Phrase guide

run a red light

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To drive past an illuminated red traffic light instead of stopping as indicated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: literally

Topics: automotive, road, transport, vehicles

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Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 衝紅燈 /冲红灯 — drive through traffic light
  • Chinese Mandarin: 闖紅燈 /闯红灯 (chuǎng hóngdēng) — drive through traffic light
  • Danish: køre over for rødt — drive through traffic light
  • Dutch: door rood rijden — drive through traffic light
  • Esperanto: preterveturi ruĝan trafiklumon — drive through traffic light
  • Finnish: ajaa päin punaisia — drive through traffic light
  • French: brûler un feu rouge — drive through traffic light
  • French: griller un feu rouge — drive through traffic light
  • German: über Rot fahren — drive through traffic light
  • German: eine rote Ampel überfahren — drive through traffic light
  • German: über eine rote Ampel fahren — drive through traffic light
  • Italian: passare con il rosso — drive through traffic light
  • Lithuanian: važiuoti per raudoną — drive through traffic light
  • Norwegian: kjøre på rødt lys — drive through traffic light
  • Russian: ехать на красный (jexatʹ na krasnyj) — drive through traffic light
  • Spanish: pasarse la luz roja — drive through traffic light
  • Spanish: saltarse un semáforo en rojo — drive through traffic light
  • Ukrainian: їхати на червоний (jixaty na červonyj) — drive through traffic light
  • Urdu: اِشارَہ توڑْنا (iśāra toṛnā) — drive through traffic light