English-Spanish translations for pedal

• pedal
  Sin embargo, los frenos solo tienen sentido si hay pedales. Brakes only make sense, though, if there are pedals.
  No deje de pedalear; siga negociando hasta el final. Do not stop pedalling; carry on negotiating until the end.
  Estoy de acuerdo con quienquiera que haya dicho que «tenemos que pedalear», pero añadiría que «de otro modo nos caemos». I agree with whoever said ‘we have to pedal’, but I would add ‘otherwise we fall off’.
• pedalear
  No deje de pedalear; siga negociando hasta el final. Do not stop pedalling; carry on negotiating until the end.
  Estoy de acuerdo con quienquiera que haya dicho que «tenemos que pedalear», pero añadiría que «de otro modo nos caemos». I agree with whoever said ‘we have to pedal’, but I would add ‘otherwise we fall off’.
  Quisiera animar al Consejo, para usar su propia metáfora, a pedalear tan rápido como pueda. I should like to urge the Council, to use its own metaphor, to pedal as fast as it can.

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.

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• hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
• sesquipedalophobia
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• hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
• sesquipedalian
• sesquipedal
• backpedal