Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

"Ahogar" un golpe

English translation:

smother a blow

Added to glossary by patinba
Jun 1, 2013 12:31
10 yrs ago
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Spanish term

"Ahogar" un golpe

Spanish to English Other Sports / Fitness / Recreation
Buenas:

Estoy traduciendo un texto sobre artes marciales del español al inglés y aparece "En este caso, si pretendemos excedernos en la penetración, esto es, encogemos mucho la pierna en el momento de hacer contacto para luego tener un mayor recorrido al estirarla, puede que nos encontremos con que la masa a la que golpeamos ofrezca mayor resistencia que nuestra fuerza de empuje. De esta forma, no podremos golpear con eficacia e incluso “ahogaremos” el golpe".

Me han dicho que "ahogar el golpe" es cuando buscamos una gran penetración tras el impacto, pero al final vemos que no podemos vencer toda esa fuerza opuesta y el golpe queda “ahogado”.

¿Alguna sugerencia para ese "ahogaremos el golpe"?

Muchas gracias,
NBG
Change log

Jun 1, 2013 12:36: Beatriz Ramírez de Haro changed "Language pair" from "English to Spanish" to "Spanish to English"

Jun 16, 2013 19:15: patinba Created KOG entry

Discussion

Ruth Wöhlk Jun 1, 2013:
to choke/stall the stroke

Proposed translations

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smother a blow

Shooting In [Archive] - No BS MMA and Martial Arts - Bullshido
www.bullshido.net/forums/archive/.../t-7967.html

29/12/2003 – ... quick enough in a semi-vertical plane, a knee strike will be smothered and his lifted leg can be considered a gift. dont overextend your center ...
Peer comment(s):

agree Billh : There seem to be quite a lot of references to this and I suspect it is a translation of smother.
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Yes. Thanks!
agree Richard Hill
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Thanks, Rich!
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Spanish term (edited): \"Ahogar\" un golpe

to deaden the strike/blow

to make something less strong
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4 hrs

to pull punches

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pull punches

pull (one's) punches
To refrain from deploying all the resources or force at one's disposal: didn't pull any punches during the negotiations.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2013-06-01 16:37:23 GMT)
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An expression used in boxing (and applied metaphorically to other situations) meaning that a boxer wasn't hitting with his full conviction/force.
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