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reventando el travesaño

English translation: smashing/blasting against the crossbar

13:25 Jun 16, 2016
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Spanish term or phrase: reventando el travesaño
This is an Argentine soccer player describing his experiences:

Ahí, ese día, el del 3 a 1 con dos goles de XXX y uno de XXX, y también del tiro desde la mitad de la cancha que terminó reventando el travesaño, fue que el DT dijo otra vez públicamente que eramos los mejores.

Broke the barrier or something like that?

Thanks
Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 01:17
English translation:smashing/blasting against the crossbar
Explanation:
The travesaño is the crossbar of the goal.
"Reventar el travesaño" is hyperbole for a powerful shot that hits the crossbar.

"...which he ended up smashing against the crossbar..."

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Note added at 14 mins (2016-06-16 13:40:31 GMT)
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Alternatively, if you use the shot as the subject:
"...which ended up nearly breaking the crossbar..."
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Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 22:17
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5smashing/blasting against the crossbar
Robert Carter
2that ended up caroming off the crossbar
Robert Forstag
2... and a shot from midfield that ended up rattling off/hitting the crossbar
Taña Dalglish


  

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que terminó reventando el travesaño
that ended up caroming off the crossbar


Explanation:
Or "bouncing." He does not mean that his shot actually broke the crossbar.

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 00:17
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 92
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
smashing/blasting against the crossbar


Explanation:
The travesaño is the crossbar of the goal.
"Reventar el travesaño" is hyperbole for a powerful shot that hits the crossbar.

"...which he ended up smashing against the crossbar..."

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Note added at 14 mins (2016-06-16 13:40:31 GMT)
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Alternatively, if you use the shot as the subject:
"...which ended up nearly breaking the crossbar..."

Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 22:17
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
... and a shot from midfield that ended up rattling off/hitting the crossbar


Explanation:
"... and a shot from midfield that ended up rattling off/hitting the crossbar ...,"

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/07/chilean-striker-who-hit-the-... (...his shot rattled off the crossbar). See video.


http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=reve...

http://www.bocajuniors.com.ar/el-club/boca-rosario?lang=en
El comienzo del segundo tiempo, quizás, fue el mejor momento de Boca en el cotejo. Gigliotti primero y Gago, reventando el travesaño después, tuvieron chances de oro para liquidar el partido pero no lo lograron.

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Note added at 23 mins (2016-06-16 13:49:31 GMT)
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Or another phrase: "careening off the crossbar".

UD Almeria v FC Barcelona (1-2): Barça make late comeback and win ...
www.fcbarcelona.com/football/.../ud-almeria-v-fc-barcelona-...
Nov 8, 2014 - FOOTBALL ... Two minutes later, he cleared space and found a cutting Messi, who sent yet another ball careening off the crossbar. In the 37th ...

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 23:17
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24
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