piggyback

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• CMU ARPABET: P IH1 G IY0 B AE2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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A corruption of pickaback, itself a corruption of pick-pack, like a pack.

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: a recostines — on somebody's back or shoulders
• Central Bikol: baba — on somebody's back or shoulders
• Dutch: meeliften — on somebody's back or shoulders
• Finnish: reppuselässä — on somebody's back or shoulders
• German: huckepack — on somebody's back or shoulders
• Italian: a cavalluccio — on somebody's back or shoulders
• Japanese: 肩車 (kataguruma) — on somebody's back or shoulders
• Korean: 어부바 (eobuba) — on somebody's back or shoulders
• Macedonian: у́шка (úška) — on somebody's back or shoulders
• Macedonian: на́ грб (ná grb) — on somebody's back or shoulders
• Polish: na barana — on somebody's back or shoulders
• Portuguese: às cavalitas — on somebody's back or shoulders
• Portuguese: às cavaluchas — on somebody's back or shoulders
• Russian: на спине́ (na spiné) — on somebody's back or shoulders
• Russian: на зако́рках (na zakórkax) — on somebody's back or shoulders
• Scots: cocky-rosie — on somebody's back or shoulders
• Scots: backie — on somebody's back or shoulders
• Scottish Gaelic: giomach-goc — on somebody's back or shoulders
• Spanish: a cuestas — on somebody's back or shoulders
• Spanish: a la espalda — on somebody's back or shoulders
• Spanish: al apa — on somebody's back or shoulders
• Spanish: al caballito — on somebody's back or shoulders
• Spanish: a tuto — on somebody's back or shoulders
• Spanish: a tute — on somebody's back or shoulders
• Cebuano: baba — to carry someone on the back or shoulders
• Chinese Mandarin: 揹 /背 (bèi) — to carry someone on the back or shoulders
• Finnish: kantaa reppuselässä — to carry someone on the back or shoulders
• German: huckepack tragen — to carry someone on the back or shoulders
• Indonesian: gendong — to carry someone on the back or shoulders
• Indonesian: menggendong — to carry someone on the back or shoulders
• Italian: portare a cavalcioni — to carry someone on the back or shoulders
• Italian: portare in spalla — to carry someone on the back or shoulders
• Japanese: おんぶ (onbu) — to carry someone on the back or shoulders
• Japanese: 負ぶう (obuu) — to carry someone on the back or shoulders
• Korean: 업다 (eopda) — to carry someone on the back or shoulders
• Māori: pīkau — to carry someone on the back or shoulders
• Polish: nosić na barana — to carry someone on the back or shoulders
• Polish: nieść na barana — to carry someone on the back or shoulders
• Portuguese: levar às cavalitas — to carry someone on the back or shoulders
• Portuguese: levar às costas — to carry someone on the back or shoulders
• Portuguese: levar aos ombros — to carry someone on the back or shoulders
• Spanish: llevar a cuestas — to carry someone on the back or shoulders
• Spanish: llevar a la espalda — to carry someone on the back or shoulders
• Spanish: llevar al apa — to carry someone on the back or shoulders
• Spanish: llevar al caballito — to carry someone on the back or shoulders
• Vietnamese: cõng — to carry someone on the back or shoulders
• French: found — to attach or append something to another (usually larger) object or event
• German: draufpacken — to attach or append something to another (usually larger) object or event
• German: draufsatteln — to attach or append something to another (usually larger) object or event
• German: dranhängen — to attach or append something to another (usually larger) object or event
• Polish: wjeżdżać na plecach innych — to attach or append something to another (usually larger) object or event
• Polish: wjechać na plecach innych — to attach or append something to another (usually larger) object or event