hang together

encajar, ser coherentes

Encajar bien como partes de un conjunto.

En inglés sencillo: To fit together well as parts of a whole.

• The details hang together well.
• All the elements of her design hung together beautifully.
• Do these different ideas really hang together?

Sinónimos: fit together, cohere

Expresiones frecuentes: details hang together, ideas hang together

mantenerse unidos, apoyarse mutuamente

Mantenerse unidos y apoyarse mutuamente.

En inglés sencillo: To stay united and support one another.

• We must hang together.
• The family hung together when times were hard.
• Will the team hang together after this defeat?

Cómo se usa: hang together through something (The family hung together through the crisis.)

Sinónimos: stick together, stand together

Antónimos: split up

Expresiones frecuentes: hang together as something, hang together through something

ser coherente, tener sentido

Tener sentido porque todas las partes concuerdan entre sí.

En inglés sencillo: To make sense because all the parts agree with one another.

• His story does not hang together.
• Her explanation hung together once we saw the evidence.
• Does the witness’s account really hang together?

Sinónimos: make sense, be coherent, hold together

Expresiones frecuentes: story hang together, explanation hang together

estar relacionados, estar conectados

Estar relacionados o depender unos de otros.

En inglés sencillo: To be connected or depend on one another.

• These issues hang together.
• The different parts of the system hang together closely.
• We discovered how the events hung together.

Sinónimos: be connected, be linked

Expresiones frecuentes: issues hang together, parts hang together

resistir unidos, mantenerse unidos

Mantenerse unidos para resistir las exigencias o el poder de alguien.

En inglés sencillo: To stay united while refusing to give in to someone’s demands or power.

• The workers hung together during the strike.
• We must hang together against these unfair demands.
• They hung together despite repeated threats from the authorities.

Cómo se usa: hang together against someone/something (The villagers hung together against the landlord.)

Sinónimos: stand together, unite, stand firm

Antónimos: divide

Expresiones frecuentes: hang together against something, workers hang together

estar juntos, salir juntos

Mantener una relación de pareja.

En inglés sencillo: To be a couple in a romantic relationship.

• Those two hang together as a couple.
• They hung together for years before they married.
• Do they still hang together, or have they separated?

Sinónimos: be together, date

Expresiones frecuentes: hang together romantically, still hang together