English-Spanish translations for erect

• erigir
  No es necesario erigir más monumentos de 10 m de altura. Erecting more 10 m tall monuments is unnecessary.
  ¿Qué obstáculos puede erigir la UE para evitar el establecimiento de juegos de azar en los Estados miembros? What obstacles can the EU erect to prevent gambling operations in Member States?
  Tengo la intención de erigir una estatua impresionante de nuestro Salvador Jesucristo en la parte rumana de Transilvania, en la región de Braşov, para ser exactos. I intend to erect an impressive statue of our Saviour Jesus Christ in the Romanian part of Transylvania, in the Braşov region to be exact.

Definition of erect

• Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards
• Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly
• Directed upward; raised; uplifted
• Watchful; alert
• Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc
• To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts
• To cause to stand up or out
• To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify
• To animate; to encourage; to cheer
• To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc
• To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc
• To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute

Examples

• to erect a house or a fort
• to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc.

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