spurred in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for spurred in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.spur [Am spər, Brit spəː] N

1.1. spur:

spur

espuela f

on the spur of the moment

sin pensarlo

it was a spur-of-the-moment decision

fue una decisión del momento

it was a spur-of-the-moment decision

lo decidí (or decidió etc.) sin pensarlo or de improviso

to win or gain one's spurs

demostrar su (or mi etc.) valía

1.2. spur (stimulus):

spur

acicate m

spur

aguijón m

driven by the spur of ambition/passion

acicateado or aguijoneado por la ambición/pasión

1.3. spur ZOOL:

spur

espolón m

2.1. spur GEOG:

spur

espolón m

spur

ramal m

2.2. spur (of railway, road):

spur, a. spur track

ramal m

II.spur <pres part spurring; pt, pp spurred> [Am spər, Brit spəː] VB trans

1. spur RIDING:

spur horse

espolear

2. spur (urge on):

spur person/team

estimular

spur person/team

alentar

this should spur them to greater efforts

esto debería estimularlos or alentarlos a esforzarse más

spurred by dreams of wealth

aguijoneado or acicateado por sueños de riqueza

III.spur <pres part spurring; pt, pp spurred> [Am spər, Brit spəː] VB intr arch

spur

apretar el paso

I.spur on VB [Am spər -, Brit spəː -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o) (urge on)

spur on person/team

estimular

spur on person/team

alentar

this should spur them on to greater efforts

esto debería estimularlos or alentarlos a esforzarse más

spurred on by dreams of wealth

aguijoneado or acicateado por sueños de riqueza

spur wheel N

spur wheel

engranaje m cilíndrico

spur gear N

spur gear → spur wheel

See also spur wheel

spur wheel N

spur wheel

engranaje m cilíndrico

Translations for spurred in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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espuela

spur

dio o picó espuelas al caballo

he spurred on his horse

espuela

spur

espolear

to spur on

espolear

to spur

espolear

to spur on

espoleado por la ambición

spurred on by ambition

engranaje cilíndrico

spur wheel

espolón

spur

espolón

spur

acicatear

to spur … on

corvejón (del gallo)

spur

spurred in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for spurred in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.spur [spɜ:ʳ, Am spɜ:r] -rr- VB trans

spur horse:

spur

espolear

spur

talonear Arg

spur fig

estimular

II.spur [spɜ:ʳ, Am spɜ:r] -rr- N

1. spur (device):

spur

espuela f

2. spur GEO:

spur

espolón m

3. spur (encouragement):

spur

estímulo m

Phrases:

on the spur of the moment inf

sin pensarlo

Translations for spurred in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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espolear

to spur

espolear

to spur on

acicate

spur

contrafuerte

spur

chacanear

to spur on

envalentonar

to spur

chuza

cock's spur

aguijonear

to spur on

espuela

spur

poner las espuelas a alguien

to spur sb on

enconar (espolear)

to spur on

spurred Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

on the spur of the moment inf

sin pensarlo

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Budgetary cuts, as well as conflicts with feminist film collectives and independent producers, spurred its disbandment in 1996.

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It is a bipedal monster with huge tusks, spurred wrists, and membranes like a flying squirrel.

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The ongoing construction took up parking spaces, which spurred the village government to institute valet parking.

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The outcome of the report spurred on many football clubs to open call centres to deal with ticket enquiries and seating arrangements.

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As a young boy, his fascination with steam locomotives spurred him on to learn all he could about railroads.

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This practice began to alter in the 1180s and 1190s, spurred by the greater political stability.

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Some 108 miles (174 km) of arterial streets were widened between 1915 and 1931, 1 spurred by the tremendous growth in automobile usage.

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This spurred the development of modern swimfins, diving masks and snorkels.

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This time spurred by several Barbadian members of parliament.

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Our board brought up the idea of creating an incentive plan for diversity, which spurred the thought of having a similar structure for sustainability.

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