Tirolesa

Tirolesa
 

This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for November 12, 2009

tirolesa (feminine noun (la)) — zip-line, zip wire, tyrolean crossing. Look up tirolesa in the dictionary

Ese parque tiene una tirolesa muy alta y larga.
That park has a really long, high zip-line.

I have never heard the word in English. :thinking:

Zip-line and zip-wire sí conozco, pero "Tyrolean crossing" no.

Apparently, you can also call it an aerial runway, aerial ropeslide, flying fox, or a death slide in English. In Spanish, you can also call it a tirolina.

Para mí una tirolesa es una mujer natural del Tirol. Tampoco conozco las palabras en inglés. :thinking:

¡Ah!, una tirolina sí sé lo que es :)

That's interesting - I have never heard of any of these either. I suppose I could work out what an aerial runway is, but I would think it was a rope ladder. :thinking:

Is this also known as a ski lift in English?

Ah - I've heard of one of those. The example given was incomprehensible:

That park has a really long, high zip-line.

We have plenty of parks in England, none of which as far as I know has anything to do with zips or ski-lifts.

Pictures of zip-lines o tirolesas: (Images from Flickr users ziptheusa, Jack Fiallos, Jack Fiallos, and dMap Travel Guide respectively. Used by permission)

A ski lift takes you up in an open car hanging from a cable, a zip line takes you down, hanging in a harness from a cable.

He visto una tirolina en Escocia, en el parque del castillo de Scone.

Now I understand. Most 'funny' video clips on TV are of people falling of these things.