English-Spanish translations for checkmate

• jaque mate
  En esa desigual posición sobre el tablero, resultan patéticos los esfuerzos por pedir tablas cuando el Consejo está a punto de darnos el «jaque mate». With such an unequal position on the board any efforts to seek a draw are pathetic when the Council is about to checkmate us.
  Más bien indica un jaque mate a la idea de una Europa verdaderamente unida y no dividida en una Europa de primera clase y otra de segunda, según su riqueza o su patrimonio histórico. Rather, it suggests checkmate for the idea of a truly united Europe that is not split into a first and second class Europe according to wealth or historical legacy.
• dar jaque mate
• dar mate
• mate
  En esa desigual posición sobre el tablero, resultan patéticos los esfuerzos por pedir tablas cuando el Consejo está a punto de darnos el «jaque mate». With such an unequal position on the board any efforts to seek a draw are pathetic when the Council is about to checkmate us.
  Más bien indica un jaque mate a la idea de una Europa verdaderamente unida y no dividida en una Europa de primera clase y otra de segunda, según su riqueza o su patrimonio histórico. Rather, it suggests checkmate for the idea of a truly united Europe that is not split into a first and second class Europe according to wealth or historical legacy.

Definition of checkmate

• Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game
• The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture
• To put the king of an opponent into checkmate
• To place in a losing situation that has no escape

Synonyms

• mate

Examples

• That jerk checkmated me in four moves!

Related words

• checkmated
• checkmark
• discovered checkmate