Apr 10, 2015 22:47
9 yrs ago
Portuguese term

Cambalhota pra frente e cambalhota pra trás

Portuguese to English Other Sports / Fitness / Recreation Jiu-Jitsu
Um dos exercícios de jiu-jitsu é virar cambalhota pra frente e pra tras, como mostra este vídeo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb4__GXXo-c

Proposed translations

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38 mins
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forward and backward roll

Many occurences!
Peer comment(s):

agree Beatriz Baker Méio
1 min
Obrigada, Beatriz!
agree Mario Freitas :
1 hr
Obrigada, Mário!
agree Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
8 hrs
Obrigada, Teresa!
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36 mins

front roll and back roll

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2 hrs

Somersault forwards and somersault backwards

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5 hrs

front somersault and back somersault

Cambalhota pra frente e cambalhota pra trás => front somersault and back somersault

Somersault - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somersault
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There are many variations of front and back somersaults. Somersaults can be performed in multiples, or multiples of quarter body revolutions, in some cases with

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Note added at 1 day5 hrs (2015-04-12 04:46:24 GMT)
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>PLOW OVER for "cambalhota pra tras", what do you think?

I have never in my life heard the term "plow over" - it would mean absolutely nothing to me in relationship to a somersault - sounds like something one would do with a tractor in a field.


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Note added at 1 day6 hrs (2015-04-12 04:48:56 GMT)
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cambalhota => somersault
Note from asker:
I think I could use just SOMMERSAULT for cambalhota pra frente and PLOW OVER for "cambalhota pra tras", what do you think?
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