English-Italian translations for pedal

• pedalare
  Non smetta di pedalare, continui a negoziare sino alla fine. Do not stop pedalling; carry on negotiating until the end.
  Sono d’accordo con chi ha detto “occorre pedalare”, ma aggiungo “altrimenti si cade”. I agree with whoever said ‘we have to pedal’, but I would add ‘otherwise we fall off’.
  Esorto il Consiglio, per usare la sua stessa metafora, a pedalare il più veloce possibile. I should like to urge the Council, to use its own metaphor, to pedal as fast as it can.
• pedale

Definition of pedal

• A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano
• a foot or footlike part
• A stirrup
• To operate a pedal attached to a wheel in a continuous circular motion
• To operate a bicycle
• Of or relating to the foot

Examples

• There are three pedals on manual cars, two on automatics.
• A piano usually has two or three pedals.
• the pedal of a loom
• A small organ commonly has only one or two ranks on the pedal
• to pedal ones loom
• He was out of breath from pedalling up the steep hill.

Related words

• hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
• sesquipedalophobia
• bipedalism
• bipedal
• quadrupedal
• hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
• sesquipedalian
• sesquipedal
• backpedal