arm wrestling

See also: arm-wrestling

English[edit]

Men preparing to arm wrestle

arm wrestling (uncountable)

A strength sport with two participants, in which each participant grips the other's hand and tries to pin the other's arm onto a surface.

a sport

Adyghe: ӏэтэчэн (ʾătăčăn)
Afrikaans: armdruk
Arabic: مُصَارَعَة ذراعية‎ f
Azerbaijani: armrestlinq
Bulgarian: канадска борба f (kanadska borba)
Catalan: torcebraç (ca) m
Cebuano: bo, gangi
Chinese:
Cantonese: 拗手瓜 (aau² sau² gwaa¹)

Mandarin: 比腕力 (bǐwànlì), 掰手腕 (bāishǒuwàn), 扳手勁 (bānshǒujìn), 掰腕子 (bāiwànzi)

Min Nan: 遏手把 (zh-min-nan) (at-chhiú-pà)
Czech: sportovní přetláčení rukou m, přetláčení m, páka (cs) f
Danish: armlægning c
Dutch: armworsteling f
Esperanto: pojnduelo
Estonian: käesurumine
Finnish: kädenvääntö (fi)
French: bras de fer (fr) m
German: Armdrücken n, Armwrestling n (competitive)
Greek: μπρα-ντε-φέρ (el) n (bra-de-fér), μπραντεφέρ (el) n (brantefér), πάλη βραχίονα (el) f (páli vrachíona), χειροπάλη (el) f (cheiropáli)
Hebrew: הוֹרָדֵת יָדַיִם‎ (he) f, הוֹרָדֵת ידיים‎ (he) f
Hungarian: karbirkózás, szkander
Icelandic: sjómaður (is) m
Indonesian: panco (id)