comba

comba
feminine noun
1. skipping (juego) (peninsular Spanish)
  • jugar a la comba -> to skip (British), to jump rope (United States)
2. skipping rope (cuerda) (British), jump rope (United States)

comba [com’-bah]
noun
1. Curvature or inflexion of timber when warped, or iron when bent; a curve, a bend; convexity. (f)
2. The game of jumping or skipping rope. (f)
3. The skipping rope itself. (f)
  • Hacer combas -> to bend and twist the body from one side to the other
4. No pierde comba, he doesn't miss a trick. (f)
adjective
1. Bent, crooked, warped.

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