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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesvirata
Pronunciation / Transliteration: virata
"La barca ha iniziato la virata per cambiare rotta."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The sailing maneuver of turning a vessel's bow across the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other.
"Skilled tacking allowed the yacht to make headway against the stiff breeze." - 2
The action of fastening or attaching something temporarily with a series of small, quick stitches or nails.
"The tailor used careful tacking to hold the fabric in place before the final sewing."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English 'taken' or Old Norse 'taka', later influenced by nautical terminology in the 15th century relating to fastening and maneuvering a sailing vessel against the wind. The semantic scope expanded from literal physical fastening and sailing maneuvers to figurative shifts in policy, strategy, or direction.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Tacking" is said worldwide
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virement de bord
Transliteration: virmant de bor
"Le voilier a effectué un habile virement de bord."
Kreuzen
Transliteration: kroytsen
"Das Kreuzen gegen den Wind erfordert viel Geschick."
virata
Transliteration: virata
"La barca ha iniziato la virata per cambiare rotta."
virada
Transliteration: birada
"La embarcación realizó una virada perfecta."
tke
Transliteration: taki
Script: tack
"O veleiro fez um tack rápido."
दिशा बदलना
Transliteration: disha badalna
"नाव ने हवा के विपरीत दिशा बदलना शुरू कर दिया।"
之字形航行
Transliteration: zhī zì xíng háng xíng
"帆船通过之字形航行逆风前进。"
택링
Transliteration: taegring
"요트가 바람을 거슬러 택링을 하고 있습니다."
帆走の方向転換
Transliteration: hansou no houkou tenkan
"ヨットは巧みに方向転換を行った。"
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