foist upon en el Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Traducciones de foist upon en el diccionario inglés»español

foist [ingl. am. fɔɪst, ingl. brit. fɔɪst] V. trans.

to foist sth (off) on or onto sb shoddy goods/responsibility

endilgarle algo a alguien

to foist sth (off) on or onto sb shoddy goods/responsibility

encajarle algo a alguien coloq.

to foist sth (off) on or onto sb amer. also

enjaretarle algo a alguien coloq.

to foist oneself on sb

pegársele a alguien coloq.

upon [ingl. am. əˈpɑn, ingl. brit. əˈpɒn] PREP. form.

1. upon (on):

she placed the cards upon the table

puso las cartas sobre la mesa

upon their arrival, they were shown to their room

a su llegada, se los condujo a su habitación

there are trains upon the hour, every hour

hay un tren por hora, a la hora en punto

acting upon his advice …

siguiendo sus consejos …

upon my word! arcznte.

¡caramba!

upon -ing

al +  infin

upon entering the room

al entrar a la habitación

2. upon (indicating imminent or unexpected arrival):

to be upon sb, the enemy was upon us

teníamos al enemigo encima

winter is already upon us

ya estamos prácticamente en invierno

3. upon (indicating large numbers):

thousands upon thousands

miles y miles

I have sent letter upon letter

he mandado carta tras carta

foist upon en el diccionario PONS

Traducciones de foist upon en el diccionario inglés»español

foist (up)on [ˌfɔɪst(əˈp)ɒn, ingl. am. ˌfɔɪst(əˈp)ɑ:n] V. trans.

to foist sth (up)on sb

hacer que alguien se encargue de algo

Traducciones de foist upon en el diccionario inglés»español

upon [əˈpɒn, ingl. am. -ˈpɑ:n] PREP. form.

1. upon (on top of):

upon

sobre

upon

encima de

2. upon (around):

upon

en

a ring upon the finger

un anillo en el dedo

3. upon (hanging on):

to hang upon the wall

colgar en la pared

4. upon (at time of):

upon her arrival

a su llegada

upon this

a continuación

upon this

acto seguido

5. upon (long ago):

once upon a time

érase una vez

Ejemplos monolingües (no verificados por la redacción de PONS)

inglés

But we do have this problem with distribution and that means that if you live near a multiplex you are subject to what the studios decide to foist upon you.

www.redpepper.org.uk

Beyond their beauty or putridity, however, our awareness must include the awful plight of vultures worldwide, due largely to the toxic world of poisons we foist upon them.

voices.nationalgeographic.com

It is also cheap but if the bill is to be foist upon the taxpayer it will become expensive and less democratic.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Given these alarming facts, it's clear people are justifiably angry at the negative consequences this politically motivated agenda will foist upon them.

www.torontosun.com

If you thought 2016 didn't have any further horrors to foist upon us, you were unfortunately very, very wrong.

www.pedestrian.tv

That is the very model the government wants to foist upon not-for-profit funds.

www.smh.com.au

By tethering your smartphone to the car dashboard you're able to bypass whatever interface your car manufacturer has decided to foist upon you.

www.theverge.com

We need to look outside the square and stop the long term harm we foist upon them.

www.theage.com.au