Ride shotgun
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It means you ride in the front seat (passenger side) of a car/truck. It can also sometimes mean you guard someone or something during the trip.
I suppose the origin of the phrase is that since the driver is busy driving, the passenger in the front seat can protect him or the vehicle with a shotgun.
Sorry, I don't know how to say it in Spanish....
I suppose the origin of the phrase is that since the driver is busy driving, the passenger in the front seat can protect him or the vehicle with a shotgun.
Sorry, I don't know how to say it in Spanish....
someone rides shotgun when they take the front seat--that is, the person next to the driver.
The term comes from the days when a stagecoach driver would have someone ride next to him on the driver's seat, with a shotgun to fend off outlaws.
So today it means to sit in the passenger's seat, usually of a car.
I don't know what that would be in Spanish!
My attempt would be:
Siéntate en el asiento de pasajero.
Hope that helps.
Martha
So today it means to sit in the passenger's seat, usually of a car.
I don't know what that would be in Spanish!
My attempt would be:
Siéntate en el asiento de pasajero.
Hope that helps.
Martha
Entonces, como se dice "I get shot gun" ? Es "viajo en el asiento del acompanante"?
Gracias,
Joe
Gracias,
Joe
Hola!miah said:
As said by Marthafromsf "The term comes from the days when a stagecoach driver would have someone ride next to him on the driver's seat, with a shotgun to fend off outlaws.
So today it means to sit in the passenger's seat, usually of a car."
COLsass also said "someone rides shotgun when they take the front seat--that is, the person next to the driver."
Those phrases point at the place, not at the function.
Up to now, I thougt that "riding shotgun" was said of a person going with someone, to take care of whatever problem may arise.
Maybe you can provide context, and some fellow forero may clarify that point to me.
Thanks.
1. Al leer La Opinion, un diario en Los Angeles para la comunidad hispanohablante, hace un par de días, vi una foto de una mujer, con la leyenda piloto. Para mí, un piloto maneja una avión. Al leer el artículo, del contexto fue obvio que ella es "piloto" de un coche de carrera, famoso porque es mejor, y además latina.
Quisiera saber si, en otros países, aparte de españa, también usan la palabra piloto para un conductor.
2. Querido Oriental (re Martha's post): If you rent or check out some old Westerns on DVD or VHS, you will see, over and over, two cowboys, one choosing, or assigned to be, the "driver" (the idea of driving cattle or horses, or a stagecoach or buckboard, preceded that of driving a car), and the other being "shotgun" I don't know that they always used a shotgun (escopeta). I think sometimes they carried regular rifles. If you are old enough to remember when the (U.S
TV screens were filled with Maverick, Wagon Train, Wanted Dead or Alive, Have Gun Will Travel, Gunsmoke, and a million others, not to mention movies with John Wayne, Crash Corrigan, Gene Autry, the Lone Ranger and Tonto, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, etc., you wouldn't have to ask.This is one of those rare moments when being older makes me feel wiser.
De todos modos, para regresar a la pregunta original, ¿existe en español una expresión idiomática que equivale?
Un piloto puede dirigir un barco, un avión, un auto, o un globo. Sí se usa en Sudamérica también.
Gracias. ¿Y la estufa, no?
I never thought it was about the wild west, but then again I was never into westerns. This is silly but I always thought it had to do with drive by shootings. I get shot gun.
>H.A.M.
una estufa, si tiene un asiento, un manubrio y tres pedales, pues tambien.
En Italia el conductor de auto F1 vienen llamado "pilota", es decir piloto
The "shotgun seat" is the front seat, next to the driver. It has the best view, compared to those in back. American kids almost always compete for the privilege of sitting there.
Lo que se ha dicho del "stagecoach" explica el origen de la expresión...pero la idea de proteger o ayudar se ha perdido con el tiempo. La persona que "gets shotgun" o "rides shotgun" se sienta en el asiento al lado del conductor...y tiene ventana, un asiento (quizá) más comodo, puede ver mejor, no se marea tan fácilmente... en otras palabras se siente privilegiada (es el pasajero que tiene el mejor asiento).
...and when it comes to your kids, the one who rides shotgun controls the car's audio system...
Up to now, I thougt that "riding shotgun" was said of a person going with someone, to take care of whatever problem may arise.
Maybe you can provide context, and some fellow forero may clarify that point to me.
Thanks.[/QUOTE]
No, cuando dice "Shotgun!" cuando esta al punto de entrar en el carro, solo significa una cosa- que quiere montar en el asiento al lado del conductor.
Maybe you can provide context, and some fellow forero may clarify that point to me.
Thanks.[/QUOTE]
No, cuando dice "Shotgun!" cuando esta al punto de entrar en el carro, solo significa una cosa- que quiere montar en el asiento al lado del conductor.