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apoyar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • anchor noun A heavy metal device lowered from a boat to grip the seabed and keep the vessel in place.
  • countenance noun A person's face or facial expression, especially as it reveals their mood.
  • endorse verb To publicly declare support or approval for a person, product, or idea.
  • prop noun An object used to support something, or to keep it in place.
  • second adjective Coming after the first in order, position, or importance.
  • support noun Help, encouragement or resources given to someone or something.

Senses

apoyar is used for these senses in English:

  • anchor To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.
  • countenance (transitive) To tolerate, support, sanction, patronise or approve of something.
  • prop (transitive, sometimes, figurative) To support or shore up something.
  • second (transitive) To assist or support; to back.
  • support (transitive) To help keep from falling.
  • support (transitive) To help, particularly financially; to subsidize.

anchor — full definition

  1. noun A heavy metal device lowered from a boat to grip the seabed and keep the vessel in place.
  2. noun A person who presents a television or radio news broadcast.
  3. noun Something that provides steadiness, support, or a sense of security.
  4. verb To fix something firmly in place, or to hold a ship steady with an anchor.

countenance — full definition

  1. noun A person's face or facial expression, especially as it reveals their mood.
  2. verb To approve of, tolerate, or support something.

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