English-Spanish translations for pedestal

• peana
• pedestal
  . – La reina de los Consejos de Ministros, el Ecofin, se ha caído de su pedestal con un golpe sordo. . – The Queen of the Councils of Ministers, the Ecofin, has come tumbling off her pedestal with a loud thud.
  Además, al colocar desde hace mucho tiempo a la Comisión en un pedestal, como guardián incontestable del interés europeo, apenas se facilitó su control, y ahora vemos las consecuencias. To truly fight against fraud, the Commission must be removed from its pedestal, and it must itself be subject to control.
  Aunque hoy es difícil imaginar a Hitler subido en un pedestal, el monumento de Stalin permanece orgullosamente en la plaza principal de su ciudad natal, Gori. While it is difficult today to imagine Hitler being raised onto a pedestal, Stalin's monument stands proudly in the main square of his home town Gori.

Definition of pedestal

• The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp
• A casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box
• An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier
• To set or support on a pedestal

Examples

• He has put his mother on a pedestal. You cant say a word against her

Related words

• pedestal fan
• pedestal table
• pedestal plate
• leg; pedestal
• place on a pedestal
• put on a pedestal
• set on a pedestal
• WC pedestal
• put somebody on a pedestal