prop up

• Verbo compuesto que significa sostener o mantener algo en una posición determinada, o brindar ayuda para evitar que algo falle o colapse.

A phrasal verb meaning to support or hold something in position, or to provide assistance to prevent something from failing.

incontable · transitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Support physicallyinformal

   To place something against a surface or object to keep it upright or in position.

   Apuntalar / sostener apoyando

   • He propped up the broken chair with a stack of books.
   • She propped her bike up against the wall.
   • They propped up the fence with wooden planks.

   Sinónimosbolsterbracebuttresshold upshore upstaysupportuphold

   Antónimosdropknocklaylowertopple

2. Support financially or politicallyformal

   To provide support to something that is failing or weak, often with money or influence.

   apuntalar

   • The government propped up the failing bank with a bailout.
   • They propped up the regime with foreign aid.
   • The company was propped up by its investors for years.

   Sinónimosaidbackbolsterbuttressreinforceshore upsubsidizesupportsustainunderwrite

   Antónimossabotageundermineweaken

Verbo baseprop