Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

che vola a palombella

English translation:

(sails) high and wide

Added to glossary by Lara Barnett
Dec 1, 2017 14:06
6 yrs ago
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Italian term

che vola a palombella

Italian to English Other Sports / Fitness / Recreation
Description of video football game.

XXX tira una craniata imbarazzante che vola a palombella verso la curva.

XXX punches an embarrassing header that ????? towards the stand. ??
Change log

Dec 1, 2017 14:51: writeaway changed "Field (write-in)" from "Character-based fiction" to "football speak/Character-based fiction"

Dec 1, 2017 16:32: philgoddard changed "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Other" , "Field (write-in)" from "football speak/Character-based fiction" to "(none)"

Discussion

Lara Barnett (asker) Dec 1, 2017:
@ All I also need to fit this into the grammatical context.
Shabelula Dec 1, 2017:
trovato anche looping shot, o lob
Shabelula Dec 1, 2017:
how do doves fly? softly and slowly, presumably? an attempt

Proposed translations

17 hrs
Selected

(sails) high and wide

a couple of options for you:
1. XXX heads embarassingly high and wide into the crowd
2. XXX's header sails embarassingly high and wide into the crowd
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7 mins

chip shot

That is the meaning of palombella

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Note added at 39 mins (2017-12-01 14:45:49 GMT)
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He chips the shot with an embarrassing header that ends in the stands.

I think this could work
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1 hr

lob

He heads a lob into the stands.

"Lob: To throw, hit, or propel easily or in a high arc".
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