prop up
US /prɑːp ʌp/
UK /prɑːp ʌp/
1.
apuntalar, sostener
to support something that is falling or is likely to fall
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He used a stick to prop up the leaning fence.
Usó un palo para apuntalar la valla inclinada.
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The old building needed to be propped up with wooden beams.
El edificio antiguo necesitaba ser apuntalado con vigas de madera.
2.
apuntalar, sostener
to give help or support to something, especially an economy or a system, so that it can continue to exist
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The government had to prop up the failing banks.
El gobierno tuvo que apuntalar los bancos en quiebra.
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Foreign aid is used to prop up the country's weak economy.
La ayuda exterior se utiliza para apuntalar la débil economía del país.