keep down

bajar, mantener bajo

Hacer menos ruido o evitar que un sonido sea demasiado fuerte.

En inglés sencillo: To make less noise or prevent a sound from becoming too loud.

• Please keep the noise down.
• We kept our voices down while the baby slept.
• Can you keep the music down tonight?

Cómo se usa: keep something down (Please keep your voice down in the library.)

Sinónimos: quieten, lower, reduce

Antónimos: raise

Expresiones frecuentes: keep down the noise, keep down the volume, keep something down

mantener bajo, contener

Evitar que aumente una cantidad, un número o un nivel.

En inglés sencillo: To stop an amount, number, or level from increasing.

• We need to keep costs down.
• The medicine helped keep her temperature down.
• How can we keep down the number of accidents?

Cómo se usa: keep something down (We share transport to keep our costs down.)

Sinónimos: limit, control, restrain

Antónimos: increase, raise

Expresiones frecuentes: keep down the costs, keep down food prices, keep something down

retener en el estómago, no vomitar

Mantener comida o bebida en el estómago sin vomitarla.

En inglés sencillo: To hold food or drink in your stomach without bringing it back up through your mouth.

• I can't keep food down.
• He managed to keep down a little soup.
• Have you kept anything down since breakfast?

Cómo se usa: keep something down (She could not keep even water down.)

Sinónimos: retain

Antónimos: vomit, throw up

Expresiones frecuentes: keep down some food, keep down any water, keep something down

oprimir, reprimir

Impedir que las personas obtengan poder, libertad u oportunidades de mejorar su vida.

En inglés sencillo: To prevent people from gaining power, freedom, or the chance to improve their lives.

• The regime kept its opponents down.
• Unfair rules have kept these workers down for years.
• They used violence to keep down the opposition.

Cómo se usa: keep someone down (The rulers used fear to keep the people down.)

Sinónimos: oppress, suppress, repress

Antónimos: liberate, empower

Expresiones frecuentes: keep down the opposition, keep down the poor, keep someone down

mantenerse agachado, agacharse

Mantener el cuerpo cerca del suelo para evitar que te vean o te alcancen.

En inglés sencillo: To stay close to the ground so that you cannot easily be seen or hit.

• Keep down! They might see us.
• We kept down behind the rocks.
• The soldiers were told to keep down until the shooting stopped.

Cómo se usa: keep down behind something (Keep down behind the wall until they pass.)

Sinónimos: stay low, crouch down, duck

Antónimos: stand up

Expresiones frecuentes: keep down behind something, keep down and hide, keep down until dark