OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 4076

throttle

/ˈθɹɒt.l̩/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
acelerador
The lever or pedal that controls this valve.
To my unpractised eye, the undulations in the track were quite imperceptible, but the engineer's hand on the throttle was never still.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 4077

throttle

/ˈθɹɒt.l̩/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
desacelerar • enlentecer • frenar • lentificar • limitar • ralentizar • reducir
To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
estrangular • sofocar
To strangle or choke someone.
Grant him this, and the Parliament hath no more freedom than if it sat in his noose, which, when he pleases to draw together with one twitch of his negative, shall throttle a whole…