montaña rusa

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Spanish[edit]

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Montaña rusa

Etymology[edit]

Literally, “Russian mountain”.

Noun[edit]

montaña rusa f (plural montañas rusas)

rollercoaster
- 2005, Jill Norris, Spanish/English Read & Understand, Grade 1, page 241:
  Chela gritó, “¡Vamos a la montaña rusa! ¡Qué divertido!
  Chela screamed, "Let's go to the rollercoaster! How fun!
(figurative) rollercoaster
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see montaña,‎ rusa.

Further reading[edit]

“montaña rusa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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