Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Flyaway

Spanish translation:

pase cogido/tomado detrás de la defensa

Added to glossary by Michael Powers (PhD)
Jun 16, 2011 15:00
12 yrs ago
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English term

Flyaway

English to Spanish Marketing Sports / Fitness / Recreation Fútbol americano
Estoy traduciendo un texto publicitario relacionado con el fútbol americano y no sé qué significa flyaway en este deporte. Aparece en la frase: SCORE A FLYAWAY
El texto va a ser usado en EE.UU.
Muchas gracias por la ayuda.
Proposed translations (Spanish)
3 +1 pase cogido detrás de la defensa
Change log

Jun 17, 2011 22:38: Michael Powers (PhD) Created KOG entry

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pase cogido detrás de la defensa

Apparently it is scoring on a pass, assumedly this touchdown pass in which the receivers "flies away" or escapes from all the defenders:


[PDF] Unifying the Long Passive and the Short Passive: On the Bei ... File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
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... thin line BEI it fly-away-PERF. 'I couldn't hold on to the kite's thin line and had it fly away on me. ... The A′-dependency account, which by definition requires ...... a touchdown in American football or a try in English football. ...
www3.nccu.edu.tw/~osh/Unified_Bei.pdf

Mike

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-06-16 16:19:30 GMT)
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I prefer soccer myself. But, I understand football thoroughly and used to be a fan.
Note from asker:
Thank you, Michael. Football is hard to understand for me. I found this reference that agrees with what you say: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_(American_football)
Peer comment(s):

agree Héctor Magaña : Esteee... de acuerdo, pero reemplaza el "cogido" por "tomado" u otro verbo para evitar problemas ;)
4 hrs
Pensé en eso cuando lo escribí, pero no logré a pensar en otra palabra como "tomado" - Mike
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "¡Gracias, Michael!"

Reference comments

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Wikipedia

History of American football positions - Wikipedia, the free ... American Football position names are based on the role the player .... who would "stand off" from it or "fly" away — the "stand-off" or "fly-half". .... meaning that they will be supported by one or both hands, in addition to feet on ...
en.wikipedia.org/.../History_of_American_football_positions - Cached - Similar
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