Meanings (ES + gloss)
combadura
A slight convexity, arching or curvature of a surface of a road, beam, roof, ship's deck etc., so that liquids will flow off the sides.
From end to end, just behind the houses, ran the broad gravel walk, with its emphatic camber and its metal-edged gutters where a child's ball would come to rest and the first few p…
The track was stony with a grassy camber up the middle.
peralte
The slope of a curved road created to minimize the effect of centrifugal force.
Again we were stricken of our palsy, slowed down, re-accelerated, and there, at last, were the few huts of a hamlet, with the lorry, lying at an angle in the road's camber, outside…
Even a small camber one way caused the whole outfit to list alarmingly.
inclinación
The alignment on the roll axis of the wheels of a road vehicle, where positive camber signifies that the wheels are closer together at the bottom than the top.
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
combar
To curve upwards in the middle.
peraltar
To adjust the camber of the wheels of a vehicle.
Because he cambered the tires too much, he had less control on the turns.
Phrases