retienen autos que circulaban de manera ilegal por el pais

English translation: they stopped the cars that did not comply with the country driving regulations

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Spanish term or phrase:retienen autos que circulaban de manera ilegal por el pais
English translation:they stopped the cars that did not comply with the country driving regulations
Entered by: Nora Bellettieri

05:43 Sep 10, 2004
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Spanish term or phrase: retienen autos que circulaban de manera ilegal por el pais
Context: Police stopped these cars and their drivers for various infractions.
Do you think the sentence above means that the vehicles were being driven in an illegal manner like running through lights/speeding or that the cars were somehow not registered or something
Marie P.
they stopped the cars that did not comply with the country driving regulations
Explanation:
Creo que es bastante "general"
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Nora Bellettieri
Local time: 16:46
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4stop vehicles that were being driven illegally
jmf (X)
5siii...estaban cometiendo alguna infraccion
Veronick
4 +1dubious sentence
Luciano Monteiro
5they stop cars driving illegally in the country
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
5they stopped the cars that did not comply with the country driving regulations
Nora Bellettieri


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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
siii...estaban cometiendo alguna infraccion


Explanation:
suerte

Veronick
Peru
Local time: 14:46
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
stop vehicles that were being driven illegally


Explanation:
stop [pull over] vehicles that were being driven illegally

Since the text doesn't specify exactly what they were being pulled over for, I think this is your best option. HTH

"We plan to give the police the power to seize and destroy vehicles that are being driven illegally and to increase police powers to use new technology to make ...
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of vehicles without up to date vehicle tax, and the subsequent notification to the DVLA, helps to identify those vehicles that are being driven illegally. ...
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... to be re-tested. Those cars are either parked and abandoned or being driven illegally, adding to air pollution. To assist the owners ...
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jmf (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JudyK: yes, this seems to get round it
33 mins

agree  verano
2 hrs

agree  Ana Juliá
4 hrs

agree  Xenia Wong: stopped..
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
dubious sentence


Explanation:
Circular de manera ilegal puede ocurrir cuando se cometen infracciones o el auto circula sin los documentos/papeles necesarios.

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Note added at 2 hrs 42 mins (2004-09-10 08:26:01 GMT)
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To keep it \"general\", you might say something like \"cars driven in an illegal way in the country\".

Luciano Monteiro
Brazil
Local time: 22:46
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  Michele Fauble
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
they stop cars driving illegally in the country


Explanation:
Suerte

Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Spain
Local time: 21:46
Native speaker of: Spanish
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
they stopped the cars that did not comply with the country driving regulations


Explanation:
Creo que es bastante "general"

Nora Bellettieri
Local time: 16:46
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Native speaker of: Spanish
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