?

Cómo se usa: go up something (We went up the stairs.); go up to somewhere (She went up to the top floor.)

Sinónimos: rise, ascend

Antónimos: go down

Expresiones frecuentes: go up stairs, go up a hill

subir, aumentar

Subir de precio, de coste o de valor.

En inglés sencillo: To become higher in price, cost, or value.

• Food prices have gone up.
• Our rent went up last month.
• Will these shares go up in value?

Cómo se usa: go up by an amount (Rent went up by fifty pounds.); go up to an amount (The price has gone up to ten euros.); go up in value (Our house has gone up in value.)

Sinónimos: rise, increase

Antónimos: fall, decrease

Expresiones frecuentes: prices go up, go up in price

construirse, levantarse

Dicho de un edificio o estructura: estar construyéndose o aparecer ya construido.

En inglés sencillo: If a building or structure appears, people are building it or have built it.

• New houses are going up.
• A fence went up around the site.
• Another office block has gone up beside the station.

Sinónimos: be built, be erected

Expresiones frecuentes: offices go up, houses go up

arder, quemarse

Quemarse, a menudo de forma rápida y completa.

En inglés sencillo: To burn, often quickly and completely.

• The dry wood went up quickly.
• Their barn went up in flames.
• One spark could make the whole place go up.

Cómo se usa: go up in flames/smoke (The shed went up in flames within minutes.)

Sinónimos: burn, burn down

Expresiones frecuentes: go up in flames, go up in smoke

olvidar el texto, quedarse en blanco

Olvidar el texto o los movimientos previstos durante una actuación.

En inglés sencillo: To forget your words or planned movements during a performance.

• The actor went up onstage.
• I went up halfway through my speech and needed a prompt.
• She fears going up during the opening performance.

Sinónimos: blank, forget your lines

Expresiones frecuentes: go up onstage, actor go up

ir a prisión, ser encarcelado

Ser enviado a la cárcel.

En inglés sencillo: To be sent to prison.

• He went up for theft.
• She went up for two years after the trial.
• He had gone up before, but this sentence was longer.

Cómo se usa: go up for a period (He went up for three years.); go up for an offence (She went up for fraud.)

Sinónimos: be imprisoned, go to prison

Expresiones frecuentes: go up for robbery, go up for life