ASK A QUESTION How do you say "wheelie" in spanish?
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In the context I'm looking for, a wheelie is a manuever used by wheelchair riders where you lean back and pop up your front wheels. I'm translating a wheelchair manual into spanish...the folks I have been working with (at a rehab facility in Colombia) just call it "willie"...but I'm thinking there may be a better word. Of course this isn't in any dictionary I've been able to find (and I've consulted quite a few).
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I was looking at another thread and saw you didn't have an answer yet!! I had seen your thread, but then...I head no idea.
But finally it came to me!!!
hacer el caballito
Look at the expression used in your context:
no pueden utilizar su fuerza para hacer el 'caballito' -echar la silla hacia atrás para que se levanten las ruedas delanteras- ante un bordillo.
If you have any more questions, do not hesitate to ask.
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Does this come from a movement often used by a horse, when the horse lifts it's front legs, like a wheelie'
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We use the expression with bikes. I don't know about horses, really we don't use this with horses .
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Yes, I know when to use it, but since caballito is the diminutive of caballo, or horse, I was wondering whether or not the expression originally came from the movement a horse makes, especially when scared.
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A friend gave me the same term separately, he also found a video on youtube of people doing wheelies in wheelchairs called "caballito en silla de ruedas", so I feel confident we have the correct expression. I also discovered thatthe spanish for "to rear" (as a horse does, the similar movement which one would think would be the reason this move is named as it is) is Piafar or encabritar...weird huh? Anyway, thanks for your help!
- caballito en silla de ruedas - horse in a wheelchair ??? - princessjane Sep 23, 2010 flag
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