remontar
Meanings
Verb
1. to frighten away
2. to overcome
3. to elevate
4. to repair
5. to go up (a river)
6. (+ a) to date back (to), to go back to, to be traced back (to a point in the past) (reflexive)
7. to come back, to fight back, to pull back (e.g. a goal) (sports)
Examples10
Esta iglesia se remonta al siglo XII.
This church dates from the 12th century.
Espero que la economía se remonte pronto.
I hope the economy picks up soon.
Sus palabras me remontaron a mi infancia.
His words carried me back to my childhood.
La historia se remonta al siglo dieciséis.
The story goes back to the sixteenth century.
Remontemos una cometa.
Let's fly a kite.
Remontemos cometas.
Let's fly kites.