OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 2809

drive

/dɹaɪv/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
determinación • empuje • impulso
Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.
As we contemplate the half-finished arterial roads and electrification plans of our own age, and the town-planning schemes that gather dust in the public libraries, we can admire t…
Crassus had wealth and wit, but Pompey had drive and Caesar as much again.
dispositivo • motor • púlsar
A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.
a nuclear drive
a typical steam drive
raid (Mesoamerica) • raite • raiteada • vectación • viaje de carro • viaje de coche
A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).
It was a long drive.
We merely waited to rouse good Mrs. Vesey from the place which she still occupied at the deserted luncheon-table, before we entered the open carriage for our promised drive.
paseo
A type of public roadway.
Beverly Hills’ most famous street is Rodeo Drive.
pulsión
Desire or interest.
1995 March 2, John Carman, "Believe It, You Saw It in Sweeps", SFGate http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Believe-It-You-Saw-It-In-Sweeps-3043091.php On the latter show, fo…
disco • drive (draiv) • lector
A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data.
campaña benéfica • recolección benéfica
A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.
a beetle drive
a whist drive
Word forms
📚 noun • entry_id 11782

Dr

Meanings (ES + gloss)
Dr. • Dra.
Doctor, a title used before a doctor's name or surname (Dr Jane Doe, Dr Doe)
The defenders, Drs Smith and Lowe, ought not to have detained the pursuer in their said asylum.
Phrases
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Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 2808

drive

/dɹaɪv/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
conducir • manejar • timonear
To operate a vehicle:
The bridges weren't strong enough to drive (campers) over.
This SUV drives insanely smoothly—it's like it knows what I want before I do.
conducir • ir en auto • ir en carro • ir en coche • manejar
To operate a vehicle:
I drive to work every day.
arrear • conducir
To compel to move:
to drive twenty thousand head of cattle from Texas to the Kansas railheads; to drive sheep out of a field
llevar • motivar
To compel to undergo a non-physical change:
What drives a person to run a marathon?
volver
To compel to undergo a non-physical change:
This constant complaining is going to drive me insane.
You are driving me crazy!