ride
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montar
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ride(
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A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
transitive verb
1. (to travel by)
a. montar (animal, bike)
My father taught me to ride a horse when I was a child.Mi padre me enseñó a montar a caballo cuando era una niña.
b. ir en
I think it's dangerous to ride a motorcycle.Creo que es peligroso ir en motocicleta.
c. andar en
She always rides her bike to the gym.Siempre anda en bicicleta al gimnasio.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
intransitive verb
2. (to travel)
a. ir
I was riding on the train when it filled with smoke.Iba en el tren cuando se llenó de humo.
3. (to travel on an animal)
a. montar
I can't go on the horseback ride, because I never learned how to ride.No puedo ir a la cabalgata porque nunca aprendí a montar.
b. cabalgar
Yesterday, we went riding in the hills.Ayer cabalgamos por los cerros.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
noun
4. (journey)
a. el paseo
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
Should we go for a bike ride?¿Nos vamos a dar un paseo en bici?
b. la vuelta
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
Do you want to go for a ride in my new car?¿Quieren dar una vuelta en mi carro nuevo?
c. el viaje
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
The ride to my parents' house is long.El viaje a la casa de mis padres es largo.
5. (fairground attraction)
a. la atracción
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
All of the rides at the fair cost a dollar.Todas las atracciones de la feria costaban un dólar.
b. el juego
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
(Latin America)
What's your favorite ride in Disneyland?¿Cuál es tu juego preferido en Disneylandia?
6. (transport)
Regionalism used in the United States
(United States)
a.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
Can someone give me a ride to the hospital?¿Alguien me puede llevar al hospital?
Do you want me to give you a ride home?¿Quieres que te lleve a casa?
b. el aventón
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
 (colloquial)
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
(Central America)
Regionalism used in Mexico
(Mexico)
I gave her a ride home after the party.Le di un aventón a su casa después de la fiesta.
c. el pon
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
 (colloquial)
Regionalism used in Puerto Rico
(Puerto Rico)
Can you give me a ride to the movies?¿Me das pon al cine?
7.
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
(motor vehicle)
Regionalism used in the United States
(United States)
a. el carro
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
My brother just bought himself a sweet ride.Mi hermano se acaba de comprar tremendo carro.
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ride
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
Noun
1. (on bicycle, in car, on horse)
a. el paseo
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
to give somebody a ridellevar a alguien (en coche)
to go for a rideir a dar una vuelta (en coche/en bicicleta/a caballo)
it's only a short ride awayestá a poca distancia
2. (fig)
a.
she was given a rough ridese las hicieron pasar negras or
3. (fig)
a.
to take somebody for a rideengañar a alguien como a un chino, tomar a alguien el pelo venderle un buzón a alguien
4. (attraction at funfair)
a. la atracción
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
b. el juego
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
(Latin America)
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
transitive verb
5. (general)
a.
to ride a horse/a bicyclemontar or
to ride the bus/trainviajar en autobús/tren
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
intransitive verb
6. (on horse, bicycle)
a.
can you ride?¿sabes montar, andar?
I rode into townfui a la ciudad en bicicleta/a caballo
7. (fig)
a.
to be riding highatravesar un buen momento
8. (fig)
a.
to let something ridedejar pasar algo
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ride [raɪd] rode (past)ridden (participle:past)
noun
1 (journey) paseo (m); (car ride) vuelta (f) en coche; (bike ride) paseo en bicicleta; (horse ride) paseo a caballo; especially (US) (free ride) viaje (m) gratuito
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 town (in car) me llevó en coche a la ciudad; me dio aventón hasta la ciudad; (Méx)
to get a ride
I got a ride all the way to Bordeaux un automovilista me llevó todo hasta Burdeos
to go for a ride (in car, on bike, on horse) dar una vuelta; pasear
it was a rough ride fue un viaje bastante incómodo
to give sb a rough ride hacer pasar un mal rato a algn
to take a ride in a helicopter dar un paseo en helicóptero
to take sb for a ride (in car) dar una vuelta en coche a algn; (make fool of) tomarle el pelo a algn; (swindle) dar gato por liebre a algn; (kill) (US) mandar a algn al otro barrio (very_informal)
to be taken for a ride 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 or en camión; (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)
transitive verb
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)
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
intransitive verb
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 me arremetió contra mí
to ride home on sb's shoulders ser llevado a casa en los hombros de algn
to ride over/through andar a caballo etc por/a través de
we'll ride over to see you vendremos a verte
to ride to Jaén 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
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Verb Conjugations for montar
PresentPreteriteImperfectConditionalFuture
yo
monto
monté
montaba
montaría
montaré
tú
montas
montaste
montabas
montarías
montarás
él/ella/Ud.
monta
montó
montaba
montaría
montará
nosotros
montamos
montamos
montábamos
montaríamos
montaremos
vosotros
montáis
montasteis
montabais
montaríais
montaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds.
montan
montaron
montaban
montarían
montarán
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