Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

roda gigante

English translation:

Ferris wheel

Added to glossary by Sormane Fitzgerald
Apr 20, 2005 00:47
19 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

roda gigante

Portuguese to English Other Tourism & Travel
It's placed in an amusement park
Proposed translations (English)
5 +9 Ferris wheel
5 +1 big wheel

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com May 1, 2005:
thank you

Proposed translations

+9
15 mins
Selected

Ferris wheel

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Note added at 22 mins (2005-04-20 01:09:08 GMT)
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... The Ferris Wheel was invented by the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania bridge-builder George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (1859-1896) . The first Ferris wheel was ...
www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indexf.shtml - 33k

... \"Ride the Wonder Wheel, the highest Ferris wheel in the world! ... However, according to Coney Island USA, the new Sunwheel at Disney\'s California ...
history.amusement-parks.com/wonderwheel.htm - 13k -


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... This same Ferris wheel was later used at the St. Louis exposition in ... Ferris wheels are now common at amusement parks around the world - most are ...
www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indexf.shtml - 33k
Peer comment(s):

agree Elizabeth Lyons
7 mins
Thanks, Elizabeth. For a moment, it felt like I was riding on one of them LOL.
agree Amy Duncan (X) : ....just set the date and I'll be there with bells on! :o)
11 mins
Thanks, Amy. Wanna ride with me? : )
agree Eduardo Queiroz
48 mins
Thanks, Eduardo.
agree António Ribeiro
5 hrs
Thanks, António.
agree Margarita Palatnik (X)
7 hrs
Thanks, Margarita.
agree Henrique Magalhaes
10 hrs
Thanks.
agree Paul Dixon : Yes, indeed. A very famous ferris wheel is of course the London Eye.
12 hrs
Thanks.
agree Claudia Andrade : mas big wheel também pode.
1 day 2 hrs
agree airmailrpl : -
2 days 12 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+1
6 hrs

big wheel

Ferris wheel is perfectly correct, but in Britain it's better known colloquially as the "big wheel"
Peer comment(s):

agree Solomon Wright : Absolutely. Definitely better in some contexts I'd say
5 hrs
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