upstage

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

The part of a stage that is farthest from the audience or camera.

Adv

1. Toward or at the rear of a theatrical stage.
2. Away from the audience or camera.

Adj

1. At the rear of a stage.
2. (figuratively, obsolete) Haughty, aloof.

Verb

1. (figuratively, transitive) To draw attention away from others, especially on-stage.
2. (transitive) To force other actors to face away from the audience by staying upstage.
3. (broadly, transitive) To treat snobbishly.
4. (transitive) To restage upward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a higher stage than that found at last assessment.

Conceptos

eclipsar

distante

sombrear

al escenario

bambalinas

Opuesto a

downstage

Sinónimos

aloof

distant

final stage

outdo

outshine

overshadow

shadow

stuck-up

uppish

steal the show

last stage

toffee-nosed

output stage

back part of stage

Traducciones

υπεροπτικός

Emporkömmling

eclipsar

überschatten

arrogant

distant

éclipser

entacher

hautain

ombrager

haitainement

reléguer au second plan

surpasser en éclat

élipser

arrivista

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ʌpˈsteɪd͡ʒ/

Etimología (Inglés)

From up- + stage. The figurative uses “haughty” and “to draw attention away” derive from actors moving to a higher and thus more visible position on a sloped stage.