arriba

/aˈriba/, [aˈri.β̞a]

above, up

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El libro está allá arriba.

The book is up there.

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Vamos para arriba.

Let's go up.

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Véase más arriba.

See above.

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El sombrero estaba sucio por arriba.

The hat was dirty around the top.

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Llévalo arriba.

Take it upstairs.

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¡Arriba las manos! Esto es un atraco.

Stick 'em up! This is a robbery!

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Lo examinó de arriba abajo.

He examined it from top to bottom.

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¿Estaba acostado boca arriba?

Was he lying on his back?

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Mi recámara está justo arriba.

My bedroom is just above.

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Se había sentado un momento a dejar descansar a sus piernas cansadas y de repente miró hacia arriba y vio a una anciana ante él.

He'd sat down for a moment to rest his weary legs and suddenly looked up and saw an elderly woman before him.

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Él estaba desnudo de cintura hacia arriba.

He was bare to the waist.

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Volé por arriba de las nubes.

I flew above the clouds.

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Ella duerme boca arriba.

She sleeps on her back.

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Ella cerró la puerta y se fue arriba.

She shut the door and went upstairs.

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A las nutrias marinas les encanta comer ostras mientras nadan boca arriba.

Sea otters love to eat clams while swimming on their backs.

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¿Qué está pasando allá arriba?

What's happening up there?

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Ponga el libro en el estante de más arriba.

Put the book on the top shelf.

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El coche estaba girando en sentido antihorario (cuando se ve desde arriba) hasta que se enfrentó a la derecha.

The car was rotating counterclockwise (when viewed from above) until it faced to the right.

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Estaba echado en la playa boca arriba.

He was lying on his back on the beach.

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John está arriba mintiendo.

John is above telling a lie.

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