English-Spanish translations for overtake

  • adelantarTenemos que conceder a los vehículos pequeños la posibilidad de poder adelantar para garantizar el flujo del tráfico. If we are to ensure traffic flow, we must make it possible for smaller vehicles to overtake. Esto siempre me recuerda un poco a Nikita Jrushchov que, en los años sesenta, quiso adelantar a los Estados Unidos, y ya sabemos cuál fue el resultado. It always reminds us a bit of Nikita Khrushchev, who, in the 1960s, always wanted to overtake the USA, and we know what the result was! Ya es bastante grave circular por autopistas cuando dos pesados camiones de mercancías avanzan paralelos, porque uno de ellos decide adelantar en una cuesta y claramente no puede acelerar. It is bad enough struggling along motorways when two heavy goods lorries are running parallel because one decides to overtake on a hill and clearly cannot accelerate.
  • rebasar
  • sobrepasarTambién constatamos avances positivos en los EE.UU. China, que pronto sobrepasará a Europa en emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero, ha mostrado últimamente algunos signos positivos.We can also detect positive moves in the United States. China, which will quite soon overtake Europe in greenhouse gas emissions, has also made some positive signs lately.
  • sorprender

Definition of overtake

Examples

  • The racehorse overtook the lead pack on the last turn
  • The car was so slow we were overtaken by a bus
  • Our plans were overtaken by events

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