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refundidos minutos antes a raiz del gol en contra

English translation: lost minutes before as a result of the goal scored against them (it)

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Spanish term or phrase:refundidos minutos antes a raiz del gol en contra
English translation:lost minutes before as a result of the goal scored against them (it)
Entered by: Michael Powers (PhD)

08:08 May 17, 2003
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: refundidos minutos antes a raiz del gol en contra
Colombia pierde 1 a 0 luego de jugar de igual a igual con la poderosa alemania. De repente y sin saber muy bien como, el equipo recupera su identidad, su estilo, su forma de juego , refundidos minutos antes a raiz del gol en contra.
berne
Local time: 11:50
lost minutes before as a result of the goal scored against them (it)
Explanation:
La palabra "refundir" en el habla informal de los Andes quiere decir "extraviar" (to lose, mislay)así como se define en el diccionario Oxford.

The translation "a raíz del gol en contra" doesn't sound normal unless we indicate against whom the goal was scored. Even though grammatically the antecedent, "equipo", is singular and thus calls for "it", since "refundidos" is written in the plural this indicates the writer is thinking about them as individuals, not one "equipo", and thus "them".

Finally, in this context, sports talk, prescriptive grammatical rules are quite often ignored.
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Michael Powers (PhD)
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Local time: 02:20
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5lost minutes before as a result of the goal scored against them (it)
Michael Powers (PhD)
5lost (hidden) minutes before due to the goal against them
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lost minutes before as a result of the goal scored against them (it)


Explanation:
La palabra "refundir" en el habla informal de los Andes quiere decir "extraviar" (to lose, mislay)así como se define en el diccionario Oxford.

The translation "a raíz del gol en contra" doesn't sound normal unless we indicate against whom the goal was scored. Even though grammatically the antecedent, "equipo", is singular and thus calls for "it", since "refundidos" is written in the plural this indicates the writer is thinking about them as individuals, not one "equipo", and thus "them".

Finally, in this context, sports talk, prescriptive grammatical rules are quite often ignored.

Michael Powers (PhD)
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Local time: 02:20
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lost (hidden) minutes before due to the goal against them


Explanation:
Refundidos definitely refers to the players.

Mile13
Local time: 01:20
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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