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"try a fake"

Portuguese translation: simular um passe

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English term or phrase:"try a fake"
Portuguese translation:simular um passe
Entered by: Alexandre Batista

09:03 Jul 14, 2005
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino / Basketball game
English term or phrase: "try a fake"
Contexto: "Press the Arrow Key that corresponds to the player with the ball to try a fake". PT-PT de preferência.
Alexandre Batista
Portugal
Local time: 19:13
simular um passe
Explanation:
Gíria desportiva
Selected response from:

Fabio Poeiras
Portugal
Local time: 19:13
Grading comment
Fábio, obrigado pela sugestão.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2simular um passe
Fabio Poeiras
5 +1fazer uma simulação
Paul Dixon
5Efectuar um passe em falso
Bernardo Santos
4tentar uma ameaça
airmailrpl
4tentar finta, ardil, blefe
craigs


  

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Efectuar um passe em falso


Explanation:
Prima a Seta que corresponde ao jogador que tem a bola para efectuar um passe em falso.

Penso que seja uma manobra no jogo para fazer os adversários crer que vai passar a bola para um companheiro.

Bernardo Santos
Portugal
Local time: 19:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
try a fake
simular um passe


Explanation:
Gíria desportiva

Fabio Poeiras
Portugal
Local time: 19:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Fábio, obrigado pela sugestão.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudio Mazotti
2 hrs
agree  Mario Sequeira
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tentar uma ameaça


Explanation:
NBA.com Brasil: Termos Oficiais da NBA - Pump fake (Uma ameaça) : Uma ameaça onde um jogador faz como se iria ... Era muito comum nas épocas anteriores do basquetebol, mas agora quase não existe, ...
www.nba.com/brasil/termos_nba.html

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 15:13
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try a fake
fazer uma simulação


Explanation:
É assim que eu diria.

Paul Dixon
Brazil
Local time: 15:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Pedro Coral Costa
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try a fake
tentar finta, ardil, blefe


Explanation:
in sports, synonymous with "feint:" http://www.cornerstoneri.com/comments/new_page_8.htm ; like a "head fake," read the sports application applied as a metaphor in the first paragraph: http://www.cornerstoneri.com/comments/new_page_8.htm "What is a head fake? It is when a running back looks one way, while his body goes the other. He looks one way while the real move is the other..."
I know there must be a special term in futebol, I don't know the exact word; but the above will fit grammatically.

craigs
Local time: 14:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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