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checkmate

/ˈtʃɛk.meɪt/

Traducciones

checkmatenoun

checkmates

/ˈtʃɛk.meɪt/

échec et matAux échecs.

After a series of strategic moves, she finally achieved checkmate, winning the game.

Après une série de coups stratégiques, elle a finalement obtenu l’échec et mat, remportant la partie.

Traducciones adicionales

défaite totaleSens figuré.

Sinónimos

checkmateverb

checkmated

Past Simple

checkmated

Past Participle

checkmating

Gerund

/ˈtʃɛk.meɪt/

materAux échecs ; verbe transitif.

With a brilliant queen sacrifice, he managed to checkmate his rival in just 23 moves.

Grâce à un brillant sacrifice de dame, il a réussi à mater son rival en seulement 23 coups.

Traducciones adicionales

materSens figuré.

Sinónimos

triumph over

checkmateinterjection

Exclamation used to announce victory in chess or figuratively.

échec et matExclamation aux échecs.

"Checkmate!" he shouted as he placed his queen on the decisive square.

« Échec et mat ! » s’écria-t-il en posant sa dame sur la case décisive.

Sinónimos

game over

you lose

got you

that's that

Definiciones

checkmatenoun

A position in chess in which a player's king is in a position to be captured and cannot escape from capture, resulting in a win for the opponent.

After a series of strategic moves, she finally achieved checkmate, winning the game.

A complete defeat or an action that leaves an opponent with no options.

The company's new product launch was a checkmate for its competitors, leaving them scrambling to catch up.

checkmateverb

To defeat or outmaneuver someone in a way that leaves them with no options or means of escape.

The lawyer managed to checkmate the opposing counsel with a surprise piece of evidence.

To put an opponent's king into checkmate, thereby winning the game of chess.

With a brilliant queen sacrifice, he managed to checkmate his rival in just 23 moves.

checkmateinterjection

An exclamation announcing one's victory, especially in chess when delivering checkmate.

"Checkmate!" he shouted as he placed his queen on the decisive square.