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stand2

/stænd/

Translation

n [c]
puesto
a Red Cross stand
un puesto de la Cruz Roja
atril
soporte
UK (en un campo deportivo)
grada
actitud
postura
Her stand on international politics is very controversial
Su postura en política internacional es muy controvertida
to make a stand (against sth/sb)
plantarse (ante)
rebelarse (contra)
to take a stand (on sth)
adoptar una postura
tomar partido
Véase tb: as matters stand; cab stand; one-night stand
(Definition of stand n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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