sideline

banda, lateral del campo

Espacio junto al campo donde están los entrenadores y los jugadores que no participan en ese momento.

En inglés sencillo: The space beside a sports field where coaches and players who are not playing stand.

• The coach waited on the sideline.
• Injured players watched from the sidelines.
• She ran to the sideline to get a drink.

Expresiones frecuentes: on the sideline, from the sideline, near the sideline

línea de banda, línea lateral

Línea que marca el borde lateral de un terreno deportivo.

En inglés sencillo: A line marking the side edge of an area where a sport is played.

• The ball crossed the sideline.
• Both sidelines were painted white before the match.
• Keep your feet inside the sideline when you catch it.

Sinónimos: touchline

Expresiones frecuentes: cross the sideline, near the sideline, sideline boundary

actividad secundaria, negocio secundario

Actividad o negocio que haces además de tu trabajo principal.

En inglés sencillo: An activity or business you do in addition to your main work.

• She repairs bikes as a sideline.
• His small sideline became a successful business.
• They started selling cakes as a sideline to their regular jobs.

Cómo se usa: a sideline to something (Selling honey is a sideline to his farming work.)

Sinónimos: side business, secondary activity

Expresiones frecuentes: as a sideline, profitable sideline, sideline business

margen, periferia

Posición de quien observa una actividad desde fuera, sin participar en ella.

En inglés sencillo: A position outside an activity, where you watch but do not take part.

• She watched the dispute from the sidelines.
• I refuse to sit on the sidelines while decisions are made.
• The new rules pushed smaller groups to the sidelines.

Cómo se usa: on the sidelines of something (He remained on the sidelines of the debate.)

Sinónimos: margins, periphery

Antónimos: center

Expresiones frecuentes: on the sideline, from the sideline

línea lateral

Línea que recorre uno de los lados de algo.

En inglés sencillo: A line along the side of something.

• Draw a sideline beside the central shape.
• The diagram has two parallel sidelines.
• A faint sideline marks the edge of the design.

Expresiones frecuentes: draw a sideline, along the sideline

dejar fuera, dejar en el banquillo

Impedir que un jugador participe en un partido.

En inglés sencillo: To prevent a player from taking part in a game.

• A knee injury sidelined our best player.
• The coach may sideline him for the next match.
• Two defenders were sidelined during the final week of training.

Sinónimos: bench

Expresiones frecuentes: sideline a player, sideline someone temporarily

marginar, apartar

Apartar a alguien o algo de una actividad, o hacer que pierda influencia o importancia.

En inglés sencillo: To stop someone or something from being involved, active, or important.

• The illness sidelined her for a month.
• Managers sidelined the proposal during budget talks.
• They tried to sideline him after he questioned their decisions.

Sinónimos: exclude, marginalize

Antónimos: include

Expresiones frecuentes: sideline someone completely, sideline a project