look up to

English

look up to (third-person singular simple present looks up to, present participle looking up to, simple past and past participle looked up to)

(transitive) To show respect or admiration for (someone); to see (someone) as a role model.
Synonyms: respect, idolize

A boy should look up to his father.

To show respect for

Chinese: 崇拜 (zh) (chóngbài), 钦佩 (zh) (qīnpèi)
Czech: vzhlížet k(e)
Finnish: ihailla (fi), kunnioittaa (fi)
French: respecter (fr)
German: aufblicken zu, achten (de)
Hungarian: felnéz (hu)
Japanese: 見上げる (ja) (miageru), 仰ぐ (ja) (aogu), 重んじる (ja) (omonjiru), 重視する (ja) (jūshi suru), 尊敬する (ja) (sonkei suru), 尊重する (ja) (sonchō suru)
Norwegian: se opp til (no)
Polish: podziwiać (pl)
Portuguese: admirar (pt), respeitar (pt)
Spanish: respetar (es)
Swedish: se upp till (sv)
Turkish: hayranlık duymak (tr), örnek almak (tr)

To see as a role model

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