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Cars & Motoring

Accelerator – acelerador
Bonnet – capó
Boot - maletero
Brakes – frenos
Bumper – parachoques
Car - coche

Photo - www.coches.com

Clutch – embrague
Driving licence – permiso de conducir
Engine - motor
Gear box – caja de cambios
Gear stick – palanca de cambios
Glove box - guantera
Handbrake – freno de mano
Headlight – faro (main beam – luz de carretera, dipped lights – luz de cruce, sidelights – luces de posición)
Horn – claxon
Indicator - intermitente
Jack - gato
Neutral – punto muerto
Petrol station – gasolinera
Puncture - pinchazo
Rear view mirror – retrovisor interior (wing mirror – retrovisor exterior)
Registration plate – placa de matrícula
Reverse – marcha atrás
Roof rack – baca
Seat, front – asiento delantero, seat, rear – asiento trasero
Seat belt – cinturón de seguridad
Spare parts - recambios
Steering wheel – volante
Tyre – neumático
Unleaded fuel – sin plomo
Wheel – rueda
Window - ventanilla
Windscreen – parabrisas
Wipers - limpiabrisas