run a red light

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

run a red light (third-person singular simple present runs a red light, present participle running a red light, simple past ran a red light, past participle run a red light)

1. (literally, automotive, road transport) To drive past an illuminated red traffic light instead of stopping as indicated.

Synonyms

• run a stoplight. run a light

Translations

drive through traffic light

Chinese: Cantonese: 衝紅燈 / 冲红灯 (cung1 hung4 dang1) Mandarin: 闖紅燈 / 闯红灯 (zh) (chuǎng hóngdēng) Danish: køre over for rødt Dutch: door rood rijden Esperanto: preterveturi ruĝan trafiklumon Finnish: ajaa päin punaisia French: brûler un feu rouge (fr), griller un feu rouge (fr) German: über Rot fahren, (more formal) eine rote Ampel überfahren, über eine rote Ampel fahren Greek: περνάω με κόκκινο (pernáo me kókkino, literally “to pass with a red”) Italian: passare con il rosso Lithuanian: važiuoti per raudoną Norwegian: kjøre på rødt lys Russian: ехать на красный (jexatʹ na krasnyj) Spanish: pasarse la luz roja, saltarse un semáforo en rojo Ukrainian: їхати на червоний (jixaty na červonyj) Urdu: اِشارَہ توڑْنا (iśāra toṛnā)

References

• “run a red light”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.