🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

partida de futebol

Pronunciation / Transliteration: partida de futebol

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Football match/ˈfʊt.bɔːl mætʃ/
nounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #2500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O estádio estava lotado para a partida de futebol."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A sports competition played between two teams of eleven players using a round ball, with the objective of scoring more goals than the opponent.

    "Millions of fans tuned in to watch the thrilling football match on television."
  2. 2

    An organized fixture or game within a league or tournament schedule.

    "The referee postponed the football match due to heavy rain and a waterlogged pitch."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'football', derived from Middle English 'fot' and 'ball', denoting a game played with the feet, and 'match', from Old English 'gemæcca', meaning an equal or a contest. Historically popularized in 19th-century Britain with the codification of association football rules, it has since become a globally ubiquitous sports term.

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