zip down

Spanish translation: pasar a toda pastilla/a toda velocidad

05:04 Oct 16, 2019
English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]
Tourism & Travel / motorcycle, movement, streets
English term or phrase: zip down
"motorcycles that zip down the roads"
Nahuel Luciani
Argentina
Spanish translation:pasar a toda pastilla/a toda velocidad
Explanation:
"To zip", según la definición de The Free Dictionary

a. To move with a sharp hissing sound.
b. To move or act with a speed that suggests such a sound: The cars zipped by endlessly.
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Eugenia Martin
Spain
Local time: 21:26
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2pasar a toda pastilla/a toda velocidad
Eugenia Martin
5circular
Alba Hernández
4pasar zumbando/volando
Cecilia Gowar


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
circular


Explanation:
Se trata simplemente de motos que circulan por la carretera. Es una forma más coloquial en inglés, pero no tiene ninguna connotación más aparte de circular.

Alba Hernández
Australia
Local time: 05:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in CatalanCatalan
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
pasar a toda pastilla/a toda velocidad


Explanation:
"To zip", según la definición de The Free Dictionary

a. To move with a sharp hissing sound.
b. To move or act with a speed that suggests such a sound: The cars zipped by endlessly.



    https://www.thefreedictionary.com/zip
Eugenia Martin
Spain
Local time: 21:26
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Toni Castano
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agree  Irene Gutiérrez
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
pasar zumbando/volando


Explanation:
Zip no es circular, es moverse a gran velocidad. Hay varias maneras de decirlo en castellano. Prefiero en este caso la primera, pero dependerá del contexto más amplio.

zip verb (GO QUICKLY)

[ I or T, usually + adv/prep ] informal
to move or go somewhere very quickly:
I'm just going to zip over to the shops - I won't be long.
We were about to cross the road when a car suddenly zipped past.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/zip

Es como esa escena de la película 2001 de Kubrick cuando el astronauta viaja más allá de Júpiter y todas las luces pasan zumbando; me sentía como si ...
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Los vehículos pasan zumbando por el carril rápido. El carril intermedio es más lento, pero los vehículos aún se mueven. El carril lento es toda una congestión ...
https://bit.ly/2MlMtCl

RAE: zumbando

1. adv. coloq. De manera apresurada. Salió zumbando para no perder el tren.

Cecilia Gowar
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 146
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