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drive

Main Entry: ¹drive

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): drove, driven, driving

Language: English

transitive verb

1 impel : impeler, impulsar
2 operate : guiar, conducir, manejar (un vehículo)
3 compel : obligar, forzar
4 : clavar, hincar <to drive a stake : clavar una estaca>
5 or to drive away : ahuyentar, echar
6 to drive crazy : volver loco

intransitive verb

: manejar, conducir <do you know how to drive? : ¿sabes manejar?>

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