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vaivén
masculine noun
1. swaying, rocking (balanceo) (de barco); swinging (de péndulo, columpio)
2. ups-and-downs (altibajo)

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vaivén [vah-e-ven’]
noun
1. Fluctuation vibration. (m)
2. Unsteadiness, inconstancy, vacillation. (Mecahnic)
3. Giddiness.
4. Risk, danger.
5. Line, cord, or rope, of different thickness. (Nautical)
(Mech.) Alternating movement.

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vaivén
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 (Política) swing; seesaw; teeter-totter; (EEUU)
5 vaivenes (altibajos) ups and downs; vicissitudes (formal)

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