Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
acquaticità
English translation:
swimming skills
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Christina Townsend
Jun 4, 2007 09:27
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acquaticità
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Le prove sportive sono elemento di valutazione /selezione per il personale, in quanto riassumono tutte le qualità ginnico-sportive che un atleta deve possedere: *acquaticità* – scatto – resistenza – agilità - potenza.
Is there such a word in English?
Thanks in advance!
Cristina
Is there such a word in English?
Thanks in advance!
Cristina
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | swimming skills |
Christina Townsend
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| 4 +2 | aquatic skills |
Linda 969
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| 3 | water skills/watermanship |
potra
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| 3 -1 | Aquaticity |
Gad Kohenov
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Jun 12, 2007 06:52: Christina Townsend Created KOG entry
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swimming skills
I would go for swimming skills. Whilst it's not exactly the same sort of thing as "aquaticità" I think this is how we would describe general abilities in the water such as swimming and staying afloat.
HIH!
Chris
HIH!
Chris
Example sentence:
Floatation aids are key teaching tools used to support you, building your confidence and swimming skills to the point where you are ready to swim
Peer comment(s):
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Grey Drane (X)
: That's definitely what I'd use in this context. "Aquaticity" isn't anywhere near being a commonly understood word.
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Thanks Grey :-)
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Aquaticity
Has a lot of google hits. This seems to be it.
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Note added at 20 mins (2007-06-04 09:48:03 GMT)
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www.apneablue.com. "Speaking of freediving:" There is something my trainer calls aquaticity".
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Note added at 42 mins (2007-06-04 10:10:11 GMT)
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The inacqua website is another good example. In this case it's about dysfunctional aquacity in children.
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Note added at 48 mins (2007-06-04 10:16:33 GMT)
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Aqua skill in some kind of club in the USA. They speak of "water confidence". I suppose this is another suggestion.
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Note added at 51 mins (2007-06-04 10:19:45 GMT)
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Amy, water confidence has more then 20,000,000 hits, Ok?
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Note added at 52 mins (2007-06-04 10:20:28 GMT)
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*more than*
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Note added at 20 mins (2007-06-04 09:48:03 GMT)
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www.apneablue.com. "Speaking of freediving:" There is something my trainer calls aquaticity".
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Note added at 42 mins (2007-06-04 10:10:11 GMT)
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The inacqua website is another good example. In this case it's about dysfunctional aquacity in children.
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Note added at 48 mins (2007-06-04 10:16:33 GMT)
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Aqua skill in some kind of club in the USA. They speak of "water confidence". I suppose this is another suggestion.
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Note added at 51 mins (2007-06-04 10:19:45 GMT)
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Amy, water confidence has more then 20,000,000 hits, Ok?
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Note added at 52 mins (2007-06-04 10:20:28 GMT)
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*more than*
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awilliams
: 259 ≠ many hits - smacks of a translation IMHO (how about "comfort/competence in the water"?)//rare? 66,900 hits in IT
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This is relatively rare term. I don't expect it to have 1,250,000 hits. Do you?
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Grey Drane (X)
: While we're at it, let's translate "scatto" with "scact"... Seriously, though, "aquaticity" may be used by one or two people, but that doesn't make it a commonly accepted word.
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It's not one or two people. You are too fast at ruling out suggestions.
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aquatic skills
Hi Cristina
this covers a broader range of skills - IMO it's closer to acquaticità
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct...
this covers a broader range of skills - IMO it's closer to acquaticità
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct...
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water skills/watermanship
www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vproduct/page/
www.safesplash.com/sitepages/pid31.php - 19k
www.safesplash.com/sitepages/pid31.php - 19k
Discussion
Sounds like Amy is right.