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2 balancín
m.1 seesaw, teeter, teeter-totter, see-saw.2 rocking chair.3 rocker arm, rocker.4 balancing pole used by acrobats, balancing pole, balancing bar.5 minting mill.6 valve rocker.* * *1 (mecedora) rocking chair2 (columpio) seesaw3 (de motor) rocker arm4 (de volatinero) balance pole* * *SM1) (=barra) [de balanza] balance beam; [de equilibrista] balancing pole; [para llevar cargas] yoke2) [para mecerse] (=columpio) seesaw, teeter-totter (EEUU); (=mecedora) rocking chair; (=juguete) child's rocking toy3) (Mec) [en motor] rocker, rocker arm; [de carro] swingletree; [de máquina] beam4) (Náut) outrigger* * *2) ( de acróbata) balancing pole* * *= teeter-totter, seesaw [see-saw], outrigger.Ex. The article has the title ' Teeter-Totters and Tandem Bikes: A Glimpse into the World of Cross-Age Tutors'.Ex. It includes a fun, hands-on activity that lets kids test these ideas themselves using an ordinary seesaw.Ex. In the Pacific Islands, dugout canoes are fitted with outriggers for increased stability in the ocean.----* caballito balancín = rocking horse.* * *2) ( de acróbata) balancing pole* * *= teeter-totter, seesaw [see-saw], outrigger.Ex: The article has the title ' Teeter-Totters and Tandem Bikes: A Glimpse into the World of Cross-Age Tutors'.
Ex: It includes a fun, hands-on activity that lets kids test these ideas themselves using an ordinary seesaw.Ex: In the Pacific Islands, dugout canoes are fitted with outriggers for increased stability in the ocean.* caballito balancín = rocking horse.* * *A1 (mecedora) rocking chair2 (de jardín) couch hammock3 (de niños) seesaw, teeter-totter ( AmE)B (de acróbata) balancing pole* * *
balancín sustantivo masculino ( de niños) seesaw, teeter-totter (AmE)
' balancín' also found in these entries:
English:
rocking horse
- seesaw
- rocking
* * *balancín nm1. [mecedora] rocking chair2. [en el jardín] swing hammock3. [columpio] seesaw4. Aut rocker arm* * *m1 TÉC rocker2 ( mecedora) rocking chair* * *1) : rocking chair2) subibaja: seesaw* * * -
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m.seesaw.* * *1 seesaw* * *SM seesaw, teeter-totter (EEUU)* * *= teeter-totter, seesaw [see-saw].Ex. The article has the title ' Teeter-Totters and Tandem Bikes: A Glimpse into the World of Cross-Age Tutors'.Ex. It includes a fun, hands-on activity that lets kids test these ideas themselves using an ordinary seesaw.* * *= teeter-totter, seesaw [see-saw].Ex: The article has the title ' Teeter-Totters and Tandem Bikes: A Glimpse into the World of Cross-Age Tutors'.
Ex: It includes a fun, hands-on activity that lets kids test these ideas themselves using an ordinary seesaw.* * *seesaw* * *subibaja nmseesaw* * *subibaja nm: seesaw -
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5 columpio
m.swing.los columpios the children's playgroundpres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: columpiar.* * *1 swing* * *noun m.* * *SM1) [de niños] swingcolumpio basculante, columpio de tabla — seesaw, teeter-totter (EEUU)
2) LAm (=mecedora) rocking chair* * *a) (Jueg, Ocio) swingjugar a los columpios — (fam) to play on the swings
b) ( sofá de jardín) couch hammock* * *= swing.Ex. The big wheel has been in existence as long as any swings or roundabouts, and has remained unchanged in basic design principles.----* columpio de la feria = carnival ride, ride, fairground ride, fair ride, ride attraction, amusement ride.* zona de columpios y pistas deportivas = playground.* * *a) (Jueg, Ocio) swingjugar a los columpios — (fam) to play on the swings
b) ( sofá de jardín) couch hammock* * *= swing.Ex: The big wheel has been in existence as long as any swings or roundabouts, and has remained unchanged in basic design principles.
* columpio de la feria = carnival ride, ride, fairground ride, fair ride, ride attraction, amusement ride.* zona de columpios y pistas deportivas = playground.* * *vamos a los columpios ( fam); let's go on the swings2 (sofá de jardín) couch hammockCompuesto:* * *
Del verbo columpiar: ( conjugate columpiar)
columpio es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
columpió es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
columpiar
columpio
columpiar ( conjugate columpiar) verbo transitivo
to push ( on a swing)
columpiarse verbo pronominal ( refl) to swing
columpio sustantivo masculinoa) (Jueg, Ocio) swing
columpiar verbo transitivo to swing
columpio sustantivo masculino swing
' columpio' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
balancearse
- columpiarse
- empujar
- hamaca
- mecer
- vaivén
English:
swing
* * *columpio nmswing;los columpios the children's playground* * *m swing* * *columpio nm: swing* * *columpio n swing -
6 vaivén
m.sway, oscillation, back and forth motion, back and forth movement.Las clases reiniciaron The courses reopened.* * *1 (oscilación) swaying, swinging, to-and-fro movement; (balanceo) rocking2 (ir y venir) coming and going, bustle4 figurado (intercambio) exchange\los vaivenes de la vida figurado life's ups and downs* * *noun m.1) swing2) change, instability* * *SM1) (=balanceo) swaying; (=acción de mecerse) rocking; [de columpio] swinging; (=ir y venir) to-ing and fro-ing; [de pistón] backward and forward motion; (=sacudidas) lurching2) [de tráfico, circulación] constant movement3) [de la suerte] change of fortune4) (Pol) swing, seesaw, teeter-totter (EEUU)5) pl vaivenes (=altibajos) ups and downs, vicissitudes frm* * *masculino (de columpio, péndulo) swinging; ( de tren) rocking; ( de barco) rolling; ( de mecedora) rocking; ( de gente) toing and froing* * *= shuttling back and forth, flip-flop, seesaw [see-saw], swaying, sway.Ex. Bereday calls this type of comparison 'balanced' and describes it as 'a systematic shuttling back and forth between the areas under study'.Ex. Within this debate, there is flip-flop between those who argue for methods influenced by objectivism and those who argue for a more egalitarian approach.Ex. The data provides statistical evidence for the existence of a ' seesaw' relationship between density in spring, autumn, and the following spring.Ex. The movements of the dancers imitate the swaying of flowers in the gently rolling fields of the countryside.Ex. She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.* * *masculino (de columpio, péndulo) swinging; ( de tren) rocking; ( de barco) rolling; ( de mecedora) rocking; ( de gente) toing and froing* * *= shuttling back and forth, flip-flop, seesaw [see-saw], swaying, sway.Ex: Bereday calls this type of comparison 'balanced' and describes it as 'a systematic shuttling back and forth between the areas under study'.
Ex: Within this debate, there is flip-flop between those who argue for methods influenced by objectivism and those who argue for a more egalitarian approach.Ex: The data provides statistical evidence for the existence of a ' seesaw' relationship between density in spring, autumn, and the following spring.Ex: The movements of the dancers imitate the swaying of flowers in the gently rolling fields of the countryside.Ex: She has an easy grace about her, a slinky sway to her stride that teasingly invites contact and beckons lecherous admiration.* * *1 (de un columpio, péndulo) swinging; (de un tren) rocking; (de un barco) rolling; (de una mecedora) rocking2 (de gente) toing and froinglos vaivenes de la fortuna the ups and downs of fortune, the swings of fortune* * *
vaivén sustantivo masculino (de columpio, péndulo) swinging;
( de tren) rocking;
( de barco) rolling;
( de mecedora) rocking;
( de gente) toing and froing
vaivén sustantivo masculino
1 (movimiento oscilante: de un cuerpo suspendido) swinging
(: de una cuna, de un tren) rocking
(: de un barco) rolling
(: de una persona) swing
2 (cambio inesperado) swing
los vaivenes de la fortuna, the ups and downs of fortune
' vaivén' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tumbo
English:
jigsaw
- swing
* * *vaivén nm1. [balanceo] [de barco] swaying, rocking;[de péndulo, columpio] swinginglos vaivenes de la economía the ups and downs of the economy* * *m to-and-fro;vaivenes pl fig ups and downs* * *1) : swinging, swaying, rocking2) : change, fluctuationlos vaivenes de la vida: life's ups and downs -
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8 balanceo
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9 dentadura
• dentition• denture• dentures• set of teeth• teeter-totter• teethe -
10 vaivén
• back and forth motion• back and forth movement• come and go• oscillation• sway• swinging• teeny• teeter-totter• to-and-fro movement -
11 tambalearse
pron.v.1 to stagger, to totter (bambolearse) (person).2 to totter (gobierno, sistema).* * *2 figurado to be shaky* * *VPR1) [persona] to stagger; [vehículo] to lurch, sway; [mueble] to wobble2) [gobierno] to totter* * *verbo pronominal, tambalear verbo intransitivo silla/botella to wobble; persona ( de adelante a atrás) to stagger, totter; ( de lado a lado) to swaycaminaba tambaleándose — he was staggering o lurching
* * *= reel, lurch, dodder, wobble, teeter, stagger.Ex. The article ' Reeling and writhing and fainting' outlines the problems encountered by illustrators of books.Ex. These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine.Ex. The book portrays orchid growers as elderly with huge greenhouses where they doddered around caring for these erotic plants.Ex. This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.Ex. Other data from observations and interviews suggest that this seemingly effective local management system may be beginning to teeter.Ex. He cuffed her so hard across the face that she staggered and fell.----* tambalearse hacia delante y hacia atrás = wobble back and forth.* * *verbo pronominal, tambalear verbo intransitivo silla/botella to wobble; persona ( de adelante a atrás) to stagger, totter; ( de lado a lado) to swaycaminaba tambaleándose — he was staggering o lurching
* * *= reel, lurch, dodder, wobble, teeter, stagger.Ex: The article ' Reeling and writhing and fainting' outlines the problems encountered by illustrators of books.
Ex: These comedies, especially the seven he created in his glory years, lurch breathlessly in every direction, simultaneously sophisticated and boisterous, urbane and philistine.Ex: The book portrays orchid growers as elderly with huge greenhouses where they doddered around caring for these erotic plants.Ex: This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.Ex: Other data from observations and interviews suggest that this seemingly effective local management system may be beginning to teeter.Ex: He cuffed her so hard across the face that she staggered and fell.* tambalearse hacia delante y hacia atrás = wobble back and forth.* * *tambalearse [A1 ]v pron,tambalear [A1 ]vi perdió el equilibrio, (se) tambaleó y cayó she lost her balance, staggered o tottered and fellcaminaba tambaleándose por efecto del alcohol he was staggering o lurching drunkenly, he was swaying drunkenly as he walkedel régimen empezó a tambalearse the regime began to teeterla botella quedó tambaleándose or tambaleando al borde de la mesa the bottle teetered on the edge of the tabletodo empezó a tambalearse everything began to shake* * *
tambalearse ( conjugate tambalearse) verbo pronominal verbo intransitivo [silla/botella] to wobble;
[ persona] to stagger;
todo empezó a tambalearse everything began to shake
■tambalearse vr (persona) to totter, stagger: iba hacia la ventana tambaleándose, he staggered towards the window
(un objeto) to wobble
fig (un régimen, una relación) to teeter
' tambalearse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bambolearse
- trastabillar
English:
lurch
- reel
- stagger
- sway
- totter
- wobble
- teeter
- waver
* * *tambalearse vpr1. [persona] to stagger, to sway;[mueble, estante] to wobble, to be unsteady;el borracho caminaba tambaleándose the drunk was staggering o lurching along;el golpe hizo que se tambaleara he staggered under the blow2. [gobierno, economía] to totter;las bases de la democracia se tambalean the foundations of democracy are crumbling* * *v/r stagger, lurch; de coche sway* * *tambalearse vr1) : to teeter2) : to totter, to stagger, to sway♦ tambaleante adj* * *tambalearse vb1. (mueble) to wobble2. (persona) to stagger
См. также в других словарях:
teeter-totter — [tēt′ərtôt΄ər, tēt′ərtät΄ər] n., vi. SEESAW * * * tee·ter tot·ter (tēʹtər tŏt ər) n. Upper Northern & Western U.S. See seesaw. Regional Note: The outdoor toy usually called a … Universalium
teeter-totter — teeter .totter n AmE a large toy like a board on which two children sit, one at each end British Equivalent: seesaw … Dictionary of contemporary English
teeter-totter — teeter ,totter noun count AMERICAN a children s word for a SEESAW … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
teeter-totter — [tēt′ərtôt΄ər, tēt′ərtät΄ər] n., vi. SEESAW … English World dictionary
teeter-totter — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms teeter totter : singular teeter totter plural teeter totters American a children s word for a seesaw … English dictionary
teeter totter — Synonyms and related words: Ferris wheel, Lissajous figure, alternate, alternation, back and fill, back and forth, battledore and shuttlecock, carousel, chute the chutes, chutes, come and go, coming and going, ebb and flow, flounder, fluctuate,… … Moby Thesaurus
teeter-totter — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. seesaw, teeter, teeterboard, teeteringboard, hickey horse, tipitty bounce, teetery bender; see also game 1 , toy 1 … English dictionary for students
teeter-totter — I noun a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end • Syn: ↑seesaw, ↑teeter, ↑teetertotter, ↑teeterboard, ↑tilting board, ↑dandle board • … Useful english dictionary
teeter-totter N. Amer. or — dialect noun a see saw. verb teeter; waver. Origin C19: reduplication of teeter or totter … English new terms dictionary
teeter-totter — noun Date: circa 1905 seesaw 2b … New Collegiate Dictionary
teeter-totter — noun A seesaw; a piece of playground equipment consisting of a long board with seats at either end, with a pivot point in the center … Wiktionary