marcha atrás — meaning in English

English meaning

• pullout noun A withdrawal, especially of armed forces.
• reverse adj Opposite in position, direction, or order.

Senses

marcha atrás is used for these senses in English:

• pull out (literally, intransitive) To use coitus interruptus as a method of birth control.
• reverse The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. (Denoted with symbol R on a shifter's labeling.) [from 19th c.]

pullout — full definition

1. noun A withdrawal, especially of armed forces.
2. noun The change of the flight of an aircraft from a dive to level or climbing flight.
3. noun An object, such as a newspaper supplement, that can be pulled out from something else.
4. noun Synonym of liftout (“quotation given special visual treatment”).

reverse — full definition

1. adj Opposite in position, direction, or order.
2. noun The opposite of something; the other side.
3. noun The gear that makes a vehicle travel backward.
4. verb To move backward, or to turn something to face the opposite way.

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