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10 Language-to-English Dictionariespaso de cebra
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ˈpa.so ðe ˈse.bɾa/
"El coche frenó justo antes del paso de cebra."
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A pedestrian crossing indicated by broad alternating black and white stripes painted on the road surface, where motorists must give way to pedestrians.
"Always look both ways before stepping onto a zebra crossing."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in the United Kingdom in the late 1940s or early 1950s, the term combines 'zebra', referencing the animal's distinctive black and white stripes, with 'crossing', denoting a place where pedestrians may cross a street. It was popularized following the introduction of these marked pedestrian walkways by the UK's Transport Research Laboratory in 1949 to improve road safety.
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passage piéton
Transliteration: pa-saʒ pje.tɔ̃
"Les automobilistes doivent s'arrêter au passage piéton."
Zebrastreifen
Transliteration: /ˈtseːbʁaˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩/
"Kinder lernen früh, wie man sicher über den Zebrastreifen geht."
strisce pedonali
Transliteration: /ˈstris.tʃe pe.doˈna.li/
"I pedoni stanno attraversando sulle strisce pedonali."
paso de cebra
Transliteration: /ˈpa.so ðe ˈse.bɾa/
"El coche frenó justo antes del paso de cebra."
passadeira
Transliteration: /pɐ.sɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ/
"Deve atravessar a rua na passadeira."
जेबरा क्रॉसिंग
Transliteration: jebra krɔsɪng
"हमें हमेशा जेबरा क्रॉसिंग से ही सड़क पार करनी चाहिए।"
斑马线
Transliteration: bānmǎxiàn
"请在斑马线过马路。"
횡단보도
Transliteration: hoengdanbodo
"우리는 횡단보도를 건너고 있습니다."
横断歩道
Transliteration: ōdanhodō
"横断歩道を渡るときは手を挙げましょう。"
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