Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Conceda cambios de luces
English translation:
dim headlights
Added to glossary by
Jo Mayr
Sep 5, 2004 00:14
19 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Conceda cambios de luces
Spanish to English
Other
Tourism & Travel
traffic
texto de una señal de tráfico en Guatemala (¡help!)
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +4 | switch off high-beams /dim headlights |
Margarita Palatnik (X)
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| 4 +1 | dim the car lights |
Xenia Wong
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| 4 | Dip headlights |
Katherine Hodkinson
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| 3 -1 | give way / traffic lights |
Lia Fail (X)
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Proposed translations
+4
16 mins
Selected
switch off high-beams /dim headlights
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Comment: "¡Gracias, Margarita!"
+1
1 min
Xenia Wong
Native in Spanish
&
English
Works in field
Excellence-promptness-guarantee-20 yrs.
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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15
dim the car lights
My thoughts.
-1
53 mins
give way / traffic lights
My first thought was give way'.... 'conceda'
The 'cambios de luces' is probably a reference to traffic lights.
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Note added at 1 hr 0 min (2004-09-05 01:14:28 GMT)
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But I don\'t see how to connect the ideas.
Another idea.
Conceder as in \'concede (to)\', \'accept\'
Maybe they are referring to the fact that you should respect traffic light changes, i.e. not accelerate when they are changing, accept the fact that they are changing and that you shouldn\'t try to jumop them.
In other words, respect traffic light changes OR treat traffic light changes with respect
The 'cambios de luces' is probably a reference to traffic lights.
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Note added at 1 hr 0 min (2004-09-05 01:14:28 GMT)
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But I don\'t see how to connect the ideas.
Another idea.
Conceder as in \'concede (to)\', \'accept\'
Maybe they are referring to the fact that you should respect traffic light changes, i.e. not accelerate when they are changing, accept the fact that they are changing and that you shouldn\'t try to jumop them.
In other words, respect traffic light changes OR treat traffic light changes with respect
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Margaret Schroeder
: It refers to dimming high beams (headlights) so that oncoming drivers will not be blinded.
22 mins
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| neutral |
Daniel Burns (X)
: This phrase appears on road signs in Mexico, at least.
23 mins
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11 hrs
Dip headlights
In the uk we would say dip rather than dim, but otherwise i agree with the above.
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