- motor
- adj.motive, driving, motor.m.1 motor, engine.2 motor, driving force.* * *motor► adjetivo1 motive■ fuerza motora motive power2 BIOLOGÍA motor■ función motora motor function► nombre masculino motor1 TÉCNICA engine2 figurado driving force■ él es el motor de la empresa he is the driving force behind the company\FRASEOLOGÍAmotor de arranque starter motormotor de explosión internal-combustion enginemotor de inyección fuel-injection enginemotor de reacción jet enginemotor fuera bordo outboard motor————————motor► nombre masculino1 TÉCNICA engine2 figurado driving force■ él es el motor de la empresa he is the driving force behind the company* * *noun m.1) motor, engine2) cause* * *1. ADJ1) (Téc) motive, motor (EEUU)
potencia motora — motive power
2) (Anat) motor2.SM motor, enginemotor eléctrico — electric motor o engine
un motor de seis cilindros — a six-cylinder engine
con seis motores — six-engined
con motor — power-driven
aviación con motor — powered flight
motor a chorro, motor a reacción — jet engine
motor de arranque — starter, starter motor
motor de aviación — aircraft engine
motor de búsqueda — (Internet) search engine
motor de combustión interna, motor de explosión — internal combustion engine
motor de inyección — fuel-injected engine
motor delantero — front-mounted engine
motor de puesta en marcha — starter, starter motor
motor diesel — diesel engine
motor fuera (de) borda — outboard motor
motor refrigerado por aire — air-cooled engine
motor trasero — rear-mounted engine
* * *I-triz, motor -tora adjetivo motor (before n)IImasculino1) (Tec) enginefunciona con or a motor — it is motor-driven
2) (impulsor) driving force* * *= prime mover, engine, driving force, driver.Ex. The implementation of successive programmes for supplying educational institutions with microcomputer equipment seems to be the principal prime mover of computerisation processes.Ex. These companies have been racing to define the information superhighway for themselves, and to stake a claim in what they view as the economic engine of the information age.Ex. On-line services have been one of the most powerful driving forces moving information away from its traditional definition and towards the commodity view.Ex. The realization that knowledge and information provide the fundamental drivers of economic growth is beginning to permeate economic and management thinking.----* barco a motor = motorboat.* calentar motores = prime + the pump.* carrera de coches improvisados sin motor = soapbox derby race, soapbox derby.* el motor de = the power behind.* industria del motor, la = motor industry, the, motor trade, the.* lancha a motor = motorboat.* lancha de motor = power boat.* lancha motora = speedboat, motorboat.* motor a chorro = jet engine.* motor a reacción = jet engine.* motor + calar = engine + stall.* motor de búsqueda = portal, search engine, crawler.* motor de combustión = combustion engine.* motor de combustión interna = internal combustion engine.* motor de explosión = combustion engine.* motor de explosión interna = internal combustion engine.* motor de gasolina = gasoline engine.* motor del cambio = driver of change.* motor de propulsión a chorro = jet engine.* motor diesel = diesel engine.* motor eléctrico = electric motor.* tráfico a motor = motor traffic.* vehículo de tierra a motor = motor land vehicle.* * *I-triz, motor -tora adjetivo motor (before n)IImasculino1) (Tec) enginefunciona con or a motor — it is motor-driven
2) (impulsor) driving force* * *= prime mover, engine, driving force, driver.Ex: The implementation of successive programmes for supplying educational institutions with microcomputer equipment seems to be the principal prime mover of computerisation processes.
Ex: These companies have been racing to define the information superhighway for themselves, and to stake a claim in what they view as the economic engine of the information age.Ex: On-line services have been one of the most powerful driving forces moving information away from its traditional definition and towards the commodity view.Ex: The realization that knowledge and information provide the fundamental drivers of economic growth is beginning to permeate economic and management thinking.* barco a motor = motorboat.* calentar motores = prime + the pump.* carrera de coches improvisados sin motor = soapbox derby race, soapbox derby.* el motor de = the power behind.* industria del motor, la = motor industry, the, motor trade, the.* lancha a motor = motorboat.* lancha de motor = power boat.* lancha motora = speedboat, motorboat.* motor a chorro = jet engine.* motor a reacción = jet engine.* motor + calar = engine + stall.* motor de búsqueda = portal, search engine, crawler.* motor de combustión = combustion engine.* motor de combustión interna = internal combustion engine.* motor de explosión = combustion engine.* motor de explosión interna = internal combustion engine.* motor de gasolina = gasoline engine.* motor del cambio = driver of change.* motor de propulsión a chorro = jet engine.* motor diesel = diesel engine.* motor eléctrico = electric motor.* tráfico a motor = motor traffic.* vehículo de tierra a motor = motor land vehicle.* * *motor1 -triz, motor -toraadjectivemotor (before n)el desarrollo motor de un niño the development of a child's motor functionsmotor2masculineA (Tec) enginecalentar el motor (Auto) to warm (up) the engineCompuestos:● motor a inyecciónfuel-injected engine● motor a reacciónjet engine● motor de arranquestarter motor● motor de combustión internainternal combustion engine● motor de émbolo or de pistónpiston engine● motor de explosióninternal combustion engine● motor de propulsión a chorrojet engine● motor dieseldiesel engine● motor eléctricoelectric motor● motor en estrellaradial engine● motor fuera (de) bordaoutboard motor● motor hidráulicohydraulic engineB (impulsor) driving forceel motor de la economía alemana the driving force o the engine of the German economy* * *
motor 1◊ -triz , motor -tora adjetivo
motor (before n)
motor 2 sustantivo masculino
1 (Tec) engine;◊ motor fuera (de) borda outboard motor
2 (impulsor) driving force
motor, motriz adjetivo motor
fuerza motriz, driving/ motive/propelling force
motor sustantivo masculino
1 (de combustible) engine
(eléctrico) motor
motor de arranque, starter (motor)
motor de explosión, internal-combustion engine
motor de reacción, jet engine ➣ Ver nota en engine 2 fig (propulsor, fuerza motriz) el motor de la Historia, the driving force of History
'motor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ahogarse
- amaraje
- borda
- DGT
- echar
- enloquecer
- escudería
- fallo
- fiable
- forzar
- fueraborda
- motricidad
- motriz
- reacción
- reactor
- salirse
- salón
- tiempo
- vuelo
- acelerar
- adaptar
- afinar
- aflojar
- agarrotar
- ahogar
- alimentación
- alimentar
- apagado
- apagar
- arrancar
- atascar
- automotor
- automovilismo
- automovilístico
- calar
- calentar
- caminar
- carburar
- cargar
- chingar
- chorro
- cilindro
- culata
- desarmar
- detonación
- económico
- eléctrico
- encender
- enfriar
- escobilla
English:
burn out
- check
- combustion engine
- conk out
- crank
- cut out
- die
- diesel engine
- engine
- engine driver
- fume
- gliding
- hang-gliding
- horsepower
- inboard
- internal-combustion engine
- misfire
- motor
- motor racing
- motor-car
- outboard
- powered
- race
- response
- rev
- seize up
- speed up
- starter
- take apart
- whine
- coast
- combustion
- formula
- jet
- launch
- out
- pack
- power
- run
- scooter
- steam
* * *motor1, -ora o -triz adj1. Anat motor;habilidades motoras motor skills2. [que produce desarrollo]el sector motor de la economía the sector which is the driving force of the economymotor2 nm1. [máquina] engine, motorCompmotor alternativo reciprocating engine;motor de arranque starter, starter motor;motor de cohete rocket engine;motor de combustión combustion engine;motor de combustión interna internal combustion engine;motor de cuatro tiempos four-stroke engine;motor diesel diesel engine;motor de dos tiempos two-stroke engine;motor eléctrico electric motor;motor de explosión internal combustion engine;motor (de) fueraborda outboard motor o engine;motor de inducción induction motor;motor de inyección fuel-injection engine;motor iónico ion engine;motor de reacción jet engine;motor rotativo rotary engine;motor de turbina turbine engine2. [fuerza] driving force;el motor de la economía the driving force in the economy;el motor del equipo [en deporte] the team dynamo3. [causa] instigator, cause4. Informát motor de búsqueda search engine* * *motorI adj ANAT motorII m engine; eléctrico motor* * *motor, -ra adjmotriz: motormotor nm1) : motor, engine2) : driving force, cause* * *motor n1. (de vehículo) engine2. (eléctrico) motor
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.