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

Cliff Face . - Acantilado cara.

This is spectacular! Do you know where it is? - ajaks, Dec 24, 2011

Bamiyan Valley in Afghanistan , inside the hollows there were giant statues of the Buddha , the Taliban blew them up just before America invaded . - ray76, Dec 24, 2011

Why id they do it probably because they could , here is the same shot with the intact Buddha.http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/images/uploads/2010/08/17/0817buddha.jpg - ray76, Dec 24, 2011

http://youtu.be/RDbrZaoXh4I - ray76, Dec 24, 2011

Yes, I remember! Did you visit this valley on your travels? - ajaks, Dec 24, 2011

I was torn between an overwhelming sense of outrage and sadness for the destruction of these antiquities and the knowledge that the Buddha would have been bemused by their existence in the first place, and serenely unperturbed at their demolition. - ajaks, Dec 24, 2011

He would use it as a lesson " All things are impermanent and subject to change " . There were no Buddha rupas in the Buddhas time it was only after the Greeks had been to India that they became popular. - ray76, Dec 29, 2011

Answer 2

Bear market. ---Mercado bajista.

Clever! - ajaks, Dec 24, 2011

Answer 3

Trick Track - juego de trick track

I just love his hat . - ray76, Dec 24, 2011

Answer 4

Hat trick - tres goles para una jugadora en el mismo partido

In soccer you are lucky to get three goals in any given game . But a good set of words mate , I am voting. - ray76, Dec 24, 2011

Oh dear, is my complete lack of sporting eptitude showing? :D Thanks for the mercy vote Ray. - ajaks, Dec 24, 2011

I was being ironic , because I don't like soccer , and our football here we have scores in the hundreds , you are doing OK mate , no worries. - ray76, Dec 24, 2011

Answer 5

Thunder egg - geoda

I spent a week digging for thunder eggs in Queensland , it was fascinating. - ray76, Dec 18, 2011

Wow, no kidding? Where were you digging and what did you find? - ajaks, Dec 18, 2011

Thunder egg park, in the Gold Coast hinterland southern Queensland , we found Thunder eggs , they are everywhere , it is also the precious stone capital of the world . - ray76, Dec 20, 2011

Lots of intriguing places down under, Ray. I'm truly envious. - ajaks, Dec 24, 2011

Answer 6

facecloth - toallita

Answer 7

Cliff hanger - Situación de suspenso

Answer 8

Rain cloud. - Nubie de lluvía.

Pretty! - ajaks, Dec 18, 2011

Thank you . - ray76, Dec 20, 2011

Answer 9

Primer coat - primera capa

Hey, look! A Spanish compound noun! - ajaks, Dec 18, 2011

:) - ian-hill, Dec 20, 2011

Answer 10

Coathanger - percha

Answer 11

Raincoat - impermeable

:) Castor. - ajaks, Dec 18, 2011

Answer 12

Thundercloud - nubarrón

Oooo, I like this word - both of them! - ajaks, Dec 18, 2011

Answer 13

Thunderbolt. - Rayo.

Answer 14

Bolt hole or Bolthole, - Refugio..

Noun, 1. bolt-hole - a hole through which an animal may bolt when pursued into its burrow or den. hole - an opening into or through something ...

Definition of BOLT-HOLE. chiefly British. : a place of escape or refuge. See bolt–hole defined for English-language learners » ...

A hole through which to bolt: found a bolthole in the fencing. 2. A place affording escape.

bolt-hole = refugio Ray - ian-hill, Dec 17, 2011

Thanks Ian. I shall change it . - ray76, Dec 17, 2011

Answer 15

keyboard - el teclado