policía+de+choque

Ex: Libraries now face the realities of the wired campus environment and the collision between library automation tradition and the new world of networks.

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.

le dio un porrazo — he whacked him with his stick (o truncheon etc) (colloq)

se pegó un buen porrazo — he banged his head (o arm etc)

me pegué un porrazo contra un árbol — I went smack into a tree (colloq)

de porrazo — (Per fam) in one go (colloq)

le dio un porrazo — he whacked him with his stick (o truncheon etc) (colloq)

se pegó un buen porrazo — he banged his head (o arm etc)

me pegué un porrazo contra un árbol — I went smack into a tree (colloq)

de porrazo — (Per fam) in one go (colloq)

Ex: It seems to me that the Dewey engine is still ticking over, though there's an occasional knocking and it could no doubt do with a good tuning.

• dar un golpe, el coche de atrás nos dio un golpe — the car behind ran into us

• darse un golpe, se dio un golpe en la cabeza — he got a bump on his head, he banged his head

• errar el golpe — to fail in an attempt

• a golpes, la emprendieron a golpes contra él — they began to beat him

• descargar golpes sobre algn — to rain blows on sb

con un total de 280 golpes — (Golf) with a total of 280 strokes

preparar el golpe — (Golf) to address the ball

golpe bajo — (Boxeo) low punch, punch below the belt

golpe de acercamiento — (Golf) approach shot

golpe de castigo — (Ftbl etc) penalty kick

golpe de martillo — (Tenis) smash

golpe de penalidad — (Golf) penalty stroke

golpe de salida — (Golf) drive, drive-off

golpe franco, golpe libre — (Ftbl) free kick

• dar el golpe con algo — to cause a sensation with sth

dieron un golpe en un banco — they did a bank job *

preparaba su primer golpe — he was planning his first job *

• a golpe de, abrir paso a golpe de machete — to hack out a path with a machete

• al golpe — Caribe instantly

• de golpe, la puerta se abrió de golpe — the door flew open

• de un golpe — in one go

cerró el libro de un golpe — she snapped o slammed the book shut

dio unos golpes en la mesa — he tapped on the table; ( más fuerte) he knocked on the table; ( aún más fuerte) he banged on the table

a golpe de — (Ven) around

de golpe — ( repentinamente) suddenly; ( quizás) (Col fam) maybe, perhaps

la puerta se abrió/cerró de golpe — the door flew open/slammed shut

de golpe y porrazo — (fam) ( de repente) suddenly

de un golpe — ( de una vez) all at once; ( de un trago) in one go o gulp

le dio or pegó un golpe en la cabeza — she hit him on the head

dar el golpe con algo — (fam)

con esa indumentaria seguro que das el golpe — you'll be a sensation o a knockout in that outfit

cerró el libro de un golpe — she snapped o slammed the book shut

dio unos golpes en la mesa — he tapped on the table; ( más fuerte) he knocked on the table; ( aún más fuerte) he banged on the table

a golpe de — (Ven) around

de golpe — ( repentinamente) suddenly; ( quizás) (Col fam) maybe, perhaps

la puerta se abrió/cerró de golpe — the door flew open/slammed shut

de golpe y porrazo — (fam) ( de repente) suddenly

de un golpe — ( de una vez) all at once; ( de un trago) in one go o gulp

le dio or pegó un golpe en la cabeza — she hit him on the head

dar el golpe con algo — (fam)

con esa indumentaria seguro que das el golpe — you'll be a sensation o a knockout in that outfit

Ex: When I saw what he was up to, I drew back for a punch and hit him so hard on the nose that he fell on his back and lay there for some time, so that his wife stood over him and cried out 'Mercy! You've done my husband in!'.

Ex: It uses humor rather than witticisms, and self-deprecation rather than deprecation of the professional field.

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.