weightlifting

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Weightlifting

Alternative forms

• weight lifting

Noun

weightlifting (uncountable)

1. (sports) A sport in which competitors lift heavy weights in two events: the snatch and the clean and jerk.
2. A form of exercise in which weights are lifted.

Synonyms

• (form of exercise): weight training

Translations

sport in which competitors lift heavy weights

Armenian: ծանրամարտ (hy) (canramart) Catalan: halterofília  (ca) f. Czech: vzpírání (cs) n. Finnish: painonnosto (fi) German: Gewichtheben (de) n. Greek: άρση βαρών (el) (ársi varón) f. Hungarian: súlyemelés (hu)

Japanese: ウエイトリフティング (ja) (ueitorifutingu) Korean: 역도 (ko) (yeogdo) Macedonian: кревање тегови (mk) (krévanje tégovi) n. Polish: podnoszenie ciężarów m. Russian: тяжёлая атлетика (ru) Spanish: halterofilia (es)

form of exercise

Finnish: painonnosto (fi) Greek: άρση βαρών (el) (ársi varón) f. Hungarian: súlyemelés (hu)

Japanese: 重量挙げ (ja) (jūryōage) Macedonian: кревање тегови (mk) (krévanje tégovi) n.

See also

• powerlifting
• Weightlifting on Wikiversity. Wikiversity