Tailgater

[Włoskipolak 72]

Hi all

I discovered this word recently.., tailgater = a person who drives hazardously close to the rear of another moving vehicle..
tailgate (verb) = to drive too closely to the car in front of you..

I was wondering if there was a similar word in your language ?

 

[Frank78]

In German it's "Drängler", from the verb "drängeln" = to push/shove/scramble

P.S. I only knew "tailgate party" (before football matches for example). So I would probably have interpreted this word as someone who hosts or attends such a party.

 

[Olaszinhok]

I discovered this word recently.., tailgater = a person who drives hazardously close to the rear of another moving vehicle..
tailgate (verb) = to drive too closely to the car in front of you..

In Italian, we have tallonare which is not specifically used for vehicles but I reckon it's a good translation of the verb to tailgate

tallonare - Dizionario italiano-inglese WordReference

 

[Welsh_Sion]

Cymraeg/Welsh

Verbal noun: tailgating

gyrru wrth gwt rhywun
driving by (the) SM scut (of) someone

gyrru'n rhy agos at rywun
driving PRED. too close to SM someone

Noun: tailgater

gyrrwr rhy agos
(a) driver too close

 

[apmoy70]

We don't have anything similar in Greek, we just use the periphrasis «οδηγάει κολλητά» [o̞ðiˈɣai.ko̞liˈt̠a] --> s/he is driving/drives clingy; the adverb is «κολλητά» [ko̞liˈt̠a] --> sticky, clingy, attached < fem. «κόλλα» [ˈko̞la] --> glue < Classical feminine noun «κόλλα» /ˈkol.lɐ/.

 

[Włoskipolak 72]

In German it's "Drängler", from the verb "drängeln" = to push/shove/scramble

P.S. I only knew "tailgate party" (before football matches for example). So I would probably have interpreted this word as someone who hosts or attends such a party.

Thanks Frank78

So-called "tailgaters" can be a danger in road traffic..
Sogenannte “Drängler” können eine Gefahr im Straßenverkehr darstellen..

 

[Włoskipolak 72]

In Italian, we have tallonare which is not specifically used for vehicles but I reckon it's a good translation of the verb to tailgate

tallonare - Dizionario italiano-inglese WordReference

Thanks Olaszinhok

Il guidatore lumacca e lo sfanalatore...
I found also : il baciaparaurti posteriore...

 

[Włoskipolak 72]

Cymraeg/Welsh

Verbal noun: tailgating

gyrru wrth gwt rhywun
driving by (the) SM scut (of) someone

gyrru'n rhy agos at rywun
driving PRED. too close to SM someone

Noun: tailgater

gyrrwr rhy agos
(a) driver too close

Thanks Welsh_Sion

gyrrwr rhy agos
(a) driver too close

 

[Włoskipolak 72]

We don't have anything similar in Greek, we just use the periphrasis «οδηγάει κολλητά» [o̞ðiˈɣai.ko̞liˈt̠a] --> s/he is driving/drives clingy; the adverb is «κολλητά» [ko̞liˈt̠a] --> sticky, clingy, attached < fem. «κόλλα» [ˈko̞la] --> glue < Classical feminine noun «κόλλα» /ˈkol.lɐ/.

Thanks apmoy70

Italian

colla From Vulgar Latin colla, from Ancient Greek κόλλα.

Ci sono quelli che ti si incollano (attacano) al paraurti posteriore..
There are those that stick to your rear bumper..

 

[matakoweg]

In Dutch we call it "bumperklever" from "kleven" to stick

 

[סייבר־שד]

I don't think I've ever heard any word for this in my variety of Spanish. Usually, we might say something like pegársele mucho al carro de enfrente, instead, of which a literal translation could be "to cling, to glue a lot to the car in front".
Yeah, unsurprisingly, we also resort to the whole glueing business. It's true, though, that the verb pegar doesn't only mean "to glue/stick", but also "to hit, to beat" as well as "to give someone (a disease)". The latter usage is not rarely extended to things that are not diseases, like hiccups, sleepiness, nervousness or fear (of dogs, for example).