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
Phrases
Alcubierre driveCD driveChinese driveDVD driveDean driveFrench driveGeneva driveHD DVD driveHarrow driveMD driveMO driveOrion driveSussex DriveUSB driveWORM driveZip driveall-wheel drivebeetle drivebelt drivebelt-drivebottle drivecassette drivecattle drivecattle-drivechain drivecompact disc driveconstant speed drivecounterdrivecover drivedeath drivedisc drivedisinformation drivediskette drivedrive letterdrive saledrive shaftdrive sheddrive traindrive truckdrive wheel
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