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Car and Road
Car and Road related vocabulary
| English | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Air bag | Bolsa de Aire |
| Blinkers/indicator lights /parking light | Intermitentes |
| Booster seat | Asiento elevado |
| Spark plug | Bujía |
| Bumper | Parachoques |
| Clutch | Embrague |
| Door handle | Manilla de la Puerta |
| Exhaust pipe | tubo de escape |
| Fender | Guardafangos (frontal) |
| first gear | Primera marcha |
| second gear | Segunda marcha |
| third gear | Tercera marcha |
| fourth gear | Cuarta marcha |
| fifth gear | Quinta marcha |
| gear box | Caja de cambios |
| Fog lamp / light | faro antiniebla |
| Gear shift/ gear lever | Palanca de cambios |
| Glove box / glove compartment | Guantera |
| Grill | Parilla |
| Handbrake | el freno de mano |
| Horn | Claxon/bocina |
| hood | Tapa / capó |
| Hub Cap | Marca, Año y Modelo |
| Trunk/boot | Maletero |
| Engine | Motor |
| Mudguard/Mudflaps | Loderas, salpicaderas |
| neutral | Neutral/punto muerto |
| pedal | pedal |
| Plate number/ license tag | Numero de Placa |
| Rearview mirror | Espejo retrovisor |
| reverse | Marcha atrás |
| Roof rack | Baca |
| seat belt | cinturón de seguridad |
| Spare Tire | Llanta de Repuesto |
| Speedometer | Velocímetro |
| Stop light/ break light | Luces de freno |
| Tire | Neumático/llanta |
| Turning lights | Luces indicadoras (vías) |
| Windscreen wiper/windshield wiper | Limpiaparabrisas |
| Windscreen/windshield | Parabrisas |
| Wing mirror | Espejo lateral |
| Bodyshop | Taller de carrocería/ Taller mecánico |
| Cab, taxi cab | Taxi |
| dead-end street | Calle sin salida |
| Ditch/gutter | Zanja (cuneta) |
| Drive-in facility | Centro de Inspecciones |
| Fine | multa |
| Freeway/ Highway | Autopista |
| Intersection | Intersección |
| Lane | Carril |
| main road | carretera general |
| one-way street | calle de dirección única |
| Parking meter | Parquímetro |
| Pedestrian | Peatón |
| Property | Propiedad |
| roundabout | rotonda |
| rush hour | hora pico |
| sidewalk | acera |
| skid marks | Marcas de neumaticos |
| speed limit | límite de velocidad |
| street light | Alumbrado publico |
| traffic jam | atasco |
| Traffic light | Semaforo |
| car crash | collision |
| Dent / Dented / Dent | Abollar / Abollado/ Abolladura |
| Deploy (air bag) | Desplegar |
| Detach | Desprender/ destrabar |
| Go past | Pasarse (un alto) |
| Head on collision | Choque de frente |
| To honk/ to beep | Tocar la bocina |
| Jump start | Transferir corriente a la batería del carro |
| Overrun/ Pass | Rebasar |
| Pull Over | Orillarse |
| Quote | Cotizar/ cotización |
| to brake | frenar |
| to change / check the oil | cambiar / revisar el aceite |
| to crash into | chocar contra |
| to go through a red light | saltarse un semáforo |
| To reverse/back up | Dar marcha atrás |
| to run over | atropellar |
| to tow | remolcar |
| ATV (All-terrain vehicle) | Carro todo terreno |
| Compact Car | Carro compacto |
| Convertible | Convertible/descapotable |
| Four-wheel drive | Vehículo de doble tracción/tracción en cuatro ruedas |
| Minivan | Pequeña furgoneta/camioneta |
| Pick-up truck | Camioneta de caja abierta, Camioneta pick up |
| Sedan | Turismo/Sedan |
| Sports Car | Carro Deportivo |
| Van | Furgoneta |