Competición in english
pronunciation: kɑmpətɪʃən part of speech: noun
competición1 = competition ; race ; joust ; jousting.
Example: There was a competition organised for the best motto for each event to be held during library week.Example: Equality of opportunity is a myth: whilst some people start the race highly trained and wearing spikes others have balls and chains attached to their ankles and wear hobnailed boots = Equality of opportunity is a myth: whilst some people start the race highly trained and wearing spikes others have balls and chains attached to their ankles and wear hobnailed boots.Example: The spirit, if not the content, of Marx can be the joust to rouse the sleepy theory of academic sociology.Example: Henry VIII became the tyrannical monster remembered by history because of a personality change following a serious jousting accident.more:
» coche de competición = competition car .
Example: Trucks and competition cars use ceramic clutches that have a greatly increased friction coefficient.» competición atlética = athletic competition .
Example: These programs include not only sports events and athletic competitions but also cultural activities and live entertainment.» competición de atletismo = track meet .
Example: What I neglected to realize, however, was the idea that track meets were held during Saturdays, often times all day, in the heat of the day.» competición de atletismo en pista = track event .
Example: Such scrapes can occur in many contact sports and track events.» competición de fútbol = football competition .
Example: The Committee shall also, from time to time, decide on the duration of such football competitions and the rules that will govern them.» competición deportiva = athletic contest ; sport(s) competition .
Example: Consider ad hoc events (such as athletic contests, exhibitions, expeditions, fairs, festivals) and vessels (e.g. ships and spacecrafts) to be corporate bodies. Example: The author investigates the confused notion of nationhood and ethnic groups as they apply to international sports competitions.» competición de snowboarding = snowboarding competition .
Example: Just by being in the proximity of a motocross race or snowboarding competition can help you start flirting with danger.» competición ecuestre = equestrian event ; equestrian competition .
Example: Equestrian events were included in the Olympic Games for the first time in 1900. Example: Reeve broke his neck in May 1995 when he was thrown from his horse during an equestrian competition.» competición oficial = official competition .
Example: What he didn't know was that the discus used in official competition was made of wood with only an outer rim of iron.» esquí de competición = downhill skiing .
Example: Sports with decreased participation rates in the 1990s were ice skating, downhill skiing and water skiing.» ganar una competición con los ojos cerrados = win + a competition hands down .
Example: It was a Frenchman, of course, who called England 'perfidious Albion' -- yet when it comes to perfidy, the French win the competition hands down.» organizar una competición = run + a competition .
Example: One of the most engaging ways of getting your fans to interact is to run a competition with a prize they can't refuse!.» participar en una competición = enter + a competition .
Example: By entering the competition, winners agree to attend the award ceremony and take part in reasonable publicity, including the use of their names and photographs in any such publicity.» partido de competición = club game [Entre equipos] .
Example: Footage from four decades of English soccer includes hard tackles, pushes and punches from club games.» tomar parte en una competición = enter + a competition .
Example: By entering the competition, winners agree to attend the award ceremony and take part in reasonable publicity, including the use of their names and photographs in any such publicity.competición2 = competition.
Example: The published abstracting and indexing journal probably still retains its prominence, despite competition from its more fashionable rivals.more:
» competición muy reñida = close competition .
Example: A close competition, there was a winning team and two teams tied in second place.» deporte de competición = competitive sport .
Example: Exhibition games are found in just about every branch of competitive sports.» enfrentarse a una fuerte competición = face + stiff competition ; face + tough competition .
Example: Turkish players will be itching to take another victory for their country, but they face stiff competition. Example: The company had lost $3 billion, been forced to cut 16,000 jobs and was facing tough competition from low-cost airlines.» fuerte competición = tough competition ; stiff competition .
Example: Despite tough competition, the girls came away with award-wining results. Example: He said that despite the stiff competition in the market and the adverse effects of the global financial crisis which has impacted the financial sector they achieved good results.» hacer competición a = compete (with) .
Example: Cards will remain useful for small local and personal indexes but other options, in the form of microcomputers and their software are beginning to compete in this application.