buoy up

• Verbo frasal que significa manter alguém ou algo flutuando, ou apoiar, animar e levantar o ânimo ou o moral de alguém.

A phrasal verb meaning to keep someone or something afloat, or to support, encourage, or uplift someone's spirits or morale.

incontável · transitivo · phrasal, separável

1. Keep afloatformal

   To keep something or someone floating on the surface of a liquid.

   Manter à tona

   • The life jacket buoyed him up until the rescue team arrived.
   • Air pockets in the wood buoyed up the old shipwreck.
   • The raft was buoyed up by inflated tubes.

   Sinônimosfloathold upsupport

   Antônimosfloodimmersesinksubmerge

2. Support or encourageformal

   To give someone emotional or moral support, or to keep spirits high.

   Apoiar ou animar

   • Her kind words buoyed up my spirits during the difficult time.
   • The team's victory buoyed up the entire community.
   • Positive feedback from the manager buoyed up the employees.

   Sinônimosboostcheercomfortconsoleencouragefortifyinspiritliftraisestrengthensupportsustainuphold

   Antônimosdemoralizedepressdiscouragedisheartendissuade

Verbo basebuoy