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English translation: walkover


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Spanish term or phrase:repaso
English translation:walkover
Entered by: Charles Davis
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18:11 Dec 30, 2011
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation / Football (soccer)
Spanish term or phrase: repaso
Hello. From an interview with Del Bosque, the Spain manager:

"¿Puede utilizar un nueve mentiroso que ahora está muy de moda?
Nosotros en el Madrid jugamos mucho con Guti y Raúl, sin tener referencias fijas arriba y fue una etapa en la que jugamos muy bien.
Recuerdo un partido en que ganamos en Roma y fue un repaso, sin dejar referencias al contrario, jugando entre líneas… En España tenemos a Cesc, Silva, Iniesta, jugadores todos de ese corte que son muy buenos para hacer esa función."

Thanks for your help
Simon
Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:42
walkover
Explanation:
That's what comes to mind for a very one-sided victory.

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Note added at 19 mins (2011-12-30 18:30:26 GMT)
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With apologies to Real Madrid fans, here's an illustration of the use of "repaso" in football. It refers to last season's 5-0:

"El Barça le dio un repaso en toda regla al Real Madrid en el Clásico de ayer. De principio a fin. Se mire como se mire."
http://madrid-barcelona.com/2010-11-30/por-quac-fue-un-repas...

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Note added at 22 mins (2011-12-30 18:33:29 GMT)
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The headline of that article is "Por qué fue un repaso en toda regla", which you might translate as "Why it was a total walkover". "Le dio un repaso en toda regla", perhaps you'd say something like "gave them a right thrashing".
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Charles Davis
Local time: 07:42
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4walkoverCharles Davis
4 +3a walk in the park / we thrashed them
David Ronder
5 +1to be a peace of cake
juanpablosans
3doddle
Tom Thumb


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
walkover


Explanation:
That's what comes to mind for a very one-sided victory.

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Note added at 19 mins (2011-12-30 18:30:26 GMT)
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With apologies to Real Madrid fans, here's an illustration of the use of "repaso" in football. It refers to last season's 5-0:

"El Barça le dio un repaso en toda regla al Real Madrid en el Clásico de ayer. De principio a fin. Se mire como se mire."
http://madrid-barcelona.com/2010-11-30/por-quac-fue-un-repas...

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Note added at 22 mins (2011-12-30 18:33:29 GMT)
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The headline of that article is "Por qué fue un repaso en toda regla", which you might translate as "Why it was a total walkover". "Le dio un repaso en toda regla", perhaps you'd say something like "gave them a right thrashing".

Charles Davis
Local time: 07:42
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 52

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard
8 mins
  -> Thanks, Phil
agree  Noni Gilbert: Yes: they could do not wrong, a text book victory (not suggesting alternatives, but further explanations).
18 mins
  -> Absolutely, but I found them just as impressive in this season's clásico. Madrid are better than they were last year, but they were still thrashed.
agree  Helena Chavarria
28 mins
  -> Thanks, Helena, and Happy New Year :)
agree  Dominique Brown
30 mins
  -> Thanks, Dominique, and Happy New Year :)
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
a walk in the park / we thrashed them


Explanation:
Two more options from the rich lexicon of football-speak, the first emphasising the ease with which victory was accomplished, the second the margin.

dar/pegar un buen repaso a algn = (ganar) to thrash sb (Collins).

The second option looks quite promising in view of the definition above, but you'd have to check the record to see that RM really did win by a big margin.

Plenty of walks in the park for teams like Man City these days:

Villarreal v Manchester City: The Assassins In Carpet Slippers ...
www.sabotagetimes.com/football.../villarreal-v-manchester-c...
Block all www.sabotagetimes.com results
3 Nov 2011 – ... away to Villarreal became a walk in the park for Manchester City. ... In the event I think he found six amateur footballers, two farmers, a retired ...



David Ronder
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:42
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz: "A walk in the park".
11 mins
  -> Thanks, Alistair
agree  Charles Davis: "A walk in the park" was my second choice!
28 mins
  -> Thanks, Charles. A walkover, too, of course, though I just have a little feeling it's getting slightly dated...
agree  Emiliano Pantoja
3 days21 hrs
  -> Thanks, Emiliano
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2 days3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
doddle


Explanation:
it was a doddle, mate.


Example sentence(s):
  • child\'s play, cinch, duck soup, piece of cake, pushover, breeze, walkover, picnic, snap - any undertaking that is easy to do www.thefreedictionary.com/doddle
Tom Thumb
Local time: 07:42
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
to be a peace of cake


Explanation:
Repaso means that it is extremely easy

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Note added at 5 días (2012-01-04 22:16:14 GMT) Post-grading
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Piece of cake

juanpablosans
Local time: 01:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Gracias, Juan. Nunca había oídi la expresión.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Piece, not piece.
13 mins
  -> Thanks
neutral  David Ronder: I think Phil means "piece, not peace" and he is right
37 mins
  -> Thanks, my bad
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