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remontar

/remonˈtaɾ/ verb C1
  1. to frighten away
  2. to overcome
  3. to elevate
  4. to repair
  5. to go up (a river)
  6. (+ a) to date back (to), to go back to, to be traced back (to a point in the past) (reflexive)
  7. to come back, to fight back, to pull back (e.g. a goal)
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Verb forms

Infinitive
remontar
Gerund
remontando
Past participle
remontado
Present (yo)
remonto
Preterite (yo)
remonté

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El águila se remontó, diciendo:—El hombre mató al león; hay que subir mucho para que no me alcance; ¿quién sabe si algún día me alcanzará?
Spanish Tales for Beginners, p. 6 · C1
Remontóse al cielo el globo,
Spanish Tales for Beginners, p. 52 · C1
—Atrasar el reloj era inútil por dos razones tristemente conocidas: la primera, la proximidad del Cabildo, que escapaba a nuestra influencia; la segunda, el tachómetro de plata del portero que, bien remontado, velaba fielmente bajo su almohada.
Juvenilia, p. 14 · C1
¿Pues qué he de hacer?—Remontarás tu vuelo
Fábulas en verso castellano, p. 11 · C1

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