Make a new compound noun challenge

Question

Compound Nouns challenge

mantener uno - cambiar uno

keep one - change one

The idea is to make a new compound noun from the “newest” one.

Please do not answer with an English "noun phrase" - a noun+noun compound is what we are really looking for because there are very few of these in Spanish - Thank you.

Examples:

Box office >>>> Post box >>>> Postman = Cartero

And then write the Spanish word for your compound noun.

Pictures would be nice.

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So far we have had these compound nouns

Postman - Cartero // Post card - tarjeta postal // cardboard - cartón

Credit card - tarjeta de crédito // credit check - verificación de crédito

check mark - marca de chequeo // Landmark - punto de referencia - hito

Skidmark - marca de un derrape // Landslide - desprendimiento de tierras

Fatherland - La patria // Father figure - figura paterna

Father-in-law - suegro // Father Christmas - Papá Noel

Armpit - el sobaco // Arm-wrestling - ? // Armchair - Sillón

Wheelchair- silla de ruedas //
Chairman (or chairwoman, or chairperson) - presidente de la junta administrativa

Wheelbarrow - Carretilla // Manhole - boca de alcantarilla

Rocking-chair - Mecedora // Rocking horse - caballito de balancín

Toy boy - amante joven de una mujer mayor // toy box - caja de los juguetes

Box office - boletería, taquilla // Jukebox – Rockola

Boxcar- Furgón // car park - aparcamiento

pantyhose - Pantimedias // Hosepipe - manguera, manga

pipeline - tubería // shoehorn - calzador // ice-skater - patinador de hielo

ice cream - helado // skateboard - monopatin // board game - juego de mesa

board rubber (eraser) - goma de borrar // rubber band - goma (elástica)

bandstand. - Quiosco de música // Rubber plant = ficus

a police plant - un policía infiltrado // chemical plant - fábrica química

plant stand - pedestal para planta // Grandstands - El estadio

hand-stand = pino // hatstand - Clavijero o percha para sombreros.

hatband - cinta de sombrero // Rock band - La banda de rock.

Rock salt - sal gema // Salt shaker - Salero

saltwater - el agua salada // Waterproof - el impermeable

Waterfall - la cascada // Water park - Parque acuático

Water faucet (tap). - Agua del grifo. (water tap Brit English)

tap dance - Claqué // Dancing lights. - Luces danzantes.

street light - farola // Light year - año luz

yearbook - annuario scolastico // bookcase - librería

casebook - registro // suitcase - la maleta

briefcase - maletín // case in point - buen ejemplo

Point of sale - El punto de venta // Sales assistant - Dependiente

salesman - vendedor // Chairman - presidente

Armchair detective. - Detective sillón // Police detective. - Detective de la policía

Police informer. - Informante de la policía // police car - coche de policía

car chase - persecución de coches // Carpet - Alfombra

car pool - grupo de conductores que se turnan para llevarse unos a otros al trabajo

Swimming pool = Piscina // Swimming Costume - Traje de Baño

Costume jewelry - Joyería de fantasía. // Costume Ball - baile de disfraces

Ballroom - Salón de baile // roommate - compañero(a)

First Mate - El primer oficial // check mate - jaque mate

checkup - revisión // Checkbook - talonario de cheques

Bookworm - ratón de biblioteca // bookstall - puesto de libros

Stallholder - dueño/a, -a de un puesto // cupholder - posavasos

cupboard - armario, alacena // Cupcake - magdalena

cakehole - boca (slang) // pancake - panqueque

Cakewalk - algo fácil de hacer // sidewalk - acera

sideboard - aparador // noticeboard - tablón de anuncios // Blackboard - Pizarra

Black humour. - Humor negro // bootblack - limpiabota

Humour monger.- Humor traficante // Fishmonger - pescadero/a

warmonger - belicista // Costermonger. - Frutero ambulante

ironmonger - Mercader o traficante en hierro o ferretero(a)

Iron Age - Edad de Hierro // Cast iron. - De hierro fundido // plaster cast - escayola

Plasterboard - cartón de yeso // Boardroom - Sala de juntas

Anteroom - Antesala // Elbow room - Espacio para trabajar

tennis elbow - codo de tenista // tennis shoes - zapatillas de tenis

Lace maker - Encaje fabricante // noisemaker - matraca

trouble maker - creador de problemas // Potboiler. - Hervir la olla.

jam pot - un tarro de mermelada // Traffic jam - atasco

Drug trafficker - Traficante // traffic light - semáforo

Lighthouse. - Faro // Lightbulb - bombilla

Light infantry - Infantería ligera // floodlight - foco

footlights - candilejas // limelight - candelero

starlight - luz de las estrellas // Searchlight - Buscar la luz en tiempos de guerra

search party - equipo de búsqueda // Ground search. - Terreno de búsqueda.

Ground control. - De control entierra // ground crew (aviación) - personal de tierra

coffee grounds - posos del café // Coffee grower .

Coffee beans - Los granos de café // Beanpole. - Varapau.

Pole vault. - Salto con pértiga // Church vault. - Iglesia bóveda.

church mouse - ratón de iglesia // Mousetrap - ratonera (trampa)

Mouse plague. - Plaga de ratones // Black plague - plaga negra

Black Sheep - oveja negra // Blackboard - Pizarra.

keyboard - el teclado // Keyhole -(ojo de la) cerradura

bolt-hole - refugio // Thunderbolt - Rayo // Thunder egg - geoda

Thundercloud - nubarrón // Rain cloud. - Nubie de lluvía // Raincoat - impermeable

Primer coat - primera capa // Coathanger - percha // hanger-on - parásito

Cliff hanger - Situación de suspenso // Clifftop - lo alto del acantilado

Top hat. - Sombrero de copa // Cliff Face - Acantilado cara.

facecloth - toallita // Cloth hat - Sombrero de tela // Hat trick - tres goles para una jugadora en el mismo partido

Trick Track // juego de trick track // Race track. - Pista de carreras.-

Bear track - huella de oso // Bear market.- Mercado bajista. // Marketplace - Mercado.

Place mat.- Mantel // Place kick – puntapié // penalty kick - tiro de penalty

backside - trasero // grizzly bear: oso pardo // Teddy Bear. - Oso de peluche

Rupert bear. - Oso de rupert // Honey Bear--Miel Oso // Bear cub - osezno

Jaguar cub - cachorro de jaguar // cub reporter - periodista novato // the Cub Scouts - los lobatos

Scout bee - Scouts de abejas // beekeeper - apicultor // beehive - la colmena

Could we have played off of "office" if we wanted? - SonrisaDelSol, Nov 19, 2011

yes claro que sí - ian-hill, Nov 19, 2011

Buena idea, ian, es como uno de mis juegos favorito Coge una Suelta otra. - SonrisaDelSol, Nov 19, 2011

Nice game Ian :) - 00b6f46c, Nov 19, 2011

Great idea. A constrained form of "drop one, add one" thread. - pesta, Nov 19, 2011

Oh postman Pat, my favourite..nice idea. - annierats, Nov 20, 2011

Pantyhose out of sequence , sequence out of interlude , it sounds like the Racing stud book. - ray76, Nov 27, 2011

Hi Ian, could you please ask participants to follow the game rules. :) - Rez-, Nov 27, 2011

people are posting randomly !!!!!!! - Rez-, Nov 27, 2011

Yep they are Rez - I have highlighted the instruction above - I hope that helps. - ian-hill, Nov 27, 2011

great game Ian. Why have I only just noticed this lol :s - billygoat, Nov 27, 2011

I just bought a book from the " Random Hill bookshop " what a coincidence Ian Random Hill.. - ray76, Nov 28, 2011

:) - ian-hill, Nov 29, 2011

typo on C artero - 00494d19, Dec 14, 2011

oops ? corrected. - ian-hill, Dec 14, 2011

Carpet - Alfombra - Eddy, Dec 17, 2011

Answer 1

cubo de la basura

trash can

Please read the game instructions. If you click "newest", you'll see the last player before you offered "beehive", so you need to include either "bee" or "hive" in your new compound word.. - pesta, Jan 22, 2012

Answer 2

Scout bee ,Scouts de abejas :
A honeybee that searches for a new site for a swarm to settle or for a new food source.

Answer 3

" Fred bear , ( Thread bare ) Ian will kill me , but he ho the diddly oh !

I just realised Ray that "threadbare" is an adjective and not a noun. - ian-hill, Jan 12, 2012

Works in the East End of London - but bit confusing for here.Ray :) - ian-hill, Jan 12, 2012

Answer 4

Bear cub - osezno

Answer 5

Jaguar cub - cachorro de jaguar

Answer 6

cub reporter - periodista novato

Answer 7

the Cub Scouts - los lobatos

Answer 8

Honey Bear--Miel Oso. ![alt text][1]

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Good one , as Ian is away flying home I will have to give you a vote pet. - ray76, Jan 1, 2012

Answer 9

grizzly bear: oso pardo

Answer 10

One just popped while i was answering another Respuesta:

ego afiliados.

Means ego supports, like family, friends. (And i was saying, in effect, that people think they are giving unconditional love, but they are protecting their own illusion of being a body that requires help to survive.

And anyhow, Thanks.

Please don't mix languages within a sentence, and please capitalize correctly ("I"); this is a language learning site for both Spanish and English. - pesta, Dec 4, 2011

For this game, we need an English compound noun. - pesta, Dec 4, 2011

Answer 11

Place kick - puntapié

There is also a " Punt kick " . - ray76, Dec 29, 2011

That is a good one. In Spanish "En el juego de la pelota de viento, impeler la pelota golpeándola con el pie." "La pelota de viento" is the ball filled with wind(!!?) and I can't even find "golpeándola"! - ajaks, Dec 29, 2011

Answer 12

Kick back. - Soborno.

Hey! You stole that one right out from under me ;). - ajaks, Dec 29, 2011

Oh sorry mate you should have told me , who do I have to give a kickback to , a kickback is also used in soccer you could use it again. - ray76, Dec 29, 2011

Haha! I was definitely going for the soborno angle. Nefarious minds think alike, aye? - ajaks, Dec 29, 2011

Answer 13

Race track. - Pista de carreras.

A certain SD miembre was arrested here 6 times. - ray76, Dec 24, 2011

I walked around here - but can´t remember being arrested. - ian-hill, Dec 29, 2011

Answer 14

**Place mat. - Mantel. **

Answer 15

Marketplace. Mercado.

¡Es rico! - ajaks, Dec 29, 2011