hold open

• Mantener algo abierto, generalmente una puerta o una reja, impidiendo físicamente que se cierre, a menudo como gesto de cortesía o para permitir el paso.

To keep something open, typically a door or gate, by physically preventing it from closing, often as a gesture of politeness or to allow passage.

1. Keep something open physicallyA2informal

   To physically prevent a door, window, or similar object from closing.

   mantener abierto

   • He held the door open for the elderly woman.
   • Please hold the window open with a book.
   • She held open the gate while the children ran through.

2. Keep an opportunity availableB2informal

   To keep a position, offer, or opportunity available for someone for a period of time.

   mantener abierto

   • The company agreed to hold the job open for him until next month.
   • She asked the university to hold her place open for a year.
   • We will hold the offer open for you until Friday.