During my days of combat training in the mountains, I had to spar daily with my peers.
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Spar
//spɑɹ//
Synonyms for "spar" (177 found)
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Translations
51 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- греда noun (thick pole)
- ранго́ут noun (nautical: linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff)
- як прът noun (thick pole)
Catalan
1 entries- espat noun (any crystal with readily discernible faces)
Czech
4 entries- ráhno noun (nautical: linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff)
- závora noun (bar to fasten door)
- žerď noun (nautical: linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff)
- cvičit se verb (to fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat)
Dutch
2 entries- rondhout noun (nautical: linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff)
- sparren verb (to fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat)
Finnish
4 entries- parru noun (thick pole)
- pyöröpuu noun (nautical: linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff)
- siipisalko noun (aeronautics: beam-like structural member)
- sälpä noun (any crystal with readily discernible faces)
French
2 entries- longeron noun (aeronautics: beam-like structural member)
- spath noun (any crystal with readily discernible faces)
German
4 entries- Flügelholm noun (aeronautics: beam-like structural member)
- Holm noun (aeronautics: beam-like structural member)
- Rundholz noun (nautical: linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff)
- Spat noun (any crystal with readily discernible faces)
Irish
4 entries- croscheann sciatháin noun (aeronautics: beam-like structural member)
- sparra noun (nautical: linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff)
- sparra noun (any crystal with readily discernible faces)
- speáráil verb (to fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat)
Italian
1 entries- allenarsi al combattimento verb (to fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat)
Middle English
1 entries- sparre noun (thick pole)
Māori
2 entries- rākau whakapakoko noun (thick pole)
- rākau whakapakoko noun (nautical: linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- صیریق noun (thick pole)
- كوندر noun (thick pole)
Persian
2 entries- دکل noun (nautical: linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff)
- شاهتیر noun (thick pole)
Russian
4 entries- лонжеро́н крыла́ noun (aeronautics: beam-like structural member)
- ранго́ут noun (nautical: linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff)
- столб noun (thick pole)
- шпат noun (any crystal with readily discernible faces)
Spanish
4 entries- espato noun (any crystal with readily discernible faces)
- larguero noun (aeronautics: beam-like structural member)
- poste noun (thick pole)
- tranca noun (bar to fasten door)
Swedish
3 entries- balk noun (aeronautics: beam-like structural member)
- vingbalk noun (aeronautics: beam-like structural member)
- sparra verb (to fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Would you like to spar with me?
Source: tatoeba (8680841)
If you spar with him, I'll tell you a secret about his strength.
Source: tatoeba (8680842)
Spain and the UK continue to spar over the territory.
Source: tatoeba (8904561)
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