send up

enviar arriba, elevar

Hacer que alguien o algo suba, o que aumente un nivel o una cantidad.

En inglés sencillo: To cause someone or something to go upward or to a higher place, level, or amount.

• They sent up a balloon.
• Higher fuel costs sent food prices up.
• Please send the repair worker up to the roof.

Cómo se usa: send someone/something up to something (They sent supplies up to the mountain camp.)

Sinónimos: raise, lift

Antónimos: lower

Expresiones frecuentes: send something up, send someone up

parodiar, caricaturizar

Imitar de forma cómica el comportamiento de alguien o el estilo de algo para burlarse.

En inglés sencillo: To copy someone’s behaviour or the style of something in a funny way that makes fun of it.

• The comedian sends up politicians.
• Their film sent up old detective stories.
• She enjoyed being sent up in the comedy show.

Cómo se usa: send someone/something up (The sketch sends up television news presenters.)

Sinónimos: parody, mock, satirize

Expresiones frecuentes: send someone up, send something up

desprender, levantar

Desprender humo, chispas o polvo que suben al aire.

En inglés sencillo: To produce smoke, sparks, dust, or similar things that move upward into the air.

• The fire sent up sparks.
• The truck sent up a cloud of dust.
• Burning leaves were sending up thick smoke.

Cómo se usa: send up a cloud/shower of something (The wheels sent up a cloud of dust.)

Sinónimos: give off, emit

Expresiones frecuentes: send up sparks, send up smoke

encarcelar, mandar a prisión

Mandar a alguien a la cárcel como castigo por un delito.

En inglés sencillo: To send someone to prison as punishment for a crime.

• The judge sent him up.
• They sent her up for five years.
• He was sent up after the robbery trial.

Cómo se usa: send someone up for something (The judge sent him up for robbery.); send someone up for a period of time (They sent her up for two years.)

Sinónimos: imprison, jail, lock up

Antónimos: release

Expresiones frecuentes: send someone up, send him up