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spur Significado & definición

0 a sharp, pointed piece of metal fixed to the boot of someone riding a horse -- espuela
1 If you do something on the spur of the moment, you do it suddenly, without planning it. -- de improviso
2 to encourage someone to do something or something to happen -- incitar, animar
- Spurred on by his fans, he won the next three games easily.
3 quickly and without planning -- de improviso
- We decided to drive to the beach on the spur of the moment. Decidimos conducir a la playa de improviso.
4 to encourage or push sb to do sth -- animar
- His guilt spurred him to call her. Su culpa lo incitó a llamarla.
- His past failures spurred him on. Sus fracasos pasados lo animaron.

But we should not need the personal tragedies we saw on our television screens this autumn to spur us into change.
This cattle crisis must spur us to expedite radical mediumterm reforms, with regard to two fundamental points.
It must, however, also be taken into account that adopting the patenting directive can only spur on the process of technological innovation if two fundamental factors are resolved.