Meanings (ES + gloss)
levantarse • repuntar • subir
To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
Disturbed by my footsteps, the birds rose above the treetops.
We watched the balloon rise.
levar (disused) • nacer • salir
To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
And still the hours passed, and at last I knew by the glimmer of light in the tomb above that the sun had risen again, and a maddening thirst had hold of me. And then I thought of…
The sun was rising in the East.
resucitar
To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
he rose from the grave; he is risen!
aumentar • incrementar
To increase in value or standing.
Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive…
leudar • levar • ludiarse
To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
Has that dough risen yet?
Phrases
God willing and the creek don't riseLord willing and the creek don't risea rising tide lifts all boatsariseoverrisereriserise aboverise and shinerise from one's graverise from the ashesrise from the deadrise from the graverise over runrise through the ranksrise to the baitrise to the challengerise to the occasionrise to the purplerise uprise with the larkrise with the sunriseablerising actionrising damprising larkrising linerising mainrising of the lightsrising of the moonrising seatrising starrising threesalt-rising breadself-risingself-rising floursitting-rising testsure as the sun is going to rise tomorrowsure as the sun is going to rise tomorrow morningupriseuprising