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paratleta

English translation: para-athlete

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Portuguese term or phrase:paratleta
English translation:para-athlete
Entered by: Jennifer Byers

21:55 Feb 20, 2016
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation
Portuguese term or phrase: paratleta
mãe em tempo integral de duas paratletas
Gustavo Curi
United States
Local time: 21:38
para-athlete
Explanation:
sometimes used without the hyphen - para athlete.
Selected response from:

Jennifer Byers
Local time: 22:38
Grading comment
Thank you, Jennifer. I thought this should be the most correct – hyphenated – but I just couldn't find many examples to back it up. Thank you for confirming!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +8para-athlete
Jennifer Byers
4parathletic (active male or female participant in the sport event for people with handicap
Ellen Kraus
4paralympic athlete
Matheus Chaud


  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
para-athlete


Explanation:
sometimes used without the hyphen - para athlete.

Example sentence(s):
  • \'full-time mother of two para-athletes\'
Jennifer Byers
Local time: 22:38
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you, Jennifer. I thought this should be the most correct – hyphenated – but I just couldn't find many examples to back it up. Thank you for confirming!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Robert Forstag
1 min
  -> Thanks Robert.
agree  Lais Leite: parathlete
16 mins
  -> Thanks Lais.
agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida: parathlete...
48 mins
  -> Thanks Teresa.
agree  Kim Edwards-Buarque
1 hr
  -> Thanks Kim.
agree  Danik 2014
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Danik.
agree  Andrea Shah
3 hrs
  -> Thanks Andrea.
agree  Patricia Franco
14 hrs
  -> Thanks Patricia.
agree  Gilmar Fernandes
16 hrs
  -> Thanks Gilmar - quanto teeeeempo hein?!
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
parathletic (active male or female participant in the sport event for people with handicap


Explanation:
see respective links

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with handicaps (though the term "handicapped persons" is no longer in use, I think ("with physical disabilities" might be preferable

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the term you look for is "two PARATHLETES"
and the sport events are the Paralympics
Parathletes conquer urban obstacle race - AsiaOne

www.asiaone.com/.../A1Story20120219-328900.ht..
19.02.2012 - Parathletes took part in the Men's Health Urbanathlon race for the first ... Foo Gen Lin took third place with a timing of 53 minutes eight seconds.


Paralympics History - History of the Paralympic Movemen
www.paralympic.org/the.../history-of-the-movemen...
Paralympics history begins in Rome, Italy in 1960 where the first Paralympic Games were held. The Games are now the 2nd biggest sporting event in the world. ... a spinal injuries centre at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Great Britain, and in time, ... They involved 16 injured servicemen and women who took part in archery.

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the persons involved are "parathletes"

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Note added at 28 mins (2016-02-20 22:24:29 GMT)
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either parathlete or Par athlete
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?...parathlete
parathlete. a disabled person who takes part in athletics. A large number of parathletes are taking part in the Paralympics. by uttam maharjan September 15, ...

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 03:38
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
paralympic athlete


Explanation:
Just one more suggestion.

Paralympic Athletes - Biographies, Interviews, Medallists
www.paralympic.org/athletes
Read the biographies, visit the virtual hall of fame and watch the videos that tell the stories and capture the spirit of these amazing Paralympic athletes.



Paralympic Athletes - TeamUSA.org
www.teamusa.org/us-paralympics/paralympic-athletes


U.S. Paralympic Athletes Stories - The Hartford
www.thehartford.com/our-company/us-paralympic-athletes-stor...
U.S. Paralympic athletes embody the energy, confidence, and optimism at the very heart of achievement.


Additional references:

https://www.google.com.br/search?num=50&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=...

Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 22:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 24
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