làm bàn
Definition
- Verb (Sports):
- To score a goal: To successfully kick or head the ball into the opponent's net in football (soccer), thereby gaining a point for one's team. This is the primary and most common usage.
- To score (a point): More generally, it can refer to the act of gaining a point in a ball-based goal sport.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Tiền đạo đó đã làm bàn ở phút thứ 89. (That forward scored a goal in the 89th minute.)
- Đội chúng tôi cần làm bàn sớm. (Our team needs to score early.)
- Anh ấy đã làm bàn ấn định chiến thắng. (He scored the winning goal.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is almost exclusively used in the context of football (soccer) and similar goal-based team sports like futsal or hockey. It is not typically used for scoring in basketball or volleyball.
- "người làm bàn": This noun phrase means "goalscorer" or "buteur."
- Anh ấy là người làm bàn số một của giải đấu. (He is the top goalscorer of the tournament.)
Variants and Related Words
- Ghi bàn (v): This is a direct synonym meaning "to score a goal." and are often used interchangeably.
- Cầu thủ trẻ đã ghi bàn đầu tiên cho đội. (The young player scored the first goal for the team.)
Synonyms
- Score a goal: The direct English equivalent.
- Net a goal: A common English idiom.
- Find the back of the net: A descriptive English phrase for scoring.
Related Idioms
- While itself is not part of a wider idiom, the action is central to many common football expressions like:
- Mở tỷ số: to open the scoring (to score the first goal of the match).
- San bằng tỷ số: to equalize (to score a goal that makes the score level).
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(thể thao) Score a goal (in football)
