abdominales
/abdominales/from spelling rules
The English phrase "curl ups" is translated into Spanish as abdominales.
In Spanish, the term abdominales is used broadly to cover various types of core exercises, including both sit-ups and curl-ups.
How does it change in a sentence?
The word abdominales is typically used in the plural to refer to the exercise, but the singular form abdominal refers to a single repetition or the muscle itself.
How do you pronounce it?
/abdominales/
Did you know?
- The word abdominales refers to both the exercise and the muscles themselves, meaning a person can say tengo abdominales to mean 'I have six-pack abs' rather than 'I have curl-ups'.
- The term abdominales comes from the Latin abdomen, which originally referred to the belly or paunch, a meaning that remains in many Romance languages.
- In many gyms across Latin America, you might hear people ask for hacer la tabla to refer to planks, which is a different core movement than abdominales.
Examples in context
- Profesor/a, ¿cuántas elevaciones de abdomen recomienda para fortalecer los músculos del core?Teacher, how many curl ups do you recommend to strengthen the core muscles?
- Las flexiones abdominales son un ejercicio en el que te acuestas boca arriba, doblas las rodillas y tratas de levantar el torso con los abdominales.Curl ups are an exercise where you lie on your back, bend your knees, and try to lift your torso using your abdominal muscles.
- Mañana voy a hacer abdominales.Tomorrow I am going to do curl ups.
- Los abdominales son muy difíciles.Curl ups are very difficult.
- Necesito hacer más abdominales en el gimnasio.I need to do more curl ups at the gym.
Example conversation
Lucía and Alejandro are talking at the gym about their workout routine.
- Lucía¿Qué ejercicio vas a hacer ahora, Alejandro?What exercise are you going to do now, Alejandro?
- AlejandroVoy a hacer algunas series de abdominales.I am going to do some sets of curl ups.
- LucíaYo también quiero hacer abdominales.I want to do curl ups too.
- AlejandroEstá bien, podemos entrenar juntos.That is fine, we can train together.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
