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

Rupert bear. - Oso de rupert.

Answer 2

Teddy Bear. - Oso de peluche.

Answer 3

any of those plastic cards we carry, bank card, credit card, library card: tarjeta electrónica

Answer 4

penalty kick - tiro de penalty

Answer 5

Cloth hat.,,,,, cloth cap. - Sombrero de tela.

Answer 6

Clifftop - lo alto del acantilado

Answer 7

hanger-on - parásito

Answer 8

Coffee grower . -

Answer 9

Mobile home = Casa carro

Your compound word needs to link to "lime" or "light". Please review the rules at the top. - pesta, Dec 15, 2011

Answer 10

Light- fingeredness. - Ladronzuelo.

light-fingeredness noun. - ray76, Dec 15, 2011

Looks like an Aussie film to me but we say the same thing in England. - ian-hill, Dec 15, 2011

But " Ladronzuelo " where did you get that from mate ? To me it means little thief - maybe. :) - ian-hill, Dec 15, 2011

I had it as thieving , but there is no other word close except -" luz dedos " - ray76, Dec 15, 2011

By the look of the cars I would say it was the US. - ray76, Dec 15, 2011

We are both wrong it is Saskatoon Canada in 1912. - ray76, Dec 15, 2011

Boris Johnson said "only three" cycles have been stolen under the London bike hire scheme launched a few weeks ago, and all were later recovered. But he said hundreds have been stolen by "light-fingered Parisians" before saying he does not want to damage - ray76, Dec 15, 2011

the" entente cordiale".with France. - ray76, Dec 15, 2011

That sounds like him :) Wait until he gets stuck into the Olympic Games next year. - ian-hill, Dec 15, 2011

carterista = pickpocket but you will have to wait until one of those words comes around. - ian-hill, Dec 15, 2011

Answer 11

Light infantry . - Infantería ligera.

A formidable group. - ray76, Dec 15, 2011

Indeed - ian-hill, Dec 15, 2011

Answer 12

floodlight - foco

Answer 13

tennis shoes - zapatillas de tenis

Answer 14

bootblack - limpiabota

Answer 15

pancake - el panqueque