Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
a la tercera fue la vencida
English translation:
third-time lucky
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Angel_7
Jul 16, 2009 18:05
14 yrs ago
Spanish term
a la tercera
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Basketball
Referring to basketball, what is "a la tercera" referring to? The third minute or something else?
Aunque tuvieron que ir a la prórroga, después de dos intentos fallidos, los campeones de liga, los XXX de XXX, por fin, pudieron conseguir el título de la División XXX, por segunda temporada consecutiva.
A la tercera fue la vencida y después de haber perdido dos oportunidades de asegurarse el título, los XXX lo hicieron gracias a la aportación del alero XXX XXX, que con 36 puntos y 11 rebotes ganaron 112-108 a los XXX de XXX.
Aunque tuvieron que ir a la prórroga, después de dos intentos fallidos, los campeones de liga, los XXX de XXX, por fin, pudieron conseguir el título de la División XXX, por segunda temporada consecutiva.
A la tercera fue la vencida y después de haber perdido dos oportunidades de asegurarse el título, los XXX lo hicieron gracias a la aportación del alero XXX XXX, que con 36 puntos y 11 rebotes ganaron 112-108 a los XXX de XXX.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +7 | third-time lucky |
Timothy Barton
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| 5 | third overtime |
Richard Cadena
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| 4 | third time's the chance |
Montse Ballesteros
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Proposed translations
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third-time lucky
It was third-time lucky for the XXX, who had already wasted two chances to win the title. But they finally managed to wrap it up with a 112-108 win against the XXX de XXX, thanks to the small forward XXX XXX, who scored 36 points and made 11 rebounds.
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Note added at 26 mins (2009-07-16 18:32:39 GMT)
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Forgot to add my explanation. I understand that in its last two games the team could also have won the division, but they failed to do so. This time, however, they finally won the title.
Correction to my sentence: "who had already missed out on two opportunities to win the XXX Division".
The reason for the change is because on the previous occasions they may have needed other teams to lose, so it might be unfair to say "wasted".
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Note added at 26 mins (2009-07-16 18:32:39 GMT)
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Forgot to add my explanation. I understand that in its last two games the team could also have won the division, but they failed to do so. This time, however, they finally won the title.
Correction to my sentence: "who had already missed out on two opportunities to win the XXX Division".
The reason for the change is because on the previous occasions they may have needed other teams to lose, so it might be unfair to say "wasted".
Peer comment(s):
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delveneto
: Your explanation makes sense. "third time".
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Rocio Barrientos
36 mins
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Mariel Pato
: That's right! "La tercera es la vencida" is a popular saying in Spanish, meaning that you tried twice unsuccessfully and on the third time, you get lucky! ;-)
49 mins
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Noni Gilbert Riley
: " A la tercera va la vencida" = third time lucky.
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Sandra Holt
: Spot on Timothy :D
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Ramón Ruiz López
: Absolutely right. It is a fairly common expression in Spanish: "a la tercera, va la vencida".
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Mirtha Grotewold
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third overtime
Note that "prórroga" is the term being used to refer to "overtime". "Tiempo Extra" is the term used in the Spanish of Mexico that means "overtime". Observe the feminine gender of "prórroga" and the continuation of that feminine gender in "la tercera". Accordingly, the game was not decided until the third overtime period.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
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third time's the chance
Prov. The third time you try to do something, it will work. Jill: I've called Miriam twice, but she doesn't answer her phone. Jane: Try again. The third time's the charm.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-07-16 20:36:36 GMT)
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I'm sorry! I meant "third time's the charm"
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-07-16 20:36:36 GMT)
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I'm sorry! I meant "third time's the charm"
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