pose Significado & definición

Significado de pose en español

• 0 to cause something, especially a problem or difficulty -- representar

  • Nuclear weapons pose a threat to everyone.

  • The mountain terrain poses particular problems for civil engineers.

• 1 to ask a question, especially in a formal situation such as a meeting -- hacer una pregunta

  • Can we go back to the question that Helena posed earlier?

• 2 to move into and stay in a particular position, in order to be photographed, painted, etc. -- posar

  • We all posed for our photographs next to the Statue of Liberty.

• 3 to pretend to be something that you are not or to have qualities that you do not have, in order to be admired or attract interest -- hacerse el interesante

  • He doesn’t really know a thing about the theatre – he’s just posing!

• 4 a particular position in which a person stands, sits, etc. in order to be photographed, painted, etc. -- pose

  • He adopted/assumed/struck (= moved into) an elegant pose.

• 5 an occasion when someone pretends to have qualities that they do not have -- pose

  • She likes to appear as if she knows all about the latest films and art exhibitions, but it’s all a pose (= she’s pretending and it’s not true).

• 6 to hold your body in a position in order to have your photograph taken, to be painted, etc. -- posar

  • to pose for the camera posar para la cámara

• 7 to present or create sth dangerous or difficult -- representar

  • criminals who no longer pose a threat to society criminales que ya no representan una amenaza para la sociedad

  • pesticides that may pose a health risk pesticidas que pueden suponer un riesgo para la salud

• 8 show off -- presumir

  • Stop posing! ¡Deja de alardear!