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For the verb: "to build"
Simple Past: built
Past Participle: built

Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
build1 /bɪld/ (past & past p built) verbo transitivohouse/road/ship/wallconstruir(conj.⇒);
fire/nesthacer(conj.⇒)

Phrasal Verbs
build up
  1. v + o + adv, v + adv + o
    1. (make bigger, stronger) fortalecer(conj.⇒)
    1. (accumulate) ‹supplies/experienceacumular;
      reservesacrecentar(conj.⇒)
    1. (develop) ‹reputationforjarse;
      to ~ up one's hopes hacerse(conj.⇒) ilusiones;
      he built the firm up from nothing levantó la empresa de la nada
  1. v + adv (increase) [pressure/noise] ir(conj.⇒) en aumento;
    the tension ~s up to a climax la tensión va en aumento hasta llegar a un punto culminante
build2 sustantivo
complexión f
build:buildup /'bɪldʌp/ sustantivo
  1. (accumulation) acumulación f;
    (of tension, pressure) aumento m
  1. (of troops) concentración f
  1. (publicity) propaganda f

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Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe:
build [bɪld]
I verbo transitivo & vi (ps & pp built) construir
    
II n (de persona) tipo, físico



build: WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2009
Compound Forms:
build invtr (incorporate)incorporado pp
Ese teléfono viene con parlantes incorporados.
 empotrar, encastrar, incorporar vtr
man of average buildhombre de constitución regular
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