hammock

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
2. A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines.

Verb

1. To lie in a hammock.
2. To hang in a way that resembles a hammock.
3. To make something be wrapped tight, like in a hammock.
4. To schedule (a new or unpopular programme) between two popular ones in the hope that viewers will watch it.

Conceptos

hamaca

hamaca paraguaya

chinchorro

cama

cama grande

catre

columpio

mecedora

tarima

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈhæmək/

Etimología (Inglés)

Borrowed from Spanish hamaca, from Taíno *hamaka (compare Lokono hamaka, Wayuu jama'a), from Proto-Arawak *hamaka. Columbus, in the narrative of his first voyage, says: “A great many Indians in canoes came to the ship to-day for the purpose of bartering their cotton, and hamacas, or nets, in which they sleep.”