English-Spanish translations for throttle

aceleradorTodo el mundo pisaba el acelerador. Everyone was opening the throttle. No obstante, he pisado el acelerador también por otro motivo. However, I put my foot on the throttle for another reason too.
estrangular¿Era necesario, en apoyo del euro, estrangular la inversión pública? Did public investment have to be throttled in order to support the euro? Sin embargo, la soberanía no da derecho a estrangular a tu propio pueblo. Sovereignty does not entitle you to throttle your own people.

A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine
The windpipe or trachea
To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc
To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate
To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated

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