ride-along
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ride-along(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (program in which civilians accompany police on patrol) (United States)
Regionalism used in the United States
a. la ronda con la policía (F)
(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).
The journalist went on a ride-along and then interviewed one of the officers.El periodista fue de ronda con la policía y luego entrevistó a un oficial.
b. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
During my first ride-along in police training, we arrested three people.Mientras hacía mi primer ronda en la formación de la policía, detuvimos a tres personas.
I wanted to be a police officer until I went on a ride-along and realized how boring it is.Quería ser un policía hasta que patrullé con uno y me di cuenta de lo aburrido que es.
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