Car Accidents, Crash Injuries, & Auto Defects Flashcards by Loriana Espinel

Faulty started

arranque les esta fallando

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adjuster

evaluador de siniestros

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Fall sleep on the road

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Crash/ Wreck/ Collision

One vehicle came in contact with another

Choque/ colision/ siniestro

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Slammed on the brakes

Frena de golpe/ en seco/ violentamente

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plowed

Estrellarse ( Contra)

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guardarrail

valla/ barrera de contencion (guardarrail)

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skidding

patinando

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carretera helada o congelada

icy road

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rolled over

auto volcado

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to back into another car

retrocedi/ hize reversa/ recule

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cut someome off

interceptar/ metersle a otro vehiculo bruscamente

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jerk (insult)

cretino

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jerk

hacer un movimiento brusco

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drunk driving

conducir en estado de embriaguez

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Slick or slippery road

carretera resbaladiza

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speeding

exceso de velocidad

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tailgating

seguir muy de cerca

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weather condictions

condiciones climaticas

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Poor visibility : Rain, snow, fog. or darknness

poca visibilidad: lluvia, nieve, nebilna u oscuridad

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reckless driving

conduccion temeraria

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road rage

ira del conductor

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fatality

incidnete fatal / muerte

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Thrown from vehicle

salir expulsado del vehiculo

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whiplash

sindrome de latigazo cervical, traumatismo cervical, desnucamiento

Fender bender

choque leve

totaled

siniestro total, perdida total

towed

remolcado

tow truck

camion. grua

tow yard

corralon (los patios)

# car accidents Sideswipe collisions | sides of 2 paralele cars bumps and swipe eachother

Chocar de costado , roce/ raspado lateral

# car accidents rear- end collision | sudden deceleration or front acceleration

choque por alcanze/ choque trasero

# car accidents head on collisions

choque de impacto frontal. Choques frontales

single car accident | une vehicle strikes something

accidente que involucra un solo vehiculo

hydrant

hidrante

# car accidents vehicle rollover | car flips on his side or roof ## Footnote more common on speeding suvs

se volco. volcamineto vehicular

# car accidents SUV

camioneta

multi-vehicle collision (pille up)

Accidenete en cadena

Highways = freeways

autovias = autopista

camper shell

carcasa/covertizo/ cupula

T-Bone: side impact (broadside) collision | not a Sideswipe

choque de costado

# car accident/ crime of moral turpitude hit and run

chocar y huir/ se dio a la fuga

Broken headlights

faros delanteros rotos/ quebrados

paint and body

carroceria y pintura/ chapado y pintura/ latas y pintura

# bumper rear bumper damage

dano en la defensa/ en el parachoque

# bumper bumper to bumper warranty

garantia de cobertura total | garantia de parachoqe a parachoque

bumper to bumper traffic/ bottleneck

(trafico) a vuelta de rueda/ a paso de tortuga/ embotellamiento

Fender damage

danos del guardafangos/ guardabarros

mud flaps

salpicaderas/ guardafangos

car door damage

danos en la puerta

Grill(e) damage

dano en la rejilla (parte delantera

luggage rack

portaequipajes / parilla

hood damage

dano el capo/ cofre

trunk damage

dano en la cajuela/ maletero/ baul

wheel damage

danos en las ruedas del auto

tire

neumatico, goma, caucho (llanta)

rim

aro/ llanta/rin

Hubcap ## Footnote clip and unclip

Tapacubus, tapas, tapon, copas

emission test

verificacion de las emisiones

jumpa start

dar corriente

dead battery

bateria descargada. muerta

hotwire

hacer puente al arranque

battery post

terminal/ borne

corroded

corroido / oxidado

# most common problems alternator failure

fallas del alternador

ignition switch

ignition

clogged filters

filtros sucios

engine air filter

filtro de aire

fuel filter

filtro de combustible

oil filter

filtro de accidente

cracked windshield

parabrisas agrietado

dump truck

volqueta

rock chip | pieces of gravel start jumping and fly off and nick your windshiel

astillado por piedrita

nick

golpecito

evaporattive leaks

perdidas evaporativas

loose gas caps

tapa de combustible suelta

seals | loose, broken , old, and the car leaks

empaque

excesive oil consumption

consume excesivo de aceite

increase wear of piston assembles

El desgaste de los anillos de pistón

oil relase into exhaust pipe

Qué pasa cuando el aceite del motor se sale por le escape?

exhaust

escape, exosto

cam shaft

arbol de levas

pistons

pistones

Car Engine parts:

cranskshaft

ciguenal

smog test

prueba de control de emisiones

clutch

clotch/ embrague

catalytic converter | helps control emissions,

convertidor catalitico

muffer

mofle/ silenciador

Exhaust system

push start system

motor de aranque

break lights

luces de freno

signal lights

directional

radiator leaks

goteos en el radiator

radiator flush and bleed

lavar y purgar el radiador

old clunker

carcacha