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Backwards slalom

Spanish translation: slalom en reversa


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English term or phrase:Backwards slalom
Spanish translation:slalom en reversa
Entered by: Lydia De Jorge
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18:11 Jun 15, 2009
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Sports / Fitness / Recreation / Phrases used in Sports
English term or phrase: Backwards slalom
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Lydia De Jorge
United States
Local time: 02:52
slalom en reversa
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nahuelhuapi
Argentina
Local time: 03:52
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5 +1slalom en reversanahuelhuapi
5Backwards slalom skiing
Richard McDorman


  

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Backwards slalom skiing


Explanation:
Slalom is an alpine skiing discipline, involving skiing between poles (gates) spaced much closer together than in Giant Slalom, Super-G or Downhill, thereby causing quicker and shorter turns.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slalom_skiing

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Note added at 4 mins (2009-06-15 18:15:50 GMT)
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This is what I get from all those years of watching the Winter Olympics... :)

Richard McDorman
United States
Local time: 02:52
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Asker: Sorry! I had posted under the wrong lang. combination! I need it in Spanish...

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backwards slalom
slalom en reversa


Explanation:
¡Suerte!

nahuelhuapi
Argentina
Local time: 03:52
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 133
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Thank you! Saludos!

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agree  Richard McDorman: De acuerdo :)
35 mins
  -> ¡Muchas gracias, Richard! ¡Saludos!
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Jun 15, 2009 - Changes made by Lydia De Jorge:
Language pairSpanish to English => English to Spanish


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