showdown

English

show +‎ down

showdown (countable and uncountable, plural showdowns)

The final battle between two nemeses, in which there can be but one victor.
- 2021 May 2, Mantej Mann, “Newcastle United 0-2 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport‎:
  Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored on his first start since recovering from malaria as Arsenal prepared for their Europa League showdown against Villarreal with a confidence-boosting win away to Newcastle at St James' Park.
(poker) The final round in a poker match, where the all remaining players' cards have to be put down on the table and shown.

the final battle between two nemeses, in which there can be but one victor

Bulgarian: решителна битка f (rešitelna bitka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 對決／对决 (zh) (duìjué)
Dutch: krachtmeting (nl) f
Finnish: välienselvittely (fi)
French: bras de fer (fr) m
German: Showdown (de) n, entscheidender Machtkampf m
Hungarian: leszámolás (hu)
Icelandic: lokauppgjör n
Japanese: 決戦 (ja) (kessen)
Portuguese: confronto (pt)
Russian: фина́льный поеди́нок m (finálʹnyj pojedínok), реша́ющая схва́тка f (rešájuščaja sxvátka)
Serbo-Croatian: konačni obračun m
Spanish: enfrentamiento (es) m

the final round in a poker match

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