Home ->Dictionaries ->English/Spanish ->Search: checkmate

English and Spanish Translation Search Results for checkmate

Summary

English to Spanish: more detail...

checkmate:
- jaque mate
- jaque mate
Wiktionary:
- checkmate → jaque mate, mate
- checkmate → jaque mate
- checkmate → jaque mate, mate

English

Detailed Translations for checkmate from English to Spanish

checkmate:

checkmate adj

checkmate
jaque mate
- jaque mate adj

checkmate [the ~] noun

the checkmate

– In chess, a move that wins the game whereby the opponent's king cannot escape. ¹
jaque mate
- jaque mate

Translation Matrix for checkmate:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	mate
Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	mate
Not Specified	Related Translations	Other Translations
jaque mate	checkmate
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
jaque mate	checkmate

Synonyms for "checkmate":

victory; triumph
mate; chess move
mate; beat; beat out; crush; shell; trounce; vanquish

Related Definitions for "checkmate":

a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king²
complete victory²
place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game²
- Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves²
In chess, a move that wins the game whereby the opponent's king cannot escape.¹

Wiktionary Translations for checkmate:

checkmate

noun

conclusive victory in a game of chess
- checkmate → jaque mate; mate

interjection

said when making the conclusive move in chess
- checkmate → jaque mate

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• checkmate	→ jaque mate	↔ Schachmatt — Schach: Stellung im Schach, bei der ein Spieler verloren hat, weil sein König direkt angegriffen wird und dieser Angriff durch keinen zulässigen Zug aufgehoben werden kann
• checkmate	→ mate	↔ schachmatt — beim Schach: unfähig, dem Verlust des unmittelbar angegriffenen Königs beim Schachspiel entgegenzuwirken, und damit die Partie verlierend
• checkmate	→ jaque mate	↔ échec et mat — échecs\|fr Position dans laquelle le roi est en situation d'échec imparable et qui marque la fin de la partie.