English-Spanish translations for elevate

• subir
• elevar
  Trata de encontrar formas para elevar el papel de la UE. It tries to find ways to elevate the EU role.
  Esta es una gran oportunidad para elevar el euro al estado de moneda de comparación. Here we have a major opportunity to elevate the euro to the status of a comparison currency.
  Pero la cuestión es si es acertado elevar la política de empleo a una política europea. But it is questionable whether it is justified to elevate employment policy to European policy in this way.
• levantar

Definition of elevate

• To raise to a higher position
• To promote to a higher rank
• To confer honor or nobility on (someone
• To make more worthy or of greater value
• To direct toward more worthy things
• To increase the intensity or degree of (something
• To lift the spirits of (someone
• To intoxicate in a slight degree; to make tipsy
• To attempt to make seem less important, remarkable, etc
• Elevated; raised aloft

Examples

• The doctor told me elevating my legs would help reduce the swelling
• A talented chef can elevate everyday ingredients into gourmet delights
• Some drugs have the side effect of elevating your blood sugar level

Related words

• elevated
• elevated railway
• elevated position
• elevated plain