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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesruota di scorta
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ruota di scorta
"Controlla sempre la pressione della ruota di scorta."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An additional wheel and tire carried in a motor vehicle to replace a flat or damaged one.
"He opened the trunk to check the pressure in the spare tire before taking the long road trip." - 2
An excess roll of fat around a person's waistline.
"After months of sitting at a desk, he noticed he was starting to develop a bit of a spare tire."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'spare' from Middle English 'sparen' (meaning to keep in reserve), and 'tire' (originally 'tyre'), derived from the attire or dressing of a wheel from Middle English. The automotive sense emerged in the early 20th century with the mass production of cars, and the colloquial bodily sense developed later in the 20th century due to the visual resemblance of abdominal fat to a spare wheel.
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pneu de secours
Transliteration: pneu de secours
"J'ai dû changer le pneu de secours sur l'autoroute."
Ersatzreifen
Transliteration: Ersatzreifen
"Der Wagen ist standardmäßig mit einem Ersatzreifen ausgestattet."
ruota di scorta
Transliteration: ruota di scorta
"Controlla sempre la pressione della ruota di scorta."
neumático de repuesto
Transliteration: neumático de repuesto
"El coche lleva un neumático de repuesto en el maletero."
pneu sobressalente
Transliteration: pneu sobressalente
"Precisamos tirar o pneu sobressalente do porta-malas."
स्टेफनी
Transliteration: stephani
"कार का पहिया पंचर होने पर उसने स्टेफनी निकाली।"
备胎
Transliteration: bèitāi
"后备箱里放着一个备胎。"
예비 타이어
Transliteration: yebi taieo
"트렁크에 예비 타이어가 있는지 확인하세요."
スペアタイヤ
Transliteration: supeataiya
"トランクの中にスペアタイヤを積んでいます。"
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