revoluciones
/reboluθjones/from spelling rules
The Spanish phrase for 'revs' is revoluciones.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In some regions, especially Latin America, vueltas is used informally to refer to 'revs'.
How do you pronounce it?
/reboluθjones/
Did you know?
- In Spanish, the word revoluciones is the same word used for political 'revolutions'. A car engine is effectively performing a series of tiny political coups every second.
- When describing a high-performance engine, a Spanish speaker might say an engine 'va a mil', meaning it is 'going at a thousand', to imply high 'revs'.
- While vueltas means 'turns' or 'revs' in a mechanical context, it also means 'blocks' when walking in a city or 'rounds' in a boxing match.
Examples in context
- El motor gira a altas revoluciones.The engine is running at high revs.
- El vehículo alcanza 5000 revoluciones por minuto.The vehicle reaches 5000 RPM.
- El motor está a mil vueltas.The engine is at a thousand revs.
- El motor estaba a pocas revoluciones.The engine was at low revs.
- La motocicleta giraba a altas revoluciones.The motorcycle was running at high revs.
- El motor del coche sube de revoluciones ruidosamente.The car engine revs loudly.
- Necesito saber las revoluciones por minuto de esta máquina.I need to know the revs per minute of this machine.
- Su motocicleta está a revoluciones muy altas.His motorcycle is at very high revs.
- Sube las revoluciones del motor.Raise the engine revs.
- El coche alcanza muchas revoluciones.The car reaches many revs.
- No subas demasiado las revoluciones.Don't raise the revs too much.
Example conversation
Mateo and Elena are at a car racing track.
- Elena¿Cuántas revoluciones alcanza el coche?How many revs does the car reach?
- MateoLlega a seis mil revoluciones.It reaches six thousand revs.
- ElenaEs un motor muy potente.It is a very powerful engine.
- MateoSí, le gustan las altas revoluciones.Yes, it likes high revs.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
