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declutch

(dɪˈklʌtʃ)

(Automotive Engineering) (intr) to disengage the clutch of a motor vehicle

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declutch

Past participle: declutched
Gerund: declutching

Imperative
declutch
declutch

Present
I declutch
you declutch
he/she/it declutches
we declutch
you declutch
they declutch

Preterite
I declutched
you declutched
he/she/it declutched
we declutched
you declutched
they declutched

Present Continuous
I am declutching
you are declutching
he/she/it is declutching
we are declutching
you are declutching
they are declutching

Present Perfect
I have declutched
you have declutched
he/she/it has declutched
we have declutched
you have declutched
they have declutched

Past Continuous
I was declutching
you were declutching
he/she/it was declutching
we were declutching
you were declutching
they were declutching

Past Perfect
I had declutched
you had declutched
he/she/it had declutched
we had declutched
you had declutched
they had declutched

Future
I will declutch
you will declutch
he/she/it will declutch
we will declutch
you will declutch
they will declutch

Future Perfect
I will have declutched
you will have declutched
he/she/it will have declutched
we will have declutched
you will have declutched
they will have declutched

Future Continuous
I will be declutching
you will be declutching
he/she/it will be declutching
we will be declutching
you will be declutching
they will be declutching

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been declutching
you have been declutching
he/she/it has been declutching
we have been declutching
you have been declutching
they have been declutching

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been declutching
you will have been declutching
he/she/it will have been declutching
we will have been declutching
you will have been declutching
they will have been declutching

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been declutching
you had been declutching
he/she/it had been declutching
we had been declutching
you had been declutching
they had been declutching

Conditional
I would declutch
you would declutch
he/she/it would declutch
we would declutch
you would declutch
they would declutch

Past Conditional
I would have declutched
you would have declutched
he/she/it would have declutched
we would have declutched
you would have declutched
they would have declutched

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Verb

declutch - disengage the clutch of a car

disengage - become free; "in neutral, the gears disengage"

Translations

staccare la frizione

declutch

[ˈdiːˈklʌtʃ] VI → desembragar
to double declutch → hacer un doble desembrague (hacer una reducción de marcha soltando antes el embrague al pasar por punto muerto)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

declutch

[diːˈklʌtʃ] vi (British) → débrayer

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

declutch

vi → auskuppeln

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

declutch

[ˈdiːˈklʌtʃ] vi (Aut) → premere la frizione

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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Dip the clutch (nice and oily-smooth, just like it is in the standard car), snick the lever into first, declutch, gas it a little and we trundle away from the staging area.Apart from the form-hugging seat and the small, velvety circle I'm using as a tiller, I can't say there is any difference here from what you buy off the showroom floor.