columpio giratorio
English translation: whirl, whirligig, merry-go-round, roundabout...
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4 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1swing; 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. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-10-28 10:56:27 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Ok, now I\'m not sure about this at all, thinking about it longer. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-10-28 10:59:20 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Flying swings! |
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13 mins confidence:
Flying swings Explanation: Swing Time - Swing Time takes young riders soaring above the ground on high-flying suspending swings. http://www.canadas-wonderland.com/corpinfo_press2002allattra... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-10-28 11:03:26 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- And this had to come more than once ;) Here\'s some more links: http://home.attbi.com/~juliel222/miad/flying.html Some places call them flying trapezes, by the way. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-10-28 11:05:14 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- And this had to come more than once ;) Here\'s some more links: http://home.attbi.com/~juliel222/miad/flying.html Some places call them flying trapezes, by the way. Reference: http://www.geocities.com/raylward/pic210.html |
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13 mins confidence:
Flying swings Explanation: Swing Time - Swing Time takes young riders soaring above the ground on high-flying suspending swings. http://www.canadas-wonderland.com/corpinfo_press2002allattra... Reference: http://www.geocities.com/raylward/pic210.html |
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14 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1whirl Explanation: See following -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-10-28 11:07:07 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- 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. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-10-28 11:11:51 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Also called a \"whirligig\". See also: http://www.cornerstoneinc.biz/retail/miracle/about/about.htm -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-10-28 11:14:28 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- 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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22 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1roundabout Explanation: In Spain, playground equipment is referred to generically as "columpios". "Giratorio" is circular cake-shaped apparatus that is pushed or propelled in a horizontal/circular direction. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-10-28 11:15:51 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- \"What you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabout\" |
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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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