Learn English – verb for when you push on a bike’s pedal

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I'm not quite satisfied with the results Google Translate gave me, so I'd like to hear more from the community.

What's the action one does when pushing with his foot on a bike's pedal? Or more precisely, which verb would you use when building a sentence involving such action?
In Italian we have the rather straight-forward pedalare, which Google translates to ride, but that sounds a bit too generic in my opinion.
(I think it's worth noting that, when inverting the words, pedalare is not among to ride translations)

So what do you think? Are there any other more specific verbs to use?

Best Answer

The verb would be to pedal, I believe. Perhaps to crank would work as well.

Looking at the Merriam-Webster definition of pedal, we see it has a noun form as you already know:

2 : a foot lever or treadle by which a part is activated in a mechanism

However, as we scroll down in the link, we find it also has an adjective and verb form, including:

: to push the pedals of (something, such as a bicycle)

: to ride a bicycle to a particular place

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