weightlifting

See also: weight-lifting and weight lifting

English

Weightlifting

weightlifting (uncountable)

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

form of exercise

Assamese: ওজনদঙা (üzondoṅa), ভাৰোত্তোলন (bharüttülon)
Azerbaijani: ağır atletika, ağırlıq qaldırma
Chinese:
Mandarin: 舉重／举重 (zh) (jǔzhòng)
Danish: vægtløftning
Finnish: painonnosto (fi)
French: musculation (fr) f
Georgian: ძალოსნობა (ʒalosnoba)
Greek: άρση βαρών (el) f (ársi varón)
Hungarian: súlyzózás
Italian: sollevamento pesi (it) m
Japanese: 重量挙げ (ja) (じゅうりょうあげ, jūryōage)
Kazakh: зілтемір (zıltemır)
Macedonian: кревање тегови n (krevanje tegovi)
Norwegian: vektløftning
Portuguese: levantamento de peso m
Romanian: haltere f pl
Russian: тяжёлая атле́тика f (tjažólaja atlétika), подня́тие тя́жестей n (podnjátije tjážestej)
Spanish: levantamiento de pesas m
Swedish: tyngdlyftning (sv) c

sport in which competitors lift heavy weights