🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

copiloto

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ko.piˈlo.to

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Co-driver/ˈkoʊˌdraɪ.vər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El copiloto cantaba las curvas en el campeonato de rally."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who shares the driving of a vehicle with the primary driver, or assists a rally driver by reading route notes and managing navigation.

    "During the endurance race, each co-driver took a four-hour shift behind the wheel."
  2. 2

    A secondary pilot or navigator in an aircraft or specialized transport vehicle.

    "The co-driver monitored the dashboard instruments while navigating through dense fog."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the prefix 'co-' (from Latin 'com-', meaning 'together' or 'with') and the English noun 'driver', which originates from Old English 'drīfan'. The term first gained currency in the early 20th century in motoring and aviation contexts to describe an assistant or alternative driver sharing operational responsibilities.

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