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hairpin bend

UK (US hairpin curve/hairpin turn)

Translation

n [c]
curva muy cerrada
curva muy pronunciada
(Definition of hairpin bend n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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