Tipi di sport

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Tipi di sport
Types of sport

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Sport di squadra

Team sports

Il tuo punteggio	Vocabolario	Traduzione	Frase esempio / note
0/0	American football	football americano	‘How many players are there in an American football team?’ American English =‘football’
0/0	baseball	baseball	‘I played baseball on holiday.’
0/0	basketball	pallacanestro	‘I used to enjoy playing basketball but now I prefer playing hockey.’
0/0	cricket	cricket	‘I enjoy playing cricket.’
0/0	football	calcio	‘I used to play football before I injured my knee.’ American English = ‘soccer’ (and different from ‘American football’)
0/0	hockey	hockey	‘I was captain of the university hockey team.’
0/0	netball	netball	‘I’ve started playing netball for a local team.’
0/0	rugby	rugby	‘I used to play rugby but prefer football now.’

Il tuo punteggio

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American football

football americano

‘How many players are there in an American football team?’

American English =‘football’

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baseball

baseball

‘I played baseball on holiday.’

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basketball

pallacanestro

‘I used to enjoy playing basketball but now I prefer playing hockey.’

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cricket

cricket

‘I enjoy playing cricket.’

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football

calcio

‘I used to play football before I injured my knee.’

American English = ‘soccer’ (and different from ‘American football’)

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hockey

hockey

‘I was captain of the university hockey team.’

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netball

netball

‘I’ve started playing netball for a local team.’

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rugby

rugby

‘I used to play rugby but prefer football now.’

Sport di racchetta

Racquet sports

Il tuo punteggio	Vocabolario	Traduzione	Frase esempio / note
0/0	badminton	volano	‘I play badminton on Thursday evenings at the local sports centre.’
0/0	squash	squash	‘I play squash every Saturday morning.’
0/0	table tennis	ping pong	‘I don’t understand the rules of table tennis. I prefer squash instead.’ Also known as ‘ping pong’
0/0	tennis	tennis	‘My favourite sport is tennis.’

Il tuo punteggio

Vocabolario, Audio, Traduzione, Frase esempio / note

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badminton

volano

‘I play badminton on Thursday evenings at the local sports centre.’

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squash

squash

‘I play squash every Saturday morning.’

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table tennis

ping pong

‘I don’t understand the rules of table tennis. I prefer squash instead.’

Also known as ‘ping pong’

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tennis

tennis

‘My favourite sport is tennis.’

Sport invernali

Winter sports

Il tuo punteggio	Vocabolario	Traduzione	Frase esempio / note
0/0	biathlon	biathlon	‘The biathlon competition will be taking place soon.’
0/0	bobsleigh	bob	‘Did you see the bobsleigh competition on television yesterday?’
0/0	cross-country skiing	sci di fondo	‘I went cross-country skiing at New Year.’
0/0	downhill skiing	discesa libera	‘I prefer cross-country skiing to downhill skiing.’
0/0	ice hockey	hockey su ghiaccio	‘We’re going to watch the ice hockey game on Saturday.’
0/0	ice skating	pattinaggio su ghiaccio	‘What time is the ice skating competition on television?’
0/0	snowboarding	snowboard	‘I prefer snowboarding to skiing.’

Il tuo punteggio

Vocabolario, Audio, Traduzione, Frase esempio / note

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biathlon

biathlon

‘The biathlon competition will be taking place soon.’

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bobsleigh

bob

‘Did you see the bobsleigh competition on television yesterday?’

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cross-country skiing

sci di fondo

‘I went cross-country skiing at New Year.’

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downhill skiing

discesa libera

‘I prefer cross-country skiing to downhill skiing.’

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ice hockey

hockey su ghiaccio

‘We’re going to watch the ice hockey game on Saturday.’

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ice skating

pattinaggio su ghiaccio

‘What time is the ice skating competition on television?’

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snowboarding

snowboard

‘I prefer snowboarding to skiing.’

Sport acquatici

Water sports

Il tuo punteggio	Vocabolario	Traduzione	Frase esempio / note
0/0	canoeing	canoismo	‘We went canoeing on the river.’
0/0	to row	remare	‘I’m planning to row the length of the Forth.’ Note the pronunciation of ‘to row’ (a water sport) vs. ‘to row’ (to have an argument)
0/0	rowing	canottaggio	‘I enjoy rowing, especially when the sun is shining.’
0/0	sailing	vela	‘I’m going to spend next week sailing along the coast.’
0/0	to scuba dive	fare immersioni	‘Last summer I went scuba diving off the coast of Egypt.’
0/0	surfing	surf	‘I’ve taken up surfing as a hobby.’
0/0	to swim	nuotare	‘I swim most mornings.’
0/0	swimming	nuoto	‘I’m not a strong swimmer. I prefer running to swimming.’
0/0	to windsurf	fare windsurf	‘I want to learn to windsurf when I’m on holiday this summer.’
0/0	windsurfing	windsurf	‘I’d like to go windsurfing today, but the weather isn’t suitable.’
0/0	yachting	navigazione da diporto	‘I enjoy yachting, but it’s quite expensive.’