overtake

overtake
əuvə'teik
past tense - overtook; verb
(to pass (a car etc) while driving etc: He overtook a police-car.) adelantar
overtake vb adelantar
the motorcycle overtook the lorry la moto adelantó al camión
El pasado de overtake es overtook y el participio pasado es overtaken; el gerundio se escribe overtaking
overtake
tr[əʊvə'teɪk]
transitive verb (pt overtook tr[əʊvə'tʊk] , pp overtaken tr[əʊvə'teɪkən] )
1 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL (a vehicle) adelantar, pasar, SMALLAM/SMALL rebasar
■ we overtook a sports car adelantamos un coche deportivo
2 (surpass) superar, sobrepasar
■ supply overtook demand la oferta superó la demanda
3 (happen suddenly to) adelantarse a; (surprise) sorprender
■ events have overtaken us los acontecimientos se nos han adelantado
■ disaster overtook the making of the film el desastre se abatió sobre el rodaje de la película
intransitive verb
1 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL (vehicle) adelantar, SMALLAM/SMALL rebasar
overtake [.o:vər'teɪk] vt, -took [-'tʊk] ; -taken [-'teɪkə n] ; -taking : pasar, adelantar, rebasar Mex
overtake
v.
(§ p.,p.p.: overtook, overtaken) = adelantarse a v.
• alcanzar v.
• dar alcance v.
• sobrepasar v.
'əʊvər'teɪk, ˌəʊvə'teɪk
1.
(past -took; past p -taken) transitive verb
a) (go past) \<\<horse/runner\>\> adelantar, pasar, rebasar (Méx)
b) (surpass) superar, tomarle la delantera a

2.
vi (BrE Auto) adelantar, rebasar (Méx)
[ˌǝʊvǝ'teɪk] (pt overtook) [ˌˌǝʊvǝ'tʊk] (pp overtaken) [ˌˌǝʊvǝ'teɪkǝn]
1. VT
1) (=pass) [+ car] adelantar, rebasar (Mex); [+ runner] adelantar, dejar atrás; [+ competition, rival] tomar la delantera a

he doesn't want to be overtaken — no quiere dejarse adelantar

you can't overtake that car on the bend — no puedes adelantar ese coche en la curva

we overtook a lorry near Burgos — cerca de Burgos adelantamos un camión

Swift has overtaken Metmark in steel production — Swift le ha tomado la delantera a Metmark en la producción de acero

2) (fig) pillar desprevenido

we have been overtaken by events — los sucesos nos pillaron desprevenidos or de sorpresa

2.
VI (Aut) adelantar, rebasar (Mex)

"no overtaking" — "prohibido adelantar", "prohibido rebasar" (Mex)

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['əʊvər'teɪk, ˌəʊvə'teɪk]
1.
(past -took; past p -taken) transitive verb
a) (go past) \<\<horse/runner\>\> adelantar, pasar, rebasar (Méx)
b) (surpass) superar, tomarle la delantera a

2.
vi (BrE Auto) adelantar, rebasar (Méx)

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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