second half

See also: second-half

English

Noun

second half (plural second halves)

1. (sports) The period of play after half time, as opposed to the first half

   Antonym: first half

   • 2011 October 1, Phil Dawkes, “Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport‎^[1], archived from the original on 31 August 2026:

     Sunderland had the best of the second half but were unable to find a winner.

Translations

period of play after half time

• Catalan: segona part (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 下半場 / 下半场 (zh) (xiàbànchǎng), 後半場 / 后半场 (zh) (hòubànchǎng)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: tweede helft f
• Finnish: toinen puoliaika
• French: deuxième mi-temps, seconde mi-temps f, seconde période f
• German: zweite Halbzeit f
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 後半戦 (こうはんせん, kōhansen)
• Korean: 후반전(後半戰) (ko) (hubanjeon)
• Polish: druga połowa f
• Portuguese: segundo tempo m
• Russian: второ́й тайм m (vtorój tajm)
• Spanish: segundo tiempo m, segunda parte f
• Swedish: andra halvlek c
• Telugu: ద్వితీయార్థం (dvitīyārthaṁ)
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can