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Manual and automatic transmissions
I heard a native Spanish speaker say that what I would call a car with manual transmission (or "stick shift") is called in Spanish: velocidad
I'm looking in some of my dictionaries (both bilingual AND Spanish-Spanish dictionaries) and don't see any real definition that refers to a car with a manual transmission as una "velocidad". Although I DO see indication that this word refers to a "gear". Right? So I see that they are related.... What are different regions' ways of referring to "automatic transmission" and "manual transmission"? Thank you!!
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caja de cambios ("transmisión") manual o automática
acá llamamos cambios lo que los doblajes mexicanos llaman "velocidad" caja de cuarta = ¿transmisión de cuatro velocidades? caja de quinta = ¿transmisión de cinco velocidades?
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Thanks, Alec. What I find interesting, though is that neither WordReference.com nor the RAE seem to have an indication that velocidad is used colloquially to refer to a stick shift. They typically have stuff like that...
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When somebody says that a car has/is of 5 velocidades it means that it is a "caja de cinco (velocidades). (5 gears) |
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Yes, "velocidad" is each possible torque conversion (a gear), not the transmission itself. I think in Spain are called "marchas".
Spain, Argentina = caja de cambios Mexico = caja de velocidades manual / automática
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