plantear
verbo transitivo
1 (exponer) [+situación, problema] to bring up; raise
no me atrevo a plantearles el tema a mis padres I don't dare bring up o raise the issue with my parents
plantéaselo todo tal como es explain o put the situation to him exactly as it is
planteado el problema en estos términos ... with the problem expressed o put in these terms ...
(Matemáticas) [+ecuación, problema] to set outverbo pronominal
plantearse1 (cuestionarse) to think about; consider
ya es hora de que te plantees qué vas a hacer con tu vida it's time you started thinking about o it's time you considered what you're going to do with your life
yo no me planteo ese tipo de cosas I don't think about that sort of thing; me estoy planteando si merece la pena el esfuerzo I'm thinking about o considering whether it is worth the effort
2 (considerar) to see
yo me planteo la vida como una lucha por sobrevivir I see life as a struggle for survival
en tu lugar, yo me lo plantearía de otro modo if I were you, I would see things differently; plantearse hacer algo to think of doing sth; consider doing sth; me estoy planteando seriamente dejar de fumar I'm seriously thinking of o considering giving up smoking
3 (presentarse) [+cuestión, problema] to arise; come up
esa cuestión volverá a plantearse en el futuro this question will arise o come up again in the future; ahora se plantea el problema de la inflación this raises the question of inflation; there arises the question of inflation (formal); en el futuro se nos planteará el mismo dilema we will be faced with the same dilemma in the future; ahora se nos plantea la duda de qué hacer con todo este dinero now we have the problem of what to do with all this money