Expressions with "poner"

Question 1

to inform

Answer 1

poner al corriente

• Necesito ver las noticias y ponerme al corriente.
• I need to watch the news and get informed.

Question 2

to lay one’s cards on the table

Answer 2

poner las cartas sobre la mesa

• Tenemos que aclarar las cosas y poner las cartas sobre la mesa.
• We need to clear things up and lay our cards on the table.

Question 3

to bring someone up to date

Answer 3

poner al día

• Rita me puso al día de los acontecimientos del vecindario.
• Rita brought me up to date about the neighborhood’s happenings.

Question 4

to be on somebody’s heels

Answer 4

poner pies en polvorosa

• El suegro puso los pies en polvorosa atrás de su yerno.
• The father-in-law was on his son-in-law’s heels.

Question 5

poner al sol

Answer 5

to expose to the sun

• Estos zapatos están húmedos, tienes que ponerlos al sol.
• These shoes are wet, you have to expose them to the sun.

Question 6

to praise highly

Answer 6

poner por las nubes

• Luis siempre pone por las nubes a su esposa.
• Luis always praises his wife highly.

Question 7

to set aside

Answer 7

poner aparte

• Cuando hagas el turrón, pones las yemas aparte.
• When you make the icing, you set the yolk aside.

Question 8

to dot the i’s and cross the t’s

Answer 8

poner los puntos sobre las íes

• Paola es muy organizada y exige que pongas los puntos sobre las íes.
• Paola is very organized and she demands that you dot the i’s and cross the t’s.

Question 9

to make objections

Answer 9

poner reparos

• Ella no puso reparos para que me llevara a los niños.
• She made no objections for me to take the children.

Question 10

to wipe the floor with someone

Answer 10

poner como un trapo

• La directora puso como trapo a la pobre maestra de Arte.
• The principal wiped the floor with the poor art teacher.

Question 11

to dare someone to do something

Answer 11

ponerle el cascabel al gato

• Cuando le dijiste eso fue como ponerle el cascabel al gato.
• When you told him that it was like daring him to do it.

Question 12

to clear things up; to explain

Answer 12

poner las cosas en claro

• Debes poner las cosas en claro con Manuel para que no hayan malos entendidos.
• You need to clear things up with Manuel so that there are no misunderstandings.

Question 13

to become (involuntarily)

Answer 13

ponerse

• Freddy se puso triste al ver a su madre tan enferma.
• Freddy became sad when he saw his mother so sick.

Question 14

to make public

Answer 14

poner de manifesto

• El pueblo puso de manifiesto su descontento ante la decisión del gobierno.
• The people made public their unhappiness before the government’s decision.

Question 15

to begin to

Answer 15

ponerse a

• Mi mamá se puso a limpiar de inmediato que terminamos de comer.
• My mom started cleaning as soon as we finished eating.

Question 16

to put in a jam

Answer 16

poner en apuros

• Cuando llegamos a la hora de almuerzo la pusimos en apuros.
• When we arrived during lunch time we put her in a jam.

Question 17

to get well

Answer 17

ponerse bien

• Esperamos que te pongas bien.
• We hope you get well.

Question 18

to make clear

Answer 18

poner en claro

• Sólo quiero poner en claro que yo no pretendo quedarme con la casa.
• I just want to make clear that I don’t want to keep the house.

Question 19

to blush

Answer 19

ponerse colorado

• Cuando contaron la historia de su caída se puso colorado.
• When they told the story about his falling he blushed.

Question 20

to question

Answer 20

poner en duda

• La abogada puso en duda sus palabras.
• The attorney questioned his words.

Question 21

to come to an agreement

Answer 21

ponerse de acuerdo

• Los dos equipos deben ponerse de acuerdo para el juego.
• Both teams have to come to an agreement for the match.

Question 22

to start; to get going

Answer 22

poner en marcha

• Necesita poner en marcha el plan para obtener rápido los resultados.
• They need to get the plan going in order to obtain the results.

Question 23

to stand up

Answer 23

ponerse de pie

• Por favor pónganse de pie los que van en el bus de las 3 de la tarde.
• Please stand up if you are going in the 3 pm bus.

Question 24

to hit the roof

Answer 24

poner al grito en el cielo

• Sofía puso el grito en el cielo cuando se enteró que Enrique salió con Maricela.
• Sofía hit the roof when she found out that Enrique went out with Maricela.

Question 25

to make look ridiculous

Answer 25

ponerse en ridículo

• Karla se puso en ridículo al gritar en frente de todos.
• Karla made herself look ridiculous when she started yelling in front of everybody.

Question 26

to give a dirty look

Answer 26

poner mala cara

• Paola siempre pone mala cara cuando viene Pedro.
• Paola always gives a dirty look when Pedro comes.

Question 27

to get goosebumps

Answer 27

ponérsele la carne de gallina

• Se me puso la carne de gallina al ver ese documental.
• I got goosebumps when I saw that documentary.

Question 28

to set the table

Answer 28

poner la mesa

• Tito va a poner la mesa y Claudia servirá la comida.
• Tito will set the table and Claudia will serve the food.