upright

vertical, erguido

Que está recto hacia arriba, con un extremo justo encima del otro.

En inglés sencillo: Standing straight up, with one end directly above the other.

• Keep your back upright.
• The pole must be completely upright.
• An upright posture helps her breathe comfortably.

Sinónimos: vertical, erect

Antónimos: horizontal

Expresiones frecuentes: upright position, upright posture, upright pole

derecho, en posición normal

En su posición habitual, sin estar tumbado de lado ni boca abajo.

En inglés sencillo: In its normal standing position, rather than lying on its side or upside down.

• Keep the bottle upright.
• The boat remained upright in the storm.
• Make sure the boxes are upright before opening them.

Sinónimos: right side up

Antónimos: overturned

Expresiones frecuentes: keep something upright, upright bottle, remain upright

honrado, íntegro

Honesto y cuidadoso de actuar correctamente.

En inglés sencillo: Honest and careful to do what is right.

• He was an upright man.
• An upright judge refused the gift.
• She remained upright despite pressure to lie.

Sinónimos: honest, honorable, principled

Antónimos: dishonest, corrupt

Expresiones frecuentes: upright person, upright citizen, morally upright

erguido

Que corre manteniendo la cabeza y los hombros elevados.

En inglés sencillo: Running with the head and shoulders held high.

• She is an upright runner.
• His upright running style is easy to recognize.
• The coach studied the athlete’s upright posture during the sprint.

Expresiones frecuentes: upright runner, upright running style, upright posture

erguido, verticalmente

Con el cuerpo recto al estar de pie o sentado, o pasando a esa posición.

En inglés sencillo: In or into a straight standing or sitting position.

• Sit upright in your chair.
• He stood upright beside the door.
• She held the pole upright while I secured it.

Sinónimos: vertically

Antónimos: horizontally

Expresiones frecuentes: stand upright, sit upright, hold something upright

de pie

Estando de pie o moviéndose sobre los propios pies, en vez de usar una silla de ruedas.

En inglés sencillo: Standing or moving on your feet, rather than using a wheelchair.

• These players compete upright.
• She plays hockey upright with a prosthetic leg.
• After months in a wheelchair, he could walk upright again.

Sinónimos: on foot

Expresiones frecuentes: play upright, compete upright, walk upright

poste de tienda

Palo vertical que sostiene una parte de una tienda de campaña.

En inglés sencillo: A vertical pole that holds up part of a tent.

• The tent needs another upright.
• We replaced the broken upright before camping.
• Two uprights support the ridge of this tent.

Sinónimos: tentpole, support pole

Expresiones frecuentes: tent upright, central upright, wooden upright

verticalidad

Posición en la que algo está recto hacia arriba, sin inclinarse.

En inglés sencillo: The position of being straight up rather than leaning.

• The post is out of upright.
• Check the upright before fixing the frame.
• A small adjustment restored the upright of the column.

Sinónimos: verticality

Expresiones frecuentes: out of upright, check the upright