coche de monte

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.

batir el monte — to beat ( for game)

echarse or tirarse al monte — to take to the hills

vive en el monte — he lives out in the sticks o the wilds (colloq)

batir el monte — to beat ( for game)

echarse or tirarse al monte — to take to the hills

vive en el monte — he lives out in the sticks o the wilds (colloq)

Ex: Her experiences in Namibia involved cycling along dirt roads through the bush to village schools in order to read stories and help children make their own books = Sus experiencias en Namibia supusieron ir en bicicleta por caminos de tierra por el campo a las escuelas de las aldeas para leer cuentos y ayudar a los niños a hacer sus propios libros.

Ex: The library is poorly sited outside the shopping centre and on the brow of a hill, and faces competition from adjoining libraries.

montar a algn en o sobre algo — to lift sb onto sth, sit sb on sth

montar una casa — to set up house o home

montar un negocio — to set up o start up a business

montar una bronca o un escándalo — to kick up a fuss/scandal *

¡menudo escándalo se montó con lo de la boda! — what a fuss they kicked up about that wedding! *

montar un número o un show — to make a scene

montaron la obra con muy bajo presupuesto — they staged o put on the play on a small budget

montar la clara a punto de nieve — to whisk o beat the egg white until stiff

ayúdame a montar — help me up, help me to get on o to mount

montar en avión — to fly, travel by air o by plane

aprendí a montar en bici a los seis años — I learned to ride a bike o to cycle when I was six

el total monta (a) 2.500 euros — the total amounts o comes to 2,500 euros

tanto monta que vengas o no — it makes no difference o it's all the same whether you come or not

¿me ayudas a montar la tienda de campaña? — can you help me to put up o pitch the tent?

montar un número or lío or escándalo — (Esp) to make o cause a scene

qué bien te lo montas! — you're on to a good thing (colloq)

¿me ayudas a montar la tienda de campaña? — can you help me to put up o pitch the tent?

montar un número or lío or escándalo — (Esp) to make o cause a scene

qué bien te lo montas! — you're on to a good thing (colloq)

Ex: There are now over 2000 data bases mounted on a number of computers spread at various locations throughout the world.

I mounted my bicycle — (me) monté en or me subí a la bicicleta

I mounted my bicycle — (me) monté en or me subí a la bicicleta

tenía problemas para subir las escaleras — he had difficulty getting up o climbing the stairs

los taxistas han subido sus tarifas — taxi drivers have put their fares up o have raised their fares

van a subir la gasolina — they are going to put up o increase the price of petrol

subir una pared — to put up o build a wall

subir a bordo — to go o get on board

nuestro objetivo es subir a primera división — our aim is to go up o be promoted to the First Division

le ha subido la fiebre — her temperature has gone up o risen