hoist

izar, levantar

Levantar algo, a menudo con cuerdas o una máquina.

En inglés sencillo: To lift something, often using ropes or a machine.

• They hoist the flag every morning.
• The workers hoisted the engine with a crane.
• She hoisted her bag onto her shoulder.

Cómo se usa: hoist something onto something (He hoisted the child onto his shoulders.); hoist something up (They hoisted the flag up the pole.)

Sinónimos: lift, raise

Antónimos: lower

Expresiones frecuentes: hoist a flag, hoist something up, hoist onto something

levantamiento, impulso

Acción de elevar a una persona o cosa a una posición más alta.

En inglés sencillo: An act of lifting someone or something to a higher position.

• Give me a hoist, please.
• With a hoist from her friend, she reached the branch.
• He needed a hoist over the high wall.

Sinónimos: lift, boost

Expresiones frecuentes: give someone a hoist, hoist over something