υποστηρίζω την ομάδα
“υποστηρίζω την ομάδα” (ipostirízo tin omáda) — to root for the team in Greek. Phrase, level A1. Ypostirízo literally 'props up from below' — you know it as to support. A fan proper is o opadós. In a live sentence: “Υποστηρίζω την ομάδα της πόλης μου” — I root for my city's team. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters υ, π, ο, σ, τ, η, ρ, ζ, ω, τ, η, ν.
In short
| Written in Greek | υποστηρίζω την ομάδα |
| Read in Latin letters | ipostirízo tin omáda |
| Translation | to root for the team |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
- υποστηρίζω την ομάδαipostirízo tin omádato root for the team
Why it looks that way
Ypostirízo literally 'props up from below' — you know it as to support. A fan proper is o opadós
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Υποστηρίζω την ομάδα της πόλης μουipostirízo tin omáda tis pólis muI root for my city's team
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “to root for the team” in Greek?
«υποστηρίζω την ομάδα», read “ipostirízo tin omáda”. In a live sentence: “Υποστηρίζω την ομάδα της πόλης μου” — I root for my city's team. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters υ, π, ο, σ, τ, η, ρ, ζ, ω, τ, η, ν.
How is “υποστηρίζω την ομάδα” written in Latin letters?
ipostirízo tin omáda. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Ypostirízo literally 'props up from below' — you know it as to support. A fan proper is o opadós. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how it sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.