Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
Última partida do quadrangular
English translation:
last match of the group stage
Added to glossary by
Charles R. Castleberry
Apr 26, 2014 16:01
10 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
Última partida do quadrangular
Portuguese to English
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Sports / Fitness / Recreation
World Cup Soccer/Football ; something to do with the semi-final or final rounds
Proposed translations
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3 +3 | last match of the group stage |
Martin Riordan
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4 +3 | Last match of the four-sided tournament |
Paul Brown
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Proposed translations
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last match of the group stage
The 32 teams that qualify for the world cup are divided by a draw into 8 groups of 4. At the beginning of the tournament, each of these teams plays the other three in its group. In English, this is known as the "group stage". Each group effectively plays a four-sided tournament. I suspect that this could be what the phrase refers to.
Example sentence:
In the group stage, teams compete within eight groups of four teams each.
Note from asker:
Thanks for the great helping hand, Martin |
Peer comment(s):
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Mario Freitas
: After the discussion topics, since this relates to the World Cup, I think you've done the correct interpetation. In the WC, the only "quadrangular" there is would be in the first phase.
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Obrigado, Mario!
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Paul Brown
: Exactly what Mario said!
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Thanks, Paul!
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Gilmar Fernandes
: Yes, after Charles posted this footnote, it's clearly the group stage: "¹ Última partida do quadrangular (fase em que 4 equipes jogam entre si)"
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Thanks, Gilmar!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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Last match of the four-sided tournament
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torneio_Quadrangular_de_Salvado...
Its a football tournament that has four teams.
Its a football tournament that has four teams.
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Thanks again for the great helping hand , Paul |
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Mario Freitas
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Thanks Mario!
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Elenice Brasseland
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Thanks!
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Claudio Mazotti
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Discussion
² Decisão por pênaltis
Does that point towards semi-finals round?
Now, if you're talking about the World Cup, the quadrangular final would be the semifinals, for sure, as this tournament does have semifinals and finals. In that case, Gilmar's answer is the correct one.
Finally, if the expression relates to the last match of the first phase, another type of quadrangular, since it has four teams per group, than Martin's answer is the correct one.
We need more context to see which one is being mentioned, since all three answers could be correct. You might have noticed Paul's answer has the most "agrees" because in Brazil, when you say "quadrangular", it's the type of finals without semifinals and final match. We don't use the term for the World Cup type of tournament.