sporting

sport·ing  (spôrtng, spr-)

adj.

1. Used in or appropriate for sports: sporting goods.

2. Characterized by sportsmanship.

3. Of or associated with gambling.

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sporting·ly adv.

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sporting [ˈspɔːtɪŋ]

adj

1. (General Sporting Terms) (prenominal) of, relating to, or used or engaged in a sport or sports several sporting interests

2. (General Sporting Terms) relating or conforming to sportsmanship; fair

3. (Group Games / Gambling, except Cards) of, relating to, or characterized by an interest in gambling

4. willing to take a risk

sportingly  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	sporting - exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play; "a clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the disagreement"; "sportsmanlike conduct" sportsmanlike, sporty, clean fair, just - free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules; "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul"
	2.	sporting - relating to or used in sports; "sporting events"; "sporting equipment"
	3.	sporting - involving risk or willingness to take a risk; "a sporting chance"; "sporting blood" adventuresome, adventurous - willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises; "adventurous pioneers"; "the risks and gains of an adventuresome economy"
	4.	sporting - preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance; "led a dissipated life"; "a betting man"; "a card-playing son of a bitch"; "a gambling fool"; "sporting gents and their ladies" betting, card-playing, dissipated indulgent - characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone ; "indulgent grandparents"

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sporting

adjective fair, sportsmanlike, game (informal), gentlemanly a sporting gesture in the highest traditions
unfair, unsporting, unsportsmanlike

Translations

sporting [ˈspɔːtɪŋ] ADJ

1. [activity, career] → deportivo

2. (= fair) [conduct, spirit etc] → deportivo, caballeroso
that's very sporting of you → eres muy amable, es muy amable de su parte
there's a sporting chance that → existe la posibilidad de que ...

sporting [ˈspɔː^rtɪŋ] adj

[event, activities] → sportif/ive; [goods] → de sport

(= fair) [person] → sport f inv; [gesture] → chic f inv
to give sb a sporting chance → donner sa chance à qn
sport jacket n (US) → veste f sport inv
sports bag n → sac m de sport
sports car n → voiture f de sport

sporting

adj

person, interests → sportlich; sporting events → Wettkämpfe pl; sporting gods → Sportidole pl; sporting goods → Sportartikel pl; sporting gun → Sportwaffe f; sporting injury → Sportverletzung f; sporting organization → Sportverband m; a great sporting man → ein großer Sportsmann; sporting editor (US) → Sportredakteur(in) m(f); the sporting world → die Welt des Sports

(= sportsmanlike) → sportlich; (fig) offer, solution → fair; (= decent) → anständig; it’s sporting of you to … → es ist anständig von dir, zu …; to give somebody a sporting chance → jdm eine faire Chance geben; there is a sporting chance that … → die Chancen stehen nicht schlecht, dass …; to have a sporting chance of winning → eine faire Siegchance haben; sporting spirit → Sportsgeist m

sporting [ˈspɔːtɪŋ] adj (event, behaviour, attitude) → sportivo/a
there's a sporting chance that → c'è una buona probabilità che + sub
to give sb a sporting chance → dare a qn una possibilità (di vincere)