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encaramar

to hoist up

verb en-kah-rah-MAHR Rare

Also means

to perch

Usage Note

Encaramar means to lift or climb up onto something high, and is most commonly used reflexively: encaramarse a un árbol (to clamber up a tree). Figuratively, encaramarse al poder means to claw one's way to power. It suggests effort or precariousness, unlike the neutral subir.

Examples

"El niño se encaramó al tejado."

Natural Translation

The boy climbed up onto the roof.

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