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SILBATO [2 records]

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Record 1 2015-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Polo
DEF

[The dash] at the start of each quarter [when] each team lines up at their own goal line and at the sound of the referee's whistle, the two players closest to the referee [race] to the ball.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Water-polo
DEF

[Course] au début de chaque période [lorsque] chaque équipe se place à sa ligne de but et, au coup de sifflet de l'arbitre, les deux joueurs le plus près de l'arbitre s'élancent rapidement vers le ballon.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Polo acuático
DEF

[Carrera] al principio de cada cuarto [en que] los equipos se ponen en fila en su propia portería y al sonido del silbato del árbitro, los dos jugadores más cercanos a él se lanzan por la pelota.

OBS

esprint: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que "esprint" es la adaptación gráfica de la voz inglesa "sprint", según la vigésima tercera edición del Diccionario de la lengua española.

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Record 2 2001-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
DEF

A very high-pitched whistle used in determining the absolute upper threshold for pitch.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
DEF

Appareil permettant de produire des sons à très haute fréquence, utilisé pour déterminer le seuil d'audibilité des tons hauts.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumental médico
DEF

Silbato cilíndrico unido a un bulbo compresible y un tornillo que cambia la nota; se usa para probar la audición.

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