Estar averiado un carro, un coche

To have broken down.


I had broken down and so I called a tow truck.

In Educational Materials:

Hacer clic en Imagen para agrandar.


Venezuela: estar accidentado un carro.

Être en panne en français in French en francés.

Cerca de Alambre de Púas.

Barbed wire fence.

We climbed the barbed wire fence and got into the paddock.

In News:

"Carol Clamp is offering a £500 reward for information leading to the conviction of the yobs who cut through the barbed wire fence"
Burton Mail.

"The 21-year-old Saskatchewan resident suffered a broken pelvis, collapsed lung, bruised liver and kidneys, and other injuries when a car accident in Alberta threw her 10 metres out of a vehicle and onto a barbed wire fence."

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The Star Phoenix.

Camisa, playera, remera, franela por fuera.

Shirt, t-shirt, tank-top, polo. etc. untucked.

Untucked shirt, t-shirt, tank-top, polo, etc.

To go to that party, you can't leave your shirt untucked.

In Modern Literature.

"He emerges  wearing a long white shirt, unbuttoned and untucked."

Michael Jackson the King of Pop by Lisa D. Campbell.

In News:

"All that stands between students wearing blue jeans and untucked shirts in Alvin schools is an affirmative vote from trustees."
Houston Chronicle.

" Another day, she arrived in a black skirt and bright pink blouse —untucked—topped with a black sweater."
The Daily Beast.

Gritar Consignas, Decir Consignas.

To chant (slogans, names, etc)

"The crowd were chanting the name of their football team."
Cambridge Dictionary Online.

"Demonstrators chanted anti-government slogans in the square."

Cambridge Dictionary Online. 

In News:

"... video posted on the Internet showed young people chanting slogans against the ruling family and being drowned out by gunfire."

The Christian Science Monitor.

Foto: One Pakistan.