a vuelta de rueda
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “to the turn of the wheel”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a ˌbwelta de ˈrweda/ [a ˌβ̞wel̪.t̪a ð̞e ˈrwe.ð̞a]
- Syllabification: a vuel‧ta de rue‧da
Adverb
- (El Salvador, Mexico, Honduras, of traffic) very slowly
- Vamos a vuelta de rueda por la carretera.
- We're movin very slowly through the highway.
Further reading
- “vuelta”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010