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Spanish translation: caja de cambios / velocidades


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English term or phrase:spinning gear
Spanish translation:caja de cambios / velocidades
Entered by: Rafael Molina Pulgar
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23:09 Nov 24, 2009
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: spinning gear
Hola,

¿se refiere a la cabeza?

Gracias

If people can just look within for twenty seconds and get ahold of their spinning little gears
Laura Rodriguez
Local time: 21:56
caja de cambios / velocidades /
Explanation:
Debe de ser en sentido metafórico.

The gear selector does not engage or disengage the actual gear teeth which are permanently meshed. Rather, the action of the gear selector is to lock one of the freely spinning gears to the shaft that runs through its hub. The shaft then spins together with that gear. The output shaft's speed relative to the countershaft is determined by the ratio of the two gears: the one permanently attached to the countershaft, and that gear's mate which is now locked to the output shaft.
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Rafael Molina Pulgar
Mexico
Local time: 14:56
Grading comment
Muchas gracias.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +2caja de cambios / velocidades /
Rafael Molina Pulgar
4engranaje giratorio / piezas de engranaje
Vicky Rengifo


  

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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
caja de cambios / velocidades /


Explanation:
Debe de ser en sentido metafórico.

The gear selector does not engage or disengage the actual gear teeth which are permanently meshed. Rather, the action of the gear selector is to lock one of the freely spinning gears to the shaft that runs through its hub. The shaft then spins together with that gear. The output shaft's speed relative to the countershaft is determined by the ratio of the two gears: the one permanently attached to the countershaft, and that gear's mate which is now locked to the output shaft.

Rafael Molina Pulgar
Mexico
Local time: 14:56
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 186
Grading comment
Muchas gracias.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Diego Carpio: De acuerdo. Incluso aquí en Argentina es muy común la expresión "bajar un cambio" refiriéndose a la capacidad de introspección. Saludos.
33 mins
  -> Gracias por tu comentario, Diego.

agree  Eileen Banks
1 hr
  -> Gracias, Eileen.
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
engranaje giratorio / piezas de engranaje


Explanation:
"controlar las piezas de engranaje de su funcionamiento"

se refiere a las piezas de engranaje que movilizan un objeto por acción mecánica, aunque en el contexto figura como lo que mueve a actuar al sujeto.

Slds!




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Vicky Rengifo
Colombia
Local time: 15:56
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
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Changes made by editors
Nov 30, 2009 - Changes made by Rafael Molina Pulgar:
Edited KOG entryLaura Rodriguez's old entry - "spinning gear" => "caja de cambios / velocidades / "


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