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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesem sentido contrário
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ẽ sen-ti-du kõ-tra-riu
"Desviei-me do carro em sentido contrário."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Moving towards someone or something, especially in the opposite direction.
"She swerved to avoid an oncoming vehicle in her lane." - 2
Approaching in time or future occurrence.
"They prepared for the oncoming storm by securing loose outdoor objects."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old English preposition 'on' combined with the present participle of 'cuman', meaning 'to come'. Historically used in Germanic contexts to denote movement directed forward or toward an observer, evolving into a standard spatial descriptor for traffic and weather.
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venant en sens inverse
Transliteration: vuh-nahn ahn sahns ans-vairs
"Il a vu les phares de la voiture venant en sens inverse."
entgegenkommend
Transliteration: ent-ɡe-ɡen-kom-end
"Achten Sie auf den entgegenkommenden Verkehr."
proveniente in senso inverso
Transliteration: pro-ve-ni-en-te in sen-so in-ver-so
"Ho evitato l'auto proveniente in senso inverso."
en dirección contraria
Transliteration: en di-rec-cio-n con-tra-ria
"El coche en dirección contraria iba muy rápido."
em sentido contrário
Transliteration: ẽ sen-ti-du kõ-tra-riu
"Desviei-me do carro em sentido contrário."
सामने से आती हुई
Transliteration: samne se aati hui
Script: सामने से आती हुई गाड़ी
"सामने से आती हुई गाड़ी को देखकर उसने ब्रेक लगाई।"
迎面的
Transliteration: yíngmiàn de
Script: 迎面的车辆
"小心迎面的来车。"
다라오는
Transliteration: dara-oneun
Script: 다가오는 차량
"반대편에서 다가오는 차량을 조심하세요."
対向の
Transliteration: taikou no
Script: 対向車
"対向車に注意してください。"
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