How do you say sweatband? La pulsera?

Question

Many of you know I enjoy basketball and I wondered about how to translate the following. My attemps are:

sweatband (head) - la banda de cabeza o la banda por la cabeza

sweatband (wrist) - la banda de muñeca o la banda por la muñeca

bracelet - la muñequera

Answer 1

A bracelet is 'pulsera', which I know you know. Wouldn't 'wristband' be 'la muñequera'?

Bracelet is indeed pulsera :::) - FELIZ77, Jan 29, 2011

And yes, muñequera is wristband :) voting - FELIZ77, Jan 29, 2011

Thanks Feliz; now for some discussion about the sweatbands? Any thoughts? - bandit51jd, Jan 29, 2011

Answer 2

Bandit, just as "Sweatshirt" is called "Sudadera," "Sweatband" can be called "Banda sudadera."

The translator here also uses "Banda de sudor," but I have never heard it used this way and for me it sounds a bit strange. It may be a regional thing.

So, is "banda sudadera" a common term? I've never heard it (which doesn't mean anything :~) ) - Jack-OBrien, Jan 29, 2011

Answer 3

Headband can either be cinta para la cabeza o cinta para el pelo, & muñequera will be for a wristband, according to nbatienda.com.

Answer 4

sweatband

sweatband [?swetbænd] sustantivo1. banda (f) (on head); muñequera (f) (para la frente)(on wrist)

Hi Jack! The first dictionary term I was looking at was for sweatband; so I got muñequera from the above definition.

But wrist means "muñeca" so I thought maybe sweatband for the wrist would be "la banda de muñeca o la banda por la muñeca."

I like "pulsera" for bracelet, like an ornament around the wrist, but does not idicate the sweat feature to me. How would you say sweatband for either the head or wrist?

Anyone can reply of course!

I hope somebody chimes in, I would love to know! I'm thinking it has to be muñequera like you suggested. - Jack-OBrien, Jan 29, 2011