promote

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/prəˈməʊt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/prəˈmoʊt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(prə mōt′)

Inflections of 'promote' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
promotes
v 3rd person singular
promoting
v pres p
promoted
v past
promoted
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
promote [sth]⇒ vtr(advertise)promocionar⇒ vtr
 Radio commercials promote various products.
 Los anuncios de radio promocionan varios productos.
promote [sth] vtr(foster, encourage)promover⇒ vtr
  fomentar⇒ vtr
 Officials try to promote the use of seat belts.
 Los funcionarios tratan de promover el uso de los cinturones de seguridad.
promote [sb]⇒ vtr(employee: give higher position)promover⇒ vtr
  ascender⇒ vtr
Note: Ante complemento directo de persona debe usarse la preposición «a».
 The director wants to promote me to management.
 El director quiere promoverme a la gerencia.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
promote [sb/sth]⇒ vtr(support) (apoyar)promover⇒ vtr
  apoyar⇒ vtr
 Our party tries to promote the candidate.
 Nuestro partido intenta promover al candidato.
promote [sb]⇒ vtrUS (move up to the next school grade)promover⇒ vtr
 The fourth grade students were promoted to the fifth grade.
 Los estudiantes de cuarto grado fueron promovidos al quinto grado.
promote [sb/sth]⇒ vtr(sports team)apoyar⇒ vtr
 (MX)echar porras loc verb
  animar⇒ vtr
 The fans promote the team enthusiastically.
 Las fanáticos apoyan al equipo con entusiasmo.
promote [sth]⇒ vtr(chess) (ajedrez)transformarse⇒ v prnl
  convertirse⇒ v prnl
 The pawn was promoted to queen.
 El peón se transformó en reina.
promote [sb] over [sb]⇒ vtr(promote [sb] else instead)ascender a vtr + prep
 He was really sad after finding out that his boss had promoted John over him.
 Él estaba muy triste después de descubrir que su jefe ascendió a John en su lugar.
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'promote' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
advertise - advocate - ballyhoo - beat the drum - boost - brevet - campaign - conduct a campaign - endorse - forward - foster - further - hype - hype up - kick upstairs - market - pimp - plug - preach - promo - propaganda - publicize - raise - relaunch - sell - subserve - talk up - tout - undersell - upgrade
Spanish:
coronar - fomentar - ensalzar - erigir - fidelizar - potenciar - promocionar - propaganda - propiciar - promover - impulsar una iniciativa - promover una campaña - venderse a sí mismo - agenciar - propulsar - promotor

Collocations: [an employee, a worker, a colleague] was promoted, promoted from [assistant, manager], promoted to [manager, CEO], more...

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