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Les frappes, les amenées au sol, les soumissions et la langue d'une semaine de combat.
16 concepts
Les colonnes suivent les langues activées en haut. Le genre après le mot (m/f/n) ; l'API en dessous ; les notes, variantes et origines encore en dessous — rien n'est caché.
| Concept | English | Français | Español |
|---|---|---|---|
jab noun | jab The lead-hand straight punch. | jabm also: direct du bras avant | jabm also: directo |
hook noun | hook Short /ʊ/, not /uː/ — 'hook', never 'hoke'. | crochetm | ganchom |
uppercut noun | uppercut | uppercutm | gancho ascendentem also: uppercut |
low kick noun | low kick A kick to the thigh. 'Leg kick' in American commentary. | low kickm | patada bajaf |
knee (strike) noun | knee As a verb too: 'he kneed him in the clinch'. | coup de genoum | rodillazom |
takedown noun | takedown Also a verb: 'to take someone down'. | amenée au solf also: takedown | derribom |
sprawl noun | sprawl Hips down, legs back — the answer to a takedown. | sprawlm | sprawlm Spanish adds an e- before s + consonant: e-sprawl. |
clinch noun | clinch | corps-à-corpsm | clinchm |
guard noun | guard Two senses: hands up, or legs around the opponent on the ground. | gardef | guardiaf |
submission noun | submission Stress on MISS. A choke or a joint lock that ends the fight. | soumissionf | sumisiónf |
to tap out verb | tap out Tapping the mat or the opponent = I quit. Also a noun: 'the tap'. | abandonner Also 'taper' in gym slang. | rendirse Gym slang: 'dar golpecitos'. |
knockout (KO) noun | knockout The k in 'knock' is silent. TKO = technical knockout. | knock-outm Usually just 'KO', said /ka o/. | nocautm Spanish respells the English. |
round noun | round Five minutes in MMA, three in boxing. | roundm also: reprise | asaltom also: round |
referee noun | referee Stress on the LAST syllable. Short form: 'ref'. | arbitrem | árbitrom |
weigh-in noun | weigh-in 'Weigh' rhymes with 'day' — the gh is silent. | peséef | pesajem |
cage / octagon noun | cage The UFC's is eight-sided: the Octagon. | cagef Same spelling as English, different sounds throughout. | jaulaf |