vaivén

m.

sway, oscillation, back and forth motion, back and forth movement.

Las clases reiniciaron The courses reopened.

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vaivén

► nombre masculino

1 (oscilación) swaying, swinging, to-and-fro movement; (balanceo) rocking

2 (ir y venir) coming and going, bustle

3 figurado (cambio) fluctuation, change

4 figurado (intercambio) exchange

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FRASEOLOGÍA

los vaivenes de la vida figurado life's ups and downs

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noun m.

1) swing

2) change, instability

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SM

1) (=balanceo) swaying; (=acción de mecerse) rocking; [de columpio] swinging; (=ir y venir) to-ing and fro-ing; [de pistón] backward and forward motion; (=sacudidas) lurching

2) [de tráfico, circulación] constant movement

3) [de la suerte] change of fortune

4) (Pol) swing, seesaw, teeter-totter (EEUU)

5) plvaivenes (=altibajos) ups and downs, vicissitudes frm

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masculino (de columpio, péndulo) swinging; (de tren) rocking; (de barco) rolling; (de mecedora) rocking; (de gente) toing and froing

los vaivenes de la fortuna — the swings of fortune

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= 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.

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masculino (de columpio, péndulo) swinging; (de tren) rocking; (de barco) rolling; (de mecedora) rocking; (de gente) toing and froing

los vaivenes de la fortuna — the swings of fortune

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= 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.

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vaivén

masculine

1 (de un columpio, péndulo) swinging; (de un tren) rocking; (de un barco) rolling; (de una mecedora) rocking

2 (de gente) toing and froing

los vaivenes de la fortuna the ups and downs of fortune, the swings of fortune

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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

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vaivén nm

1. [balanceo] [de barco] swaying, rocking;

[de péndulo, columpio] swinging

2. [fluctuación]

vaivenes ups and downs;

los vaivenes de la economía the ups and downs of the economy

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vaivén

m to-and-fro;

vaivenes pl fig ups and downs

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vaivén nm, pl vaivenes

1) : swinging, swaying, rocking

2) : change, fluctuation

los vaivenes de la vida: life's ups and downs