football oor Xhosa

football

/ˈfʊtbɔːl/ naamwoord

(not North America, uncountable) association football: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball.

Football

The ball used in the american and canadian football.

Soortgelyke frases

rugby football
ibhola yombhoxo

voorbeelde

Louis football team, related: “The coaches told us that [the Cleveland Browns’] quarterback had a bad neck.
Louis, wabalisa oku: “Abaqeqeshi basixelela ukuba umdlali wasemva welinye iqela [iCleveland Browns] wayenentamo ebuthathaka.

“Yet that is exactly what all those million- dollar quarterbacks in the National Football League do each week during the 16- week season,” reported The New York Times.
“Ukanti yiloo nto kanye exhanyulwa ngabo badlala kwiindawo ezithile abafumana izigidi zeedola kwiNational Football League veki nganye ebudeni bexesha lomdlalo eliziiveki ezili-16,” yanikela loo ngxelo iThe New York Times.

That is to say, God goes to church, and God goes to football games.”
Oko kukuthi, uThixo uyaya ecaweni, yaye uThixo uyaya kwimidlalo yebhola ekhatywayo.”

Moving to Europe and having the opportunity to become an internationally known footballer was an attractive prospect.
Ukufudukela eYurophu nokuba nethuba lokuba ngumdlali owaziwayo webhola ehlabathini lonke kwakubangel’ umdla ngokwenene.

Commenting on one convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Norwich, England, the football stadium manager said: “The peaceful atmosphere over the four days . . . is catching.
Umphathi webala lebhola ekhatywayo wagqabaza wathi ngenye indibano yamaNgqina kaYehova eyayiseNorwich, eNgilani: “Umoya woxolo obakho ebudeni beentsuku ezine . . . uyahlaziya.

They organized a group to build a retaining pond, which, when completed, was the size of a football field.
Lalungiselela ukuba kwakhiwe idama, elalilingana nebala lebhola.

You will rarely find the star of the football or basketball team hurting for recognition.”
Kunqabile ukuba iqhawe elikwiqela lebhola ekhatywayo okanye lebhola yomnyazi lingamkeleki.”

▪ A group of preteens are playing a game of coed football.
▪ Iqela labantwana abakwishumi elivisayo lidlala ibhola ekhatywayo.

One father said regarding his son’s playing football: ‘It keeps him off the streets.
Omnye ubawo wathi ngokuphathelele ukudlala konyana wakhe ibhola ekhatywayo: ‘Kumnceda ayeke ukuba ngumgub’ othe saa ezitratweni.

That a football or basketball player garners more respect than a scholar is not so amazing when you consider the worshipful attention the media heap upon professional athletes.
Isibakala sokuba umdlali webhola ekhatywayo okanye webhola yomnyazi efumana imbeko engakumbi kunesifundiswa asimangalisi kangako xa uqwalasela indlela amaziko eendaba abanqula ngayo abadlali abahlawulwayo.

Lord Wakefield, then chairman of Rugby Union Football for the whole of Britain, had kindly told our brothers that if they experienced any difficulties in their negotiations at the board meeting in Cardiff, they should ask the board members to telephone him.
UMhlekazi uWakefield, ngoko owayengusihlalo weRugby Union Football kulo lonke elaseBritani, ngobubele wabaxelela abazalwana ukuba, ukuba bafumanisa nabuphi na ubunzima kwiingxoxo zabo nelo qumrhu lalihlanganisene eCardiff, bafanele bacele loo malungu alo amtsalele umnxeba.

“They made friends with him and talked about football, and they were very hospitable.
“Benza ubuhlobo naye yaye babencokola ngebhola ekhatywayo ibe babenobubele kakhulu.

“Every three seconds a portion of original rainforest the size of a football field disappears. . . .
“Kwimizuzwana ngaminye emithathu ummandla ochumileyo wehlathi lendalo elinobukhulu obulingana nebala lebhola uthi shwaka. . . .

“Some kinds of South American corn grown today,” says the book Latin American Cooking, “produce massive ears shaped like footballs, with flat kernels an inch long and almost as broad.”
Incwadi ethi Latin American Cooking ithi: “Umbona waseMzantsi-Merika unezikhwebu ezikhulu ezifana nebhola yombhoxo, ezineenkozo ezisicaba eziziisentimitha ezisi-2,5 ubude nobubanzi.”

“You must have that fire in you,” a former football coach once said, “and there is nothing that stokes that fire like hate.”
Owayesakuba ngumqeqeshi weqela labadlali bebhola ekhatywayo wathi: “Ufanele uvuth’ amalangatye, ibe intiyo iwagcina elephuza loo malangatye.”

One professional football player describes his everyday self as “soft-spoken, considerate and friendly.”
Omnye umdlali webhola ekhatywayo ohlawulwayo uchaza ubuntu bakhe obuqhelekileyo “njengothethela phantsi, onolwazelelelo nonobuhlobo.”

When he was in school, Rajesh and his friends could not even touch the football that the other children played soccer with.
Xa wayesesikolweni, uRajesh nabahlobo bakhe babengenakuyichukumisa ibhola edlala abanye abantwana.

The football field was covered with thousands of cots, as well as refugees patiently waiting for solutions to their problems.
Ibala lebhola lalizaliswe ziinqwelwana zabantwana ezininzi, kukho neembacu ezininzi ezazilindele ukuncedwa kwiingxaki zazo.

If enlarged to the size of a football field, a web of dragline silk could stop a jumbo jet in flight!
Xa inokwenziwa nkulu ilingane nebala lokudlala ibhola ekhatywayo, indlu yesigcawu eyenziwe ngedragline, inokubamba ubhazabhaza wenqwelo-moya ebhabhayo ame ngxi!

The huddle breaks up with a loud shout, the players take their positions on the field, the whistle blows, and the organized mayhem of American football begins.
Elo gqugula lahlukana ngomkhwazo omkhulu, abadlali bema ngeendawo zabo ebaleni, impempe iyakhala, kwaye imbuqe yombhodamo elungelelanisiweyo yomdlalo webhola ekhatywayo waseMerika iyaqalisa.

In one so-called Christian country, the captain of a football team prayed for his team’s victory and protection from injury.
Kwelinye ilizwe ekufane kuthiwe lelobuKristu, umphathi weqela lebhola ekhatywayo wathandazela ukuba iqela lakhe liphumelele lize likhuselwe ekwenzakaleni.

For example, during the last seconds of an American Super Bowl football game, a kicker lined up for the crucial field goal that would win the game for his team or lose it if he missed.
Ngokomzekelo, ebudeni bemizuzwana yokugqibela yomdlalo webhola ekhatywayo weAmerican Super Bowl, umdlali wayeza kukhaba eyona bhola yayiza kwenza iqela labo liphumelele kumdlalo okanye lingaphumeleli ukuba wayengayifakanga.

He comments further: “Competitive, organized injuring is integral to our way of life, and football is one of the more intelligible mirrors . . . showing us how exciting and rewarding it is to Smash Thy Neighbor.”
Ugqabaza ngokubhekele phayaa esenjenje: “Ukwenzakalisa okuphenjelelwa ngumoya wokhuphiswano nokulungelelanisiweyo kuyinxalenye yobomi bethu, yaye ibhola ekhatywayo isesinye sezipili ezicacileyo . . . esibonisa indlela ekuchwayitisa nekubuyekeza ngayo ukuhlekeza ummelwane wakho.”

There “the land slopes gently upward from the Sea of Galilee to a modern road more than a football field away.”
Apho “umhlaba uthambeka kancinane ngaphezulu ukusuka kuLwandle lwaseGalili ukuya kwindlela yanamhla enobude obungaphezulu kwebala lebhola ekhatywayo ukusuka elwandle.”

In Mexico alone, habitat equivalent to the size of a football field reportedly disappears every minute.
EMexico nje kuphela, mzuzu ngamnye kutshatyalaliswa amahlathi alingana nebala lebhola.