ride

montar

verb

ride
[raɪd]
sustantivo
1paseo (m) (on bicycle, in car, on horse)
  • to give somebody a ride -> llevar a alguien (en coche)(in car), dar aventón or (CAm, español de México, español de Perú) botella or (español de Cuba) una jalada or (español de Perú) cola a alguien (español de Venezuela)
  • to go for a ride -> ir a dar una vuelta (en coche/en bicicleta/a caballo)
  • it's only a short ride away -> está a poca distancia
  • she was given a rough ride (sentido figurado) -> se las hicieron pasar negras or (by interviewer, critics) moradas (español de España)
  • to take somebody for a ride (sentido figurado) -> engañar a alguien como a un chino, tomar a alguien el pelo, venderle un buzón a alguien (RP)
2atracción (f) (attraction at funfair)juego (m) (Am)
verbo transitivo (pt rode [rəʊd], pp ridden [ˈrɪdən])
también:
  • to ride a horse/a bicycle -> montar or andar a caballo/en bicicleta (Am)
  • to ride the bus/train -> viajar en autobús/tren (Estados Unidos)
verbo intransitivo
3(on horse, bicycle)
  • can you ride? -> ¿sabes montar or (español de España) andar? (Am)
  • I rode into town -> fui a la ciudad en bicicleta/a caballo
  • to be riding high (sentido figurado) -> atravesar un buen momento
  • to let something ride (sentido figurado) -> dejar pasar algo

ride [raid]
sustantivo
1Paseo a caballo o en coche.
2El espacio de terreno destinado para paseo.
  • To give somebody a rough hacer pasar un mal rato a alguien -> To go for a pasear a caballo

ride [raɪd] rode (past)ridden (participle:past)
noun
1 (journey) paseo; (m) (car ride) vuelta en coche; (f) (bike ride) paseo en bicicleta; (horse ride) paseo a caballo; especially (US) (free ride) viaje gratuito; (m)
the ride of the Valkyries la cabalgata de las valquirias; it's my first ride in a Rolls es la primera vez que viajo en un Rolls
he gave me a ride into towngave (in car) me llevó en coche a la ciudad; me dio aventón hasta la ciudad; (Méx)
to get a rideget
I got a ride all the way to Bordeaux un automovilista me llevó todo hasta Burdeos
to go for a ridego (in car, on bike, on horse) dar una vuelta; pasear
it was a rough riderough fue un viaje bastante incómodo
to give sb a rough ride hacer pasar un mal rato a algn
to take a ride in a helicoptertake dar un paseo en helicóptero
to take sb for a ride (in car) dar una vuelta en coche a algn; (make fool of) (informal) tomarle el pelo a algn; (swindle) (informal) dar gato por liebre a algn; (kill) (very_informal) (US) mandar a algn al otro barrio; (very_informal)
to be taken for a ride (informal) hacer el primo; (informal)
to come/go along for the ride apuntarse por gusto
"Who's that with you?" "A friend of mine. He's just coming along for the ride." Your boyfriend is not likely to be serious about anything this week except having a good time. Why not go along for the ride?
2 (distance travelled) viaje; (m) recorrido; (m)
it's only a short ride es poco camino; it's a ten-minute ride on the bus son diez minutos en autobús en camión;or (Méx) it's a 70p ride from the station el viaje desde la estación cuesta 70 peniques
3 (at fairground) (attraction) atracción; (f) (trip) viaje; (m)
She was having such fun she begged to go on all the rides again ...a ride on the roller coaster
50p a ride 50 peniques por persona
4 (path) vereda; (f)
verb:transitive
1 [+horse] montar; [+bicycle] montar en; ir en; andar en
to ride an elephant ir montado en un elefante; he rode his horse into town fue a caballo hasta la ciudad; he rode his horse into the shop entró a caballo en la tienda; to ride a horse hard castigar mucho a un caballo; can you ride a bike? ¿sabes montar en bicicleta?; it has never been ridden hasta ahora nadie ha montado en él; he rode it in two races lo corrió en dos carreras
2 [+distance]
we rode ten km yesterday recorrimos diez kilómetros ayer
3
to ride a good race hacer bien una carrera; dar buena cuenta de sí (en una carrera)
4 especially (US) (informal)
to ride sb tenerla tomada con algn; no dejar en paz a algn; to ride sb hard exigir mucho a algn; darle duro a algn; (informal) don't ride him too hard no seas demasiado severo con él; to ride an idea to death explotar una idea con demasiado entusiasmo; acabar con una idea a fuerza de repetirla demasiado
5 (Náut) [+waves] hender; surcar
verb:intransitive
1 (on horse) montar
to ride on an elephant ir montado en un elefante; can you ride? ¿sabes montar a caballo?; she rides every day monta todos los días; to ride astride montar a horcajadas; to ride like mad correr como el demonio; he rides for a different stable monta para otra cuadra
2 (in car) ir; viajar
to ride on a bus/in a car/in a train viajar en autobús/en coche/en tren; some rode but I had to walk algunos fueron en coche pero yo tuve que ir a pie
3 (with prep, adv)
he rode straight at meat arremetió contra mí
to ride home on sb's shouldershome ser llevado a casa en los hombros de algn
to ride over/throughover/through andar a caballo etc por/a través de;etc
we'll ride over to see you vendremos a verte
to ride to Jaénto ir (a caballo) a Jaén
he rode up to me se me acercó a caballo
4
to ride at anchor (Náut) estar fondeado
5
the moon was riding high in the sky la luna estaba en lo alto del cielo
to be riding high [+person] estar alegre; estar en la cumbre de la felicidad
he's riding high at the moment por ahora lo va muy bien
to let things ride dejar que las cosas sigan su curso

Verb Conjugation for "ride"

Imperative
  • ride
  • you ride
  • he/she rides
  • we ride
  • you ride
  • they ride
Preterite
  • I rode
  • you rode
  • he/she rode
  • we rode
  • you rode
  • they rode
Present Continuous
  • I am riding
  • you are riding
  • he/she is riding
  • we are riding
  • you are riding
  • they are riding
Present Perfect
  • I have ridden
  • you have ridden
  • he/she has ridden
  • we have ridden
  • you have ridden
  • they have ridden
Past Continuous
  • I was riding
  • you were riding
  • he/she was riding
  • we were riding
  • you were riding
  • they were riding
Past Perfect
  • I had ridden
  • you had ridden
  • he/she had ridden
  • we had ridden
  • you had ridden
  • they had ridden
Future
  • I will ride
  • you will ride
  • he/she will ride
  • we will ride
  • you will ride
  • they will ride
Future Perfect
  • I will have ridden
  • you will have ridden
  • he/she will have ridden
  • we will have ridden
  • you will have ridden
  • they will have ridden
Future Continuous
  • I will be riding
  • you will be riding
  • he/she will be riding
  • we will be riding
  • you will be riding
  • they will be riding
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been riding
  • you have been riding
  • he/she has been riding
  • we have been riding
  • you have been riding
  • they have been riding
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been riding
  • you will have been riding
  • he/she will have been riding
  • we will have been riding
  • you will have been riding
  • they will have been riding
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been riding
  • you had been riding
  • he/she had been riding
  • we had been riding
  • you had been riding
  • they had been riding
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