English-Portuguese translations for stand up

  • levantarHá quarenta colegas que queiram levantar-se? Are there forty colleagues who will stand up? Queiram por favor levantar-se para todos os verem. Please stand up, so that everyone can see you. Os senhores deputados que são contra podem fazer o favor de se levantar? Can those Members who oppose it please stand up?
  • dar um bolo em
  • erguerEla pode erguer-se em defesa dos seus supostos direitos. She can stand up for her supposed rights. A Europa soube erguer a cabeça para condenar o aceitável. Europe has managed to stand up to condemn unacceptable events. Nesse caso, Senhora Baronesa Ashton, deverá erguer-se e dizer, perante esta Assembleia: "Só pudemos pôr 13 nomes na lista". In this case, you must stand up here and say: 'We have only been able to put 13 on the list'.

Definition of stand up

  • To rise from a lying or sitting position
  • To bring something up and set it into a standing position
  • To avoid a prearranged meeting, especially a date, with without prior notification; to jilt or shirk
  • To last or endure over a period of time
  • To continue to be believable, consistent, or plausible
  • To stand immediately behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a slow or spin bowler, and to attempt to stump the batsman
  • To formally activate and commission (a unit, formation, etc

Examples

  • Stand up, then sit down again.
  • Laura stood the sofa up on end.
  • John stood Laura up at the movie theater.

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