spare port

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.

con la modica spesa di 1000 euro — for the modest sum o outlay of 1,000 euros

ridurre le spese — (gen) to cut down (on spending), Comm to reduce expenditure

a mie spese fig — at my expense

fare le spese di qc fig — to pay the price for sth

- e per l'istruzione, la difesa — expenditure o spending on education, defence

fare la spesa — to do the o some shopping

andare a fare la spesa — to go shopping o to the shops

spesa pubblica — public expenditure o spending, government spending

- e doganali — customs expenses o charges

spesa processuali — dir. (legal) costs

- e di spedizione — forwarding o shipping charges, postage

imparare qcs. a proprie -e — to learn sth. the hard way o at one's own expense o at one's cost

save somebody from the clutches of the enemy/from making a mistake — jemanden aus den Klauen des Feindes retten/davor bewahren, dass er einen Fehler macht

save the day — die Situation retten

somebody can't do something to save his/her life — jemand kann etwas [ganz] einfach nicht tun

save money for a rainy day — (fig.) einen Notgroschen zurücklegen

save oneself — sich schonen; seine Kräfte sparen

save one's breath — sich (Dat.) seine Worte sparen

save somebody/oneself doing something or having to do something — es jemandem/sich ersparen, etwas tun zu müssen

save on food — am Essen sparen

make a save — [Torwart:] halten

he made a fantastic save — er hat den Ball prima abgewehrt or gehalten

to save sb from sth — jdn vor etw (dat) retten

he saved me from falling/making that mistake — er hat mich davor bewahrt hinzufallen/den Fehler zu machen

to save sth from sth — etw aus etw retten

his goal saved the match — sein Tor hat das Spiel gerettet or herausgerissen (inf)

to be saved by the bell (inf) — gerade noch einmal davonkommen

or butt ( US inf ) — seinen Kopf retten

or butt ( US inf ) — jdn rauspauken (inf), jdn retten

save some of the cake for me — lass mir etwas Kuchen übrig

save it for later, I'm busy now (inf) — spar dirs für später auf, ich habe jetzt zu tun (inf)

save it! (inf) — spar dir das! (inf)

that will save you £20 a week — dadurch sparen Sie £ 20 die Woche

at least it saved the rain coming in it'll save a lot of hard work if we... — es hat wenigstens den Regen abgehalten es erspart uns (dat) sehr viel Mühe, wenn wir...

it saved us having to do it again — das hat es uns (dat) erspart, es noch einmal machen zu müssen

well saved! — gut gehalten!

to save sth to disk — etw auf Diskette ( ab)speichern or sichern

to save for sth — für or auf etw (acc) sparen

save money for a rainy day — (fig.) einen Notgroschen zurücklegen

save one's breath — sich (Dat.) seine Worte sparen

save somebody/oneself doing something or having to do something — es jemandem/sich ersparen, etwas tun zu müssen

make a save — [Torwart:] halten