put up to

Meanings:

1.
Generalneutralformal
- To present or propose something for consideration; to offer an idea or suggestion to someone.
2.
Generalinformal
- To instigate, encourage, or persuade someone (often secretly or improperly) to perform an action; to prompt or send someone to do something, sometimes by bribing or coercing.
3.
Generalneutral
- To set up, erect, deploy, or establish something for a particular purpose, including physical structures, installations, or operations placed to achieve an intended effect.
4.
Generalneutral
- To place or put as many as a specified number into or onto something (used with a numeric limit: 'put up to [number]').

Examples:

EN: I've got a proposition to put up to you.
ES: Tengo una propuesta para ti.
EN: A monument ought to be put up to that pre-war fraternity of high school speed maniacs, for out of their ranks, our fighter pilots are largely drawn.
ES: La estrecha relación previa a la guerra de estos adictos a la velocidad merece un monumento. Sus rangos no importan, todos se llevan bien.
EN: - I think you were put up to it.
ES: - Creo que te empujaron a hacerlo.
EN: Adam... I asked you over here today... because I've got a little proposition to put up to you.
ES: Adam... te pedí que vinieras... porque tengo una pequeña proposición para ti.
EN: I ain't gonna trouble you fellas none because I know you was all just put up to it.
ES: No me enojaré con ustedes porque sé que están bromeando.
ES: No me enojaré con ustedes porque sé que están bromeando.
EN: I wonder what that thing is they put up to their foreheads, Barbara?
ES: Me pregunto ¿Qué es esa cosa empiezan en la frente, Barbara.
EN: The sign has obviously been put up to make people think that it is a civilian project.
ES: la señal se coloco obviamente para que la gente piense que es un proyecto civil
EN: The prosecution claims that it's a smokescreen which you put up to make the jury doubt what happened.
ES: La fiscalía afirma que es una cortina de humo que ha orquestado para que el jurado dude de los hechos.
EN: We had an interesting idea put up to us this morning about the last film.
ES: Se nos ocurrió una idea interesante. esta mañana sobre la última película.
EN: You've been put up to this, bribed to upset my natural rhythm and ruin my health.
ES: Tu has tramado esto, sobornando, ...para trastornar mi ritmo natural y arruinar mi salud.
EN: It's just a front we put up to keep you from walking all over us.
ES: Es sólo una fachada que ponemos para evitar que nos pisotees.
EN: Vulcan is the weather satellite our government put up to monitor the weather.
ES: Vulcan es el satélite que lanzamos para registrar el tiempo.
EN: I was put up to it. I was paid!
ES: Me obligaron a hacerlo. ¡Me pagaron!
EN: You can put up to 300 boxes of cigarettes in it
ES: Puede cargar 300 cajas de cigarrillos.
EN: People were put up to it by the Communists and Jewish people who didn't know... that Florian was also in a concentration camp.
ES: Las organizaban los comunistas y los judíos que no sabían... que Florian también había estado en un campo de concentración.
EN: I've got a proposition to put up to you.
ES: Tengo una propuesta para ti.
EN: A monument ought to be put up to that pre-war fraternity of high school speed maniacs, for out of their ranks, our fighter pilots are largely drawn.
ES: La estrecha relación previa a la guerra de estos adictos a la velocidad merece un monumento. Sus rangos no importan, todos se llevan bien.

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