An injury put the shortstop out of action.
Source: tatoeba (22292)
Shortstop
//ʃɔɹt.stap//
Synonyms for "shortstop" (43 found)
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9 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- шортстоп noun (baseball: defensive player between second and third baseman)
Catalan
1 entries- interbase noun (baseball: defensive player between second and third baseman)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 游擊手 /游击手 noun (baseball: defensive player between second and third baseman)
Czech
1 entries- spojka noun (baseball: defensive player between second and third baseman)
Finnish
2 entries- polttaja (in pesäpallo) noun (baseball: defensive player between second and third baseman)
- sortti noun (baseball: defensive player between second and third baseman)
French
1 entries- arrêt-court noun (baseball: defensive player between second and third baseman)
Hungarian
1 entries- beállós noun (baseball: defensive player between second and third baseman)
Italian
1 entries- interbase noun (baseball: defensive player between second and third baseman)
Japanese
2 entries- ショート noun (baseball: defensive player between second and third baseman)
- 遊撃手 noun (baseball: defensive player between second and third baseman)
Korean
2 entries- 쇼트 noun (baseball: defensive player between second and third baseman)
- 유격수 noun (baseball: defensive player between second and third baseman)
Polish
1 entries- łapacz noun (baseball: defensive player between second and third baseman)
Portuguese
1 entries- interbases noun (baseball: defensive player between second and third baseman)
Spanish
3 entries- campo corto noun (baseball: defensive player between second and third baseman)
- parador en corto noun (baseball: defensive player between second and third baseman)
- torpedero noun (baseball: defensive player between second and third baseman)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chặn ngắn noun (baseball: defensive player between second and third baseman)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Tom played shortstop.
Source: tatoeba (2050565)
Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager was named the World Series Most Valuable Player after compiling a .471 batting average with two home runs and seven runs scored in the series.
Source: tatoeba (9203087)
The shortstop then throws the ball to the first baseman.
Source: tatoeba (10954247)
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