26 February 2009

Some soccer words in Portuguese and English

Thought I'd include some soccer terms in Portuguese and English in case you're interested in learning Portuguese from Portugal. It's easier when one sees the Portuguese players say these words. I'm still completing this list:

English ------------------------- Portuguese
During the game:
ball--------------------------------a bola
substitutes --------------------suplentes
yellow card --------------------cartão amarelo
penalty-------------------------- Penálti

penalty for (team name) ---------------- Penálti para o (team name)7
free kick for (team name)---------------- Livre para o (team name)
an even first-half--------------------------- uma primeira parte equilibrada
first corner kick of the game--------------primeiro pontapé de canto da partida

yellow card for ___, for committing a foul on___ ------------cartão amarelo a ___, por falta sobre ___

started to do warm-up exercises -------------------------começou a fazer exercícios de aquecimento

actions:
Substitution -------------------Substituição
Goal -----------------------------Golo
The equalizer goal ----- ----O golo do empate.
foul--------------------------- ----falta

was applauded [by fans when coming on the pitch to replace a player]----- ---- é muito aplaudido

pre-game:
team----------------------------- equipa
referee --------------------------Árbitro
Official lineups ---------------equipas oficiais
stadium ------------------------estádio

call-up list ----------------------lista de convocados:
coach/ manager--------------treinador
fan--------------------------------adepto
fans in the stands-----------adeptos nas bancadas

Results:
Not going to play to maintain the tie/draw---------------- não vão jogar para segurar o empate

players ----------------------- jogadores

Player positions:
goalkeeper ------------------- o guarda-redes
defender ---------------------- defesa
midfielder ----------------------médio
forward ------------------------avançados

the right back -----------------O lateral direito

Shooting the ball:
to shoot ----------------------------------------rematar
ball goes wide/ next to the net -----------ao lado da baliza
shoots wide ----------------------------------remata ao lado
shoots from outside the area----------- remata de fora da área

shoots but the ball hits a defender --------------------remata mas a bola bate num defesa
tries to shoot from outside the area ------------------tenta o remate de longe
Shoots lightly over the bar ------------------------------ remata ligeiramente por cima da barra



defender terms:
was able to free himself of the marking of 2 central defenders consegue fugir à marcação dos centrais

Striker related:
almost scored --------------------------esteve quase a marcar-
wastes a good opportunity---------- desperdiça uma boa oportunidade

goalkeeper related terms:
goal/net ------------------------ baliza

goalkeeper responds with an excellent defense------------o guardaredes responde com uma excelente defesa
goalkeeper, alert, made a good defense---------------------guarda-redes, atento, a fazer uma boa defesa.
was able to defend without any problems ---------------------consegue defender sem problemas

time:
kickoff --------------------------- Inicio da partida
extra time/ injury time------- minutos de compensação

no substitutions---------------não há alterações.
final whistle-------------------- final da partida.
end of the first-half-----------final da primeira parte
halftime-------------------------intervalo

Competitions:
Champions League ----- ----Liga dos Campeões
first leg ---------------------------primera mão (literally first hand)
UEFA Cup -----------------------Taça UEFA,

Stats:
next matchday------------------ proxima jornada
results-----------------------resultados



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