Meanings (ES + gloss)
andar en ralentí • andar sin acelerar • andar sin pedalear (velocipede) • planear • poner en neutral • poner en neutro
To glide along without adding energy; to allow a vehicle to continue moving forward after disengaging the engine or ceasing to apply motive power.
We steamed easily across the first part of the Tay Bridge, and then after passing over the long spans in mid-stream we coasted smoothly down the 1 in 114 gradient, and around the s…
When I ran out of gas, fortunately I managed to coast into a nearby gas station.
costear
To sail along a coast.
The Ancients coasted only in their Navigations.
The bold little ships even broke through the Gates of Hercules to the open ocean, coasting then northward to take the gold of Ireland and the tin of Cornwall, as well as southward,…
a la champa • como las huevas • ni esforzarse • perecear • solamente hacer lo más mínimo • solamente hacer lo mínimo
To make a minimal effort; to continue to do something in a routine way, without initiative or effort.
Rehearsal goes reasonably. Wheeler long ago swore that he would never coast through a performance, and he plays decently well. But it seems to him as if a lot of the orchestra is d…
Yet the truth is that City would probably have been coasting by that point if the referee, Michael Oliver, had not turned down three separate penalties, at least two of which could…
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