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English to Portuguese translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering / Scooters
English term or phrase:"wig-wag"
Este termo está num manual de scooters para pessoas de mobilidade reduzida e a frase é a seguinte: "a simple "wig-wag" tyre control lever situated on the handlebar, control speed, braking and direction"...
Explanation: A alavanca funciona duma maneira puxando para trás e doutra maneira puxando para a frente.
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Example sentence(s):
A wigwag switch is a double push-to-make switch in the form of paddles, usually functioning as a forward-reverse mechanism on some motors; functionally, it is a two-directional D-pad.
The translation workplace 
