English
Verb
bungy jumping
- present participle and gerund of bungy jump
Noun
bungy jumping (uncountable)
- Alternative form of bungee jumping.
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English bungy jumping.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbanʝi ˈʝampin/ [ˌbãɲ.ɟ͡ʝi ˈʝãm.pĩn]
- IPA(key): /ˌbanʝi ˈʝampin/ [ˌbãɲ.ɟ͡ʝi ˈʝãm.pĩn] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
- IPA(key): /ˌbanʃi ˈʃampin/ [ˌbãnʲ.ʃi ˈʃãm.pĩn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ˌbanʒi ˈʒampin/ [ˌbãnʲ.ʒi ˈʒãm.pĩn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- IPA(key): /ˌbanʝi ˈʝompin/ [ˌbãɲ.ɟ͡ʝi ˈʝõm.pĩn]
- IPA(key): /ˌbanʝi ˈʝompin/ [ˌbãɲ.ɟ͡ʝi ˈʝõm.pĩn] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
- IPA(key): /ˌbanʃi ˈʃompin/ [ˌbãnʲ.ʃi ˈʃõm.pĩn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ˌbanʒi ˈʒompin/ [ˌbãnʲ.ʒi ˈʒõm.pĩn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- IPA(key): /ˌbonʝi ˈʝampin/ [ˌbõɲ.ɟ͡ʝi ˈʝãm.pĩn]
- IPA(key): /ˌbonʝi ˈʝampin/ [ˌbõɲ.ɟ͡ʝi ˈʝãm.pĩn] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
- IPA(key): /ˌbonʃi ˈʃampin/ [ˌbõnʲ.ʃi ˈʃãm.pĩn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ˌbonʒi ˈʒampin/ [ˌbõnʲ.ʒi ˈʒãm.pĩn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- IPA(key): /ˌbonʝi ˈʝompin/ [ˌbõɲ.ɟ͡ʝi ˈʝõm.pĩn]
- IPA(key): /ˌbonʝi ˈʝompin/ [ˌbõɲ.ɟ͡ʝi ˈʝõm.pĩn] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
- IPA(key): /ˌbonʃi ˈʃompin/ [ˌbõnʲ.ʃi ˈʃõm.pĩn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ˌbonʒi ˈʒompin/ [ˌbõnʲ.ʒi ˈʒõm.pĩn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: bun‧gy jum‧ping
Noun
bungy jumping m (uncountable)
- bungee jumping
- Synonyms: goming, puentismo, bungy, puenting
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading
- Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “bungy jumping”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]