Driving / car vocab (part 1)


Just in time for Operación Retorno, here is a list of driving related vocabulary.

Part 1 usually is from A to M but somehow I deleted all the words; which means I'll have to redo it. Aaaaargh!!!


an offence                                       una infracción
oncoming traffic                             tráfico que viene de frente
a one-way street                              una calle de sentido único
to overtake                                      adelantar

a parking meter                                             un parquímetro
a parking space (garage)                              una plaza de aparcamiento
a parking ticket                                            una multa por aparcamiento
a pavement (UK) / a sidewalk (US)              una acera
a pedestrian crossing                                   un paso de peatones
penalty points                                              puntos de carnet
petrol                                                           gasolina
the petrol pump                                           el surtidor de gasolina
a petrol station                                            una gasolinera
a place to park (street)                                un sitio para aparcar
a pothole                                                     un bache

a ramp                                una rampa                       
the registration                   la matrícula
a registration plate             una matrícula
to reverse                           dar marcha atrás
road rage                           conducta agresiva de los conductores
a roundabout                      una rotonda
to run out of petrol            quedarse sin gasolina
the rush hour                     la hora punta

the scenery                                                el paisaje                            
the scenic route                                        el camino más bonito
a seatbelt                                                   un cinturón de seguridad                    
a (road) sign                                             una señal de tráfico
to skid                                                      derrapar
a slope                                                      una cuesta
to slow down                                           reducir la velocidad / ir más despacio
a spare tyre                                             una rueda de repuesto
to speed                                                    ir con exceso de velocidad
to speed up                                               acelerarse
speed bumps                                            las bandas sonoras
speed cameras                                        radares
the speed limit                                       el límite de velocidad
to steer                                                   conducir / guiar
the steering wheel                                 el volante

a toll road                                       una careterra de peaje
to tow away
a tow truck
a traffic jam                                   un atasco
to turn (right/left)                         girar (a la derecha/izquierda)                      
a tyre                                              un neumático

(to do) a u-turn                             (dar vuelta) un cambio de sentido

a wheel                                          una rueda
the windscreen                             el parabrisas
the wipers                                    los limpiabrisas

a give way sign                           una segnal de ceda el paso

a zebra crossing                           un paso de cebras



Can you think of anything that I have left out?



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