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Marketing / playground equipment | | Spanish term or phrase: columpio giratorio | | El nino se sube al columpio y se agarra fuerte a la barra... |
|  Edward PotterKudoZ activityQuestions: 330 ( 1 open) ( 3 without valid answers) ( 1 closed without grading) Answers: 166
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| | whirl | Explanation:
See following
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Note added at 2002-10-28 11:07:07 (GMT)
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Also called a \"spinner\" or a \"spinning wheel\".
http://www.preventioninstitute.sk.ca/playgroundfacts.html
I think it\'s this, because \"columpio\" has adopted the generic sense of \"playground equipment\", at least in some Spanish-speaking countries.
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Note added at 2002-10-28 11:11:51 (GMT)
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Also called a \"whirligig\".
See also:
http://www.cornerstoneinc.biz/retail/miracle/about/about.htm
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Note added at 2002-10-28 11:14:28 (GMT)
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Other names: \"merry-go-round\" and \"roundabout\" (the latter is chiefly British English).
For merry-go-round, definition of dictionary.com says:
A piece of playground equipment consisting of a small circular platform that revolves when pushed or pedaled.
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Martin Perazzo
Spain
Local time: 00:53
| Grading comment I went with merry-go-round as it is the most generic. It's been so long since I was a kid that I had forgotten. I remember we also used to say whirligig, but that sounds more regional, doesn't it? I also learned that the Brits call it a roundabout, another regionalism. See ya.
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4 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +1 swing; see-saw (teeter-totter)
Explanation:
De donde viene giratorio? This could be a baby swing, with the bar in front,
or it could be referring to the bar that you hold to for the seesaw/teeter-totter. These answers are for American English.
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Note added at 2002-10-28 10:56:27 (GMT)
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Ok, now I\'m not sure about this at all, thinking about it longer.
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Note added at 2002-10-28 10:59:20 (GMT)
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Flying swings!
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13 mins confidence:
13 mins confidence:
4 hrs confidence: rotating swing
Explanation:
There are indeed rotating swings, suspended from a single chain with a freely rotating disc from which four chains then branch our to support the seat of the swing. This way you can get both back-and-forth motion and rotational motion at the same time. I would not be too quick to assume that the term in question is not actually a swing. A merry-go-round is a very different item of playground equipment.
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Local time: 15:53
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