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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieseliminación por faltas
Pronunciation / Transliteration: e-li-mi-na-sjon por fal-tas
"La eliminación por faltas del capitán preocupó al entrenador."
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An instance of a player being forced to leave a game after committing a maximum allowed number of fouls.
"His early foul-out left the team defensively vulnerable in the final quarter."
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To be disqualified from a game due to accumulating the maximum permitted number of personal fouls.
"The star center had to foul out with two minutes left on the clock."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'foul', derived from Old English 'fūl' meaning dirty or corrupt, with the directional adverb 'out'. It emerged in late 19th-century American sports culture, specifically basketball and baseball, to describe the penalty phase where a player exceeds the allowable limit of infractions.
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élimination pour fautes
Transliteration: e-li-mi-na-syon pur fot
"Son élimination pour fautes a affaibli l'équipe."
Disqualifikation wegen Fouls
Transliteration: dis-kva-li-fi-ka-t͜si-oːn veː-ɡn̩ faʊlz
"Seine Disqualifikation wegen Fouls entschied das Spiel."
uscita per falli
Transliteration: u-ˈʃiː.ta per ˈfal.li
"L'uscita per falli del pivot ha penalizzato la squadra."
eliminación por faltas
Transliteration: e-li-mi-na-sjon por fal-tas
"La eliminación por faltas del capitán preocupó al entrenador."
eliminação por faltas
Transliteration: e-li-mi-na-sãw puɾ ˈfaɫ.tɐs
"A eliminação por faltas aconteceu no último quarto."
फाoul आउट
Transliteration: foul-out
Script: फाउल आउट
"मैच के दौरान फाउल आउट होने के कारण उसे बाहर बैठना पड़ा।"
罚满离场
Transliteration: fá mǎn lí chǎng
"他在比赛还剩两分钟时罚满离场。"
파울 아웃
Transliteration: pa-ul a-ut
"그 선수의 파울 아웃이 경기에 큰 영향을 미쳤다."
ファウルアウト
Transliteration: fauru auto
"主力選手のファウルアウトでチームがピンチに陥った。"
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