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parcial

English translation: split

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Portuguese term or phrase:parcial
English translation:split
Entered by: Thaise Poerschke Freitas

00:27 Oct 24, 2019
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation / Swimming, olympics, sport
Portuguese term or phrase: parcial
Hi colleagues,

I need to translate "parcial" from Brazilian Portuguese into American English, as per the following sentence:
"A eliminatória foi boa, fiz a melhor parcial da minha vida nadando, 46 segundos nos 100 metros e errando apenas uma virada."

Context: Interview with swimmer about swimming competitions and his performance.

Thanks!
Thaise Poerschke Freitas
Australia
Local time: 17:59
split
Explanation:
I believe that even though he’s talking about his “partial” time in terms of time/100m, he means this:

Split – A swimmer's intermediate time in a race. Splits are registered every 50 meters (or25 yards depending on the pool and equipment on hand) and are used to determine if a swimmer is on record pace.

http://rioswimteam.org/common-swimming-definitions/

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Cristina Mantovani
Brazil
Local time: 06:59
Grading comment
Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2heat
Tereza Rae
3 +1split
Cristina Mantovani
4The Splits
Sergio Lopes


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
heat


Explanation:
Heat: a) a single course in or division of a race or other contest. b) a race or other contest in which competitors attempt to qualify for entry in the final race or contest.Sep 18, 2016


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https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/athletics/h...

'She won her heat'.
'A qualifying heat'.

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Note added at 11 mins (2019-10-24 00:39:11 GMT)
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https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/athletics/h...

'She won her heat.
'A qualifying heat.'

Example sentence(s):
  • The 100 meter heats will start at 10 o'clock.
Tereza Rae
Canada
Local time: 05:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Liane Lazoski
3 mins
  -> Obrigada, Liane! :0)
neutral  Mark Robertson: Have you a source for parcial = heat?
1 day 14 hrs
  -> I actually realized that I was wrong and suggested 'split' instead. Please see discussion entries.
agree  Sergio Lopes: I was totally wrong too! Heat is definitely the one. I read the text a bit too quickly.
216 days
  -> Thank you, Sergio! 😊
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
split


Explanation:
I believe that even though he’s talking about his “partial” time in terms of time/100m, he means this:

Split – A swimmer's intermediate time in a race. Splits are registered every 50 meters (or25 yards depending on the pool and equipment on hand) and are used to determine if a swimmer is on record pace.

http://rioswimteam.org/common-swimming-definitions/



Cristina Mantovani
Brazil
Local time: 06:59
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tereza Rae: Estou votando na forma singular, que cabe melhor na frase original: 'I had the best split of my life'.
12 hrs
neutral  Mark Robertson: Parcial here refers to 100 meters, i.e. 2 or 4 splits depending on the length of the pool.
1 day 14 hrs
  -> You have a point, Mark. So does ‘partial’ make any sense here?
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216 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
The Splits


Explanation:
While technically "split" would be correct there is a certain way of employing that term.

For example, if you were to watch a youtube tutorial on how to do it the video would be entitled: "How to do the Splits"

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Note added at 216 days (2020-05-27 17:05:24 GMT) Post-grading
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I'm completely wrong here. I read the sample text to quickly! Heat is definitely the one I'm familiar with!

Example sentence(s):
  • The key to the perfect splits is flexibility.
Sergio Lopes
France
Local time: 11:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
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