rollercoaster

montaña rusa

Atracción con pequeños vagones que recorren a gran velocidad una vía con subidas, bajadas y curvas pronunciadas.

En inglés sencillo: A fairground ride with small cars that travel fast along a track with steep climbs, drops, and turns.

• I love riding rollercoasters.
• We queued for the park's biggest rollercoaster.
• Have you ever been on a rollercoaster that goes upside down?

Sinónimos: switchback, coaster, 🎢

Expresiones frecuentes: ride a rollercoaster, a wooden rollercoaster, rollercoaster ride

montaña rusa, altibajos

Situación en la que emociones, acontecimientos o condiciones cambian rápida e intensamente, a menudo entre lo bueno y lo malo.

En inglés sencillo: A situation in which feelings, events, or conditions change quickly and strongly, often between good and bad.

• This year has been a rollercoaster.
• Their relationship was an emotional rollercoaster.
• Investors endured a rollercoaster of gains and losses.

Cómo se usa: a rollercoaster of something (The election became a rollercoaster of hope and disappointment.)

Sinónimos: ups and downs

Expresiones frecuentes: an emotional rollercoaster, rollercoaster of emotions, a financial rollercoaster