spur
estimular
definition
verb
she spurred her horse toward the hedge
urge (a horse) forward by digging one's spurs into its sides.
noun
Jacobs said he used the spurs to control the horse and that any force he used was to control the horse and keep himself out of danger.
a device with a small spike or a spiked wheel that is worn on a rider's heel and used for urging a horse forward.
profit was both the spur and the reward of enterprise
a thing that prompts or encourages someone; an incentive.
translation of 'spur'
verb
espolear,
estimular,
acuciar
noun
estímulo,
estribo,
espolón,
espuela,
estribación,
estaca,
ramal corto
example
The work will also include a 'spur' road into the new Terminal 5 at Heathrow.
He said the nation needed foreign investors who would help 'spur' economic development.
Her experience on the show acted as a 'spur' to her ambition and she flew to California with £750 in her pocket.
Computer makers hope that, along with reasonable prices, this will 'spur' demand.
Robert Koch was getting a great deal of attention throughout Europe for his discoveries and the French versus German rivalry that occurred provided a great 'spur' to medical advances.
That will give a 'spur' to additional investment and, therefore, to additional productivity.
profit was both the 'spur' and the reward of enterprise
The company hopes new discounts and promotions will 'spur' demand in the second and third quarters.
Once that happens, their spending could help 'spur' reasonable growth in the economy.
One difficulty is that improvements in technology 'spur' improvements in armaments.
Built on a wooded 'spur' above the town, the chapel is visible from almost six miles (ten kilometers) away.
During visits to flowers in which the corolla 'spur' was removed, males directed their glossa to the tips of the connective appendages, making it clear that their search was for nectar.
This is a very pleasant descent down a tributary valley with the distinctive 'spur' known as the Tongue prominent on the opposite side of the stream.
They have been cited as a 'spur' to a recovery in business confidence, though the evidence of this is not clear-cut and, in the case of Japan, flatly contradictory.
The hilltop 'spur' has stunning views across the Severn valley.
‘The new rules are designed to 'spur' people into putting more into their pension pot,’ Holt adds.
‘I hope this report is not put back on a shelf but acts as a 'spur' to provide treatment facilities and resources to tackle the issue,’ he said.
'spur' back the lateral shoots
The gallery formed a 'spur' jutting off the main building and was entered at its eastern end through the door that had not been walled up after Elizabeth's visit.
wars act as a 'spur' to practical invention
governments cut interest rates to 'spur' demand
However, planners were reluctant to commit to having a rail 'spur' open by late 2010.
The government says the tax cuts are needed to 'spur' a stagnant economy.
To some extent, this has undoubtedly acted as a 'spur' to research, but I believe that it distorts more than it reveals, and that all ultimately lose by the process.
Inequality is natural, inevitable and may even be a good thing - a 'spur' to ambition, competition and achievement.
Another 'spur' to expeditions from the 1790s was the desire of British Protestant churches to evangelize overseas.
Perhaps genius - even the illusion of genius - is a 'spur' that throws us forward.
It provides a lot of very smart and/or politically important people with a 'spur' to help the campaign as much as possible.
However, the reward of seeing the mighty Everest from Kala Pattar - a 5,545 metre adjacent peak - was incentive enough to 'spur' us on.
For those of our readers who specialize in this subject, this should serve both as an expert review and a 'spur' to fresh thinking.
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