The headwind blew against the sail.
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Headwind
//ˈhɛdˌwɪnd//
Synonyms for "headwind"
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Translations
42 translations across 30 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- رِيَاح عَكْسِيَّة verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
- رِيَاح مُضَادَّة verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
- كَوْس verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
Catalan
1 entries- vent de proa verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
Czech
1 entries- protivítr verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
Danish
1 entries- modvind verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
Dutch
1 entries- tegenwind verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
Faroese
1 entries- mótvindur verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
Finnish
1 entries- vastatuuli verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
French
1 entries- vent debout verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
German
1 entries- Gegenwind verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
Greek
1 entries- αντίθετος άνεμος verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
Hebrew
2 entries- רוּחַ נֶגְדִית verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
- רוּחַ פָּנִים verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
Hungarian
1 entries- ellenszél verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
Icelandic
4 entries- andbyr verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
- andviðri verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
- mótbyr verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
- mótvindur verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
Ingrian
1 entries- vastain tuuli verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
Irish
2 entries- gaoth chinn verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
- gaoth ghann verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
Italian
1 entries- vento di prua verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
Japanese
1 entries- 向かい風 verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
Kazakh
1 entries- қарсы жел verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
Māori
3 entries- haupāuma verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
- hautūmū verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
- pāuma verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- motbør verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
- motvind verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- motvind verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
Polish
1 entries- wiatr przeciwny verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
Portuguese
1 entries- vento ponteiro verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
Russian
1 entries- встре́чный ве́тер verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
Spanish
3 entries- viento contrario verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
- viento de proa verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
- viento en contra verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
Swedish
1 entries- motvind verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
Telugu
1 entries- ఎదురుగాలి verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
Turkish
1 entries- pruva rüzgârı verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
Ukrainian
1 entries- зустрі́чний ві́тер verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
Welsh
1 entries- gwynt blaen verb (wind that blows directly against the course of a vessel)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Today, Tatoeba is slower than a tired snail facing headwind.
Source: tatoeba (6208642)
The airplane cannot leave without a headwind.
Source: tatoeba (11565807)
There was such a strong headwind that I had to get off my bike and push it.
Source: tatoeba (11966021)
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