stack up

compararse, estar a la altura

Resultar mejor, peor o igual que otra persona o cosa al compararlas.

En inglés sencillo: To be better, worse, or equally good when compared with someone or something else.

• How does this phone stack up?
• Our team stacked up well against the champions.
• The cheaper model does not stack up against this one.

Cómo se usa: stack up against someone/something (How does our service stack up against theirs?)

Sinónimos: compare, measure up

Expresiones frecuentes: stack up against something, stack up well

apilar, amontonar

Colocar cosas unas encima de otras formando una pila.

En inglés sencillo: To put things on top of each other in a pile.

• Please stack up the plates.
• We stacked the chairs up after the meeting.
• Can you stack up these boxes safely?

Cómo se usa: stack something up (Stack the empty boxes up beside the door.)

Sinónimos: stack, pile up

Antónimos: unstack

Expresiones frecuentes: stack up boxes, stack up plates, stack something up

acumularse, amontonarse

Aumentar poco a poco en cantidad, a menudo más rápido de lo que se puede atender.

En inglés sencillo: To gradually increase in number or amount, often faster than you can deal with.

• The unpaid bills stacked up.
• Orders are stacking up faster than we can fill them.
• Small delays can stack up over a long journey.

Sinónimos: pile up, build up, accumulate

Expresiones frecuentes: bills stack up, let work stack up, problems stack up

reunir, juntar

Juntar varias ideas, recuerdos u otras cosas que no son objetos materiales.

En inglés sencillo: To bring together several ideas, memories, or other things that you cannot physically touch.

• She stacked up reasons to stay.
• The essay stacks up arguments for changing the law.
• We stacked up memories of our years together.

Cómo se usa: stack up something (The writer stacks up memories to build a picture of her childhood.)

Sinónimos: collect, assemble, gather

Expresiones frecuentes: stack up memories, stack up arguments, stack up reasons