English-Spanish translations for ascent

• elevación
• ascenso
  Espero sinceramente que tanto la Unión Europea como las PYME lleven la economía europea a un nuevo ascenso y que, en el futuro, estemos mejor preparados para afrontar cualquier nueva crisis. I sincerely hope that both the European Union and SMEs will bring the European economy to a new ascent, and that in the future, we will be better prepared to face any new crisis.
• subida
  En cuanto al descenso de la cumbre, creo que es importante elegir la mejor ruta, dado que el mismo grado de dificultad que en la subida podría suponer un reto mucho mayor para bajar que para subir. As for the descent from the summit, I think it is important to choose the best route, since the same grade of climbing difficulty may be a much greater challenge on the way down than on the ascent.

Definition of ascent

• The act of ascending; a motion upwards
• The way or means by which one ascends
• An eminence, hill, or high place
• The ascender height in a typeface

Examples

• He made a tedious ascent of Mont Blanc.
• There is a difficult northern ascent from Malaucene of Mont Ventoux.
• The road has an ascent of 5 degrees.

Related words

• nascent
• first ascent
• herringbone ascent
• powered ascent phase