Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

maglia del libero

English translation:

libero jersey

Added to glossary by Judith McLean
Nov 25, 2014 17:50
9 yrs ago
Italian term

maglia del libero

Italian to English Other Sports / Fitness / Recreation
From the description of a volleyball shirt. This appears to be different from a home or away jersey.

There's not much context. The text is discussing sponsorship of the jerseys so I can't give the details:

Curiosa e al tempo stesso davvero accattivante la ***maglia del libero*** che per il secondo anno consecutivo riporta il disegno di........
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 libero's shirt (or jersey)

Discussion

Judith McLean (asker) Nov 25, 2014:
Actually Phil, you might be right. I've done a bit of research and it does seem that the shirt is for a specific player in the team, and seems to be quite common to give them a different shirt. Here's one example http://www.sisleyvolley.it/it/news-5277/sisley-in-champions-...
philgoddard Nov 25, 2014:
Libero means sweeper, though I'm not sure why they should have a different shirt.

Proposed translations

+1
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libero's shirt (or jersey)

The libero is a designated defensive player in a volleyball team. The use of the libero is subject to specific rules. Probably, this is why the libero wears a spcial shirt, to be recognizable (as a gloalie in soccer).

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Note added at 4 hrs (2014-11-25 22:23:41 GMT)
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Lots of entries in the net. See, for example: http://www.mhsa.org/Volleyball/LiberoPlayingRules.pdf
Peer comment(s):

agree Chiara Martini
9 hrs
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