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frenar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brake noun A device that slows or stops a vehicle or machine, usually by friction, or the pedal or lever used to apply it.
  • slow adj Moving, acting, or happening at a low speed; not fast.
  • throttle noun A valve or lever that controls how much fuel or air reaches an engine, and therefore its speed.

Senses

frenar is used for these senses in English:

  • brake (intransitive) To operate a brake or brakes.
  • brake (intransitive) To be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking.
  • slow (transitive) To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.
  • throttle (transitive) To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
  • throttle (intransitive) To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.

brake — full definition

  1. noun A device that slows or stops a vehicle or machine, usually by friction, or the pedal or lever used to apply it.
  2. verb To slow down or stop a vehicle by using its brakes.

slow — full definition

  1. adj Moving, acting, or happening at a low speed; not fast.
  2. adj Not quick to understand or learn.
  3. verb To make something move or happen at a reduced speed.

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