accelerator

acelerador

Pedal que se pisa para hacer que un vehículo vaya más rápido.

En inglés sencillo: The pedal you press with your foot to make a vehicle go faster.

• Press the accelerator gently.
• She took her foot off the accelerator.
• The accelerator stuck as he drove up the hill.

Sinónimos: gas pedal

Expresiones frecuentes: accelerator pedal, press the accelerator, off the accelerator

acelerador

Persona o cosa que hace que un proceso avance más deprisa.

En inglés sencillo: A person or thing that makes a process happen faster.

• Competition can be an accelerator of change.
• The grant acted as an accelerator for research.
• New technology became a powerful accelerator of economic growth.

Cómo se usa: an accelerator of something (The discovery was an accelerator of medical progress.)

Sinónimos: catalyst

Expresiones frecuentes: accelerator of change, growth accelerator, powerful accelerator