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calentar motores
Language:
es
1.
General Spanish
Spain
Latin America
neutral
literal
To warm up an engine or machinery prior to operation.
2.
General Spanish
Spain
Latin America
neutral
colloquial
figurative
To prepare or get ready for an activity or event; to undertake preliminary actions or rehearsals in order to build momentum or ensure readiness.
Examples:
ES:
- Empecemos a calentar motores.
EN:
- Well, let's start warming up right now.
ES:
Pido permiso para calentar motores.
EN:
Request permission to warm up the main engine.
ES:
Un hombre de mi edad necesita un trago por la mañana, para calentar motores.
EN:
Man of my years needs a little snort in the morning to heat the boilers.
ES:
Pon a calentar motores, ya voy.
EN:
Power up the drives, I'm on my way.
ES:
Óiganlos calentar motores.
EN:
Listen to them rides revving.
ES:
Pero, ya sabes, la primera temporada es para calentar motores.
EN:
But, you know, primary season is revving up.
ES:
¡Para calentar motores, vamos a tomar una copita rica, rica!
EN:
To warm up the engines, let's have a drink rich, rich!
ES:
Después tengo que calentar motores en el estadio de fútbol.
EN:
I got to run some gear over to the football stadium later.
ES:
Corredores, a calentar motores.
EN:
Racers, start your engines.
ES:
Sin calentar motores, así que atentos.
EN:
No farewells, no warm-ups. So stay tuned.
ES:
Hemos ido bastante despacio después de calentar motores.
EN:
It's funny, we moved pretty slow after we got in the mood.
ES:
¿El algoritmo te ha mandado a calentar motores?
EN:
What are you doing here? The algorithm peg you as an engine jockey?
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