Nov 12, 2008 00:56
16 yrs ago
English term

Ruthian

English to Spanish Other Sports / Fitness / Recreation baseball
Means: con gran poder.
Cual es el equivalente en espanol, en jerga de beisbol?

Gracias

Proposed translations

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al modo/estilo de Babe Ruth

Seguramente se refiere a él.

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Note added at 1 hora (2008-11-12 02:26:52 GMT)
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¿Se usará "Ruthiana"??? Creo que pondría "perfecta"/"excepcional"
Ruthian
Definition from Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ruthian

From "Babe" Ruth, holder of the record for number of home runs in a season, which stood for more than 30 years.


[edit] Adjective
Ruthian (comparative more Ruthian, superlative most Ruthian)

Positive
Ruthian
Comparative
more Ruthian
Superlative
most Ruthian


(baseball) Prodigiously accomplished with respect to batting, typically describing the flight of a long home run.
Jones launches a Ruthian blast; it lands high in the upper deck.
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Note from asker:
Thanks!
Peer comment(s):

agree MONICA DIAZ : al estilo de Babe Ruth
1 min
Gracias, Mónica
agree Marina Ilari
5 mins
Gracias, Marina
agree Carmen Valentin-Rodriguez
1 hr
Gracias, Carmen
neutral Edward Potter : Not exactly. It goes a bit further than that.
1 day 8 hrs
Right, as I added below, I think "perfecta"/"excepcional" would do. Thank you!
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Lo deje Bambinazo. Necesitaba un termino preciso. Gracias."
1 day 9 hrs

colosal, gigantesco

Babe Ruth was an American icon in the 1920s and 1930s. A Latin American equivalent might be Diego Maradona. Anything greater than life can be ruthian. It means gargantuan, colossal, gigantic.
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