upright

Significado (Inglés)

Adj

1. Vertical; erect
2. In its proper orientation; not overturned.
3. Greater in height than breadth.
4. Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
5. Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.

Adv

In or into an upright position.

Noun

1. Any vertical part of a structure.
2. (slang) Any vertical part of a structure.
3. Any vertical part of a structure.
4. A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
5. (informal) An upright piano.
6. (informal) An upright arcade game cabinet.
7. Short for upright vacuum cleaner.
8. (obsolete) The tips of the antlers of a young deer.

Verb

To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).

Conceptos

recto

derecho

honrado

vertical

directo

leal

perpendicular

justo

entero

íntegro

enhiesto

poste

de pie

parado

estricto

tieso

seguido

derech

de punta

cuchillo

honesto

probo

selección

recta

levantado

acantilado

alto de estatura

empinado

escarpado

muy alto

erguido

fiel

piano vertical

verticalmente

longitudinalmente

en pie

poner de pie

ponerse en pie

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈʌpɹaɪt/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English upright, uppryght, upriht, from Old English upriht (“upright; erect”), from Proto-Germanic *upprehtaz, equivalent to up- + right. Cognate with Saterland Frisian apgjucht (“upright”), West Frisian oprjocht (“upright”), Dutch oprecht (“upright”), German Low German uprecht (“upright”), German aufrecht (“upright”), Swedish upprätt (“upright”), Icelandic uppréttur (“upright”).