Water pump (hand operated)

Question

Hello everyone,

I'm starting my 3rd Assignment for my Spanish Course, in which I'm talking about my early life and comparing things to nowadays.

I need a word/words to mean! 'water/pitcher pump'. The type that one used to find in kitchen sinks before we had taps, operated by hand, as in the photo below. (Ours used water from a well in the garden.)

I've found 'bomba hidráulica' for water pump but I expect this is a different type of pump.

Muchísimas gracias, amigos míos.

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What, don't we all still use those? - Yeser007, May 15, 2011

Answer 1

Kiwi is right. It is simply called "bomba manual", but you can add "de agua" or "hidráulica" (more technical) if you want to avoid ambiguity.

yay, I don't read those words very often 'Kiwi is right' when it comes to Spanish at least, woo hoo - say it again, lol :) - Kiwi-Girl, May 15, 2011

Answer 2

Would 'bomba de agua manual' work? If you google search images with those words you get lots of these

Thanks MC, sounds a very likely option! I'll just wait a bit and see if any more ideas come along just in case. :) - galsally, May 15, 2011