showdown

English

Etymology

show +‎ down

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

showdown (countable and uncountable, plural showdowns)

1. The final battle between two nemeses, in which there can be but one victor.
   • 2021 May 2, Mantej Mann, “Newcastle United 0-2 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored on his first start since recovering from malaria as Arsenal prepared for their Europa League showdown against Villarreal with a confidence-boosting win away to Newcastle at St James' Park.

2. (poker) The final round in a poker match, where the all remaining players' cards have to be put down on the table and shown.

Derived terms

• brodown showdown

Translations

the final battle between two nemeses, in which there can be but one victor

• Bulgarian: решителна битка f (rešitelna bitka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 對決／对决 (zh) (duìjué)

• Dutch: krachtmeting (nl) f
• Finnish: välienselvittely (fi)
• French: confrontation finale f
• German: Showdown (de) n, entscheidender Machtkampf m
• Hungarian: leszámolás (hu)
• Icelandic: lokauppgjör n
• Japanese: 決戦 (ja) (kessen)
• Polish: ostateczna rozgrywka f
• Portuguese: confronto (pt)
• Russian: фина́льный поеди́нок m (finálʹnyj pojedínok), реша́ющая схва́тка f (rešájuščaja sxvátka)
• Serbo-Croatian: konačni obračun m
• Spanish: enfrentamiento (es) m

the final round in a poker match

• Bulgarian: показване на картите (pokazvane na kartite)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 攤牌／摊牌 (zh) (tānpái)

• Russian: раскры́тие карт n (raskrýtije kart)
• Serbo-Croatian: otkrivanje karata n, polaganje karata n