- trompo
- m.1 spinning top (peonza ).2 spin (giro).* * *trompo► nombre masculino1 top, spinning top* * *SM1) (=juguete) spinning top
trompo de música — humming top
2) (Aut) 180 degree turn or skid3) (Dep) spin4) LAm (=desmañado) clumsy person; (=bailador) rotten dancer *5) Esp ** (=dinero) 1000-peseta note* * *masculinoa) (Jueg) (spinning) topb) (Auto) spinbailar como un trompo — (AmL fam) to dance very well
* * *= spinning top, top, whipping top, peg top, whip top.Ex. The article is entitled 'Making sense of metadata: reading the words on a spinning top'.Ex. The author reports on a project for the revival of traditional toys in which a group of adults made toys (e.g., dolls, carts, tops, whistles) that recalled their childhoods.Ex. We have shown that the electrons in the atom have no orbital movement, they interact with the nucleus like a rotating whipping top.Ex. To spin your peg top you must first learn to wind the string around the top properly.Ex. The children were in the habit of playing whip-top during the day.----* dar vueltas como un trompo = go around and around.* * *masculinoa) (Jueg) (spinning) topb) (Auto) spinbailar como un trompo — (AmL fam) to dance very well
* * *= spinning top, top, whipping top, peg top, whip top.Ex: The article is entitled 'Making sense of metadata: reading the words on a spinning top'.
Ex: The author reports on a project for the revival of traditional toys in which a group of adults made toys (e.g., dolls, carts, tops, whistles) that recalled their childhoods.Ex: We have shown that the electrons in the atom have no orbital movement, they interact with the nucleus like a rotating whipping top.Ex: To spin your peg top you must first learn to wind the string around the top properly.Ex: The children were in the habit of playing whip-top during the day.* dar vueltas como un trompo = go around and around.* * *trompomasculine1 (Jueg) top, spinning top2 (Auto) spinhizo or efectuó un trompo de 360° he did a 360° spin o a complete spinbailar como un trompo (AmL fam); to be a good dancer, dance very well* * *
trompo sustantivo masculinoa) (Jueg) (spinning) topb) (Auto) spin
trompo sustantivo masculino
1 (juguete) top, spinning top (toy)
2 fam (imbécil, idiota) dolt
'trompo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
girar
- bailar
English:
spin
- top
* * *trompo nm1. [juguete] spinning top2. [de coche] spin* * *trompom spinning top* * *trompo nm: spinning top
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.