(of cars)

coche blindado — armoured car, armored car (EEUU)

coche celular — police van, patrol wagon (EEUU)

coche de choque — bumper car, dodgem (Brit)

coche de línea — coach, long distance bus ( esp EEUU)

coche de punto — † taxi

coche escoba — (Ciclismo) sag wagon

coche cama — sleeping car, sleeper, Pullman (EEUU)

coche de equipajes — luggage van, baggage car (EEUU)

coche de monte — wild pig o boar

coches usados or de segunda mano or de ocasión — used o (BrE) secondhand cars

en el coche de San Fernando — on shanks's mare (AmE) o (BrE) pony

coches usados or de segunda mano or de ocasión — used o (BrE) secondhand cars

en el coche de San Fernando — on shanks's mare (AmE) o (BrE) pony

Ex: It was a dozen years later that the first central electric power station was built; a decade was to pass before the automobile was invented, and nearly three decades before the first airplane flew.

auto de choque — bumper car, dodgem (Brit)

auto de comparecencia — summons, subpoena (EEUU)

hacer un auto de fe de algo — † (fig) to burn sth

Ex: Enter the official proceedings and records of criminal trial, impeachment, courts-martial, etc., under the heading for the person or body prosecuted.

Ex: Today's Orient Express has 12 sleeping cars, 2 staff cars, 3 dining cars, and a bar car.

vagón de cola — (lit) guard's van, caboose (EEUU); (fig) rear, tail end

vagón de ganado, vagón de hacienda — ( Cono Sur) cattle truck, stock car (EEUU)

vagón de reja — ( Cono Sur) cattle truck, stock car (EEUU)

vagón postal — mailcoach, mailcar (EEUU)

Ex: Benchmarks are the times taken to carry out a set of standard operations and they are comparable to the government fuel consumption figures for cars.

Ex: Today's Orient Express has 12 sleeping cars, 2 staff cars, 3 dining cars, and a bar car.

Ex: Today's Orient Express has 12 sleeping cars, 2 staff cars, 3 dining cars, and a bar car.

alquiler sin conductor — Esp self-drive

se dedica al alquiler de coches — he's in the car-rental (AmE) o (BrE) car-hire business

coches de alquiler — rental (AmE) o (BrE) hire cars

se dedica al alquiler de coches — he's in the car-rental (AmE) o (BrE) car-hire business

coches de alquiler — rental (AmE) o (BrE) hire cars

Ex: In estimating the cost of setting up an automated library information system a wide range of factors must be considered, including cost of purchase and need to renew hardware every 3 to 5 years, rental charges, maintenance costs, and staff salaries.

me chifla ese grupo — I think that group is fantastic *

le chiflan los coches — he's crazy about cars (colloq)

chiflarse por algo — to be crazy about something (colloq)

se chifló por esa chica — he flipped his lid over that girl (colloq)

le chiflan los coches — he's crazy about cars (colloq)

chiflarse por algo — to be crazy about something (colloq)

se chifló por esa chica — he flipped his lid over that girl (colloq)

Ex: The author of 'A tune they can whistle' stresses the importance of a user-oriented approach to outreach activities.

los dos coches chocaron de frente — the two cars crashed head on o were in a head-on collision

• chocar con o contra — [+ vehículo] to collide with, crash into; [+ objeto] to bang into; [+ persona] to bump into

para no chocar contra el avión — to avoid crashing into o colliding with the plane

• chocar con — [+ ideas, intereses] to run counter to, be at odds with; [+ obstáculos, dificultades] to come up against, run into; [+ personas] to clash with

esa propuesta choca con los intereses de EEUU — that proposal runs counter to o is at odds with American interests

¡chócala! * —

¡choca esos cinco! — * put it there! *

chocar de frente — to collide o crash head-on

nunca he chocado — (CS) I've never had an accident

chocar con or contra algo — vehículo to crash o run into something; ( con otro en marcha) to collide with something

chocaron con or contra un árbol — they crashed o ran into a tree

chocar con alguien — persona to run into somebody, collide with somebody

esta idea choca con su conservadurismo — this idea conflicts with o is at odds with his conservatism

chocarla: estaban enojados pero ya la chocaron (Méx fam) they had fallen out but they've made it up again now (colloq); chócala! — (fam) put it there! (colloq), give me five! (colloq)

chocar de frente — to collide o crash head-on

nunca he chocado — (CS) I've never had an accident

chocar con or contra algo — vehículo to crash o run into something; ( con otro en marcha) to collide with something

chocaron con or contra un árbol — they crashed o ran into a tree

chocar con alguien — persona to run into somebody, collide with somebody

esta idea choca con su conservadurismo — this idea conflicts with o is at odds with his conservatism

chocarla: estaban enojados pero ya la chocaron (Méx fam) they had fallen out but they've made it up again now (colloq); chócala! — (fam) put it there! (colloq), give me five! (colloq)

Ex: It doesn't take a wild imagination to grasp what happens to a rider who crashes with protective gear on and one who goes down in street clothes.

coches sin chofer — drive-yourself (AmE) o (BrE) self-drive cars

coches sin chofer — drive-yourself (AmE) o (BrE) self-drive cars

Ex: The van is painted prominently in the CAB colours and logo of yellow and blue and is staffed by a driver and two volunteers.

el delantero perdió una magnífica ocasión de gol — the forward missed a great goal scoring opportunity o a great chance of scoring

dar a algn la ocasión de hacer algo — to give sb the chance o opportunity of doing sth