improve upon en el Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Traducciones de improve upon en el diccionario inglés»español

it would be hard to improve upon his translation

sería difícil mejorar su traducción

it would be hard to improve upon his translation

su traducción es difícil de mejorar

Traducciones de improve upon en el diccionario inglés»español

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

I.improve [ingl. am. ɪmˈpruv, ingl. brit. ɪmˈpruːv] V. trans.

1. improve:

improve design/results/product

mejorar

improve chances

aumentar

I want to improve my German

quiero mejorar mi alemán

that new hairstyle has improved her looks

ese nuevo peinado la favorece mucho

it improves your chances of promotion

aumenta tus posibilidades de ascenso

it improves your chances of promotion

te da más posibilidades de ascenso

to improve one's mind

cultivarse

to improve one's mind

culturizarse hum.

2. improve property/premises:

improve

hacer mejoras en

II.improve [ingl. am. ɪmˈpruv, ingl. brit. ɪmˈpruːv] V. intr.

improve situation/weather/work:

mejorar

improve chances:

aumentar

his health has improved

su salud ha mejorado

his health has improved

ha mejorado de salud

things can only improve

las cosas no pueden sino mejorar

let's hope the weather improves

esperemos que mejore el tiempo

she's improved since she's been living on her own

ha mejorado or está mejor desde que vive sola

her work has improved beyond all recognition

su trabajo ha mejorado increíblemente

he improves on acquaintance

cae mejor a medida que uno lo va conociendo

to improve with age/use

mejorar con el tiempo/uso

this cake improves with keeping

este pastel mejora si se lo guarda un tiempo

III.improve [ingl. am. ɪmˈpruv, ingl. brit. ɪmˈpruːv] V. v. refl.

to improve oneself

superarse

improve upon en el diccionario PONS

Traducciones de improve 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

I.improve [ɪmˈpru:v] V. trans.

improve

mejorar

II.improve [ɪmˈpru:v] V. intr.

1. improve:

improve

mejorar

improve (progress)

hacer progresos

2. improve price:

improve

subir

Ejemplos monolingües (no verificados por la redacción de PONS)

inglés

While there was widespread agreement the 1855 classification had flaws, a general view remained that it was impossible to improve upon it.

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The campaign saw the team attempt to improve upon its abysmal 1962 record of 113.

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They also failed to improve upon a 610 season in 2006.

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They began the season hoping to improve upon their 62-20 output from the previous season.

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They have been left as originally constructed and there are not any plans to improve upon them, because people are reluctant to tamper with the original shrine complex.

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They ended their season with a disappointing record of 511 in 2007, failing to improve upon their 79 record from 2006.

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Members of the open source community improve upon code and write programs that can rival much of the propriety software that is already available.

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