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!
Phrases
FTL driveI don't driveback-seat drivebedrivecodrivedaily drivedon't drive faster than your guardian angel can flydrink and drivedrivabledrive Irish tandemdrive a coach and horses throughdrive a coach and six throughdrive a hard bargaindrive a nail in someone's coffindrive a nail where it will godrive a stake through its heartdrive a wedgedrive a wedge betweendrive atdrive awaydrive bydrive downdrive homedrive indrive into the grounddrive offdrive one's pigs to marketdrive outdrive someone crazydrive someone insanedrive someone maddrive someone nutsdrive someone to drinkdrive someone to the walldrive someone up the walldrive something into the grounddrive stickdrive the porcelain busdrive timedrive to distraction