English-Portuguese translations for merry-go-round

• carrossel
  Assim vai o carrossel da autodestruição que é a União Europeia, na sua obcecação pela regulamentação. Such is the self-defeating merry-go-round that is this regulation-crazed European Union.
  Porém, iremos aqui, infelizmente, aprovar um procedimento que mantém em movimento o carrossel financeiro internacional. But unfortunately we are being asked here to vote for a process which will keep in motion the international money merry-go-round.
  Receio, contudo, que o envio dos dois navios para o Reino Unido faça parte de um plano mais alargado para estabelecer uma espécie de carrossel de resíduos para países como a Índia ou o Bangladesh. I fear, however, that the steaming of the two ships to the United Kingdom is part of a bigger plan to set up a larger waste merry-go-round to countries such as India and Bangladesh.

Definition of merry-go-round

• A carousel; a pleasure ride, typically found at fairs and amusement parks, consisting of a slowly revolving circular platform on which various seats are fixed, frequently shaped like horses or other animals
• A piece of playground equipment consisting of a circular platform that is made to revolve by pushing while users stand on it
• A freight train of hopper goods wagons which loads and unloads its cargo while moving

Related words

• merry-go-round conveyor