Meanings (ES + gloss)
acicatear • arrear • espolear • espolonear
To prod (especially a horse) on the side or flank, with the intent to urge motion or haste, to gig.
Draw, archers, draw your arrows to the head! Spur your proud horses hard, and ride in blood; Amaze the welkin with your broken staves!
animar • espolear • estimular • incentivar • incitar • motivar
To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object
But the latest Santa Fe development, while not spurring the Rock Island to any further acceleration, has drawn fire from a totally unexpected quarter.
My desire / (More sharp than filed steel) did spur me forth...
poner [las] espuelas
To put spurs on.
to spur boots
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