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Spanish
Etymology
From triplete (“treble”) and doblete changing tri- (“tri-”) or triple (“triple”) and doble (“double”) for sexto (“six”). Term invented in 2009 to describe what the Spanish football club FC Barcelona did, winning 6 titles in the calendar year 2009: La Liga, Copa del Rey, Supercopa de España (Spanish Super Cup), the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup.
Noun
sextete m (plural sextetes)
- (sports) sextuple (a team that wins 6 titles in the same year or season)
2019 December 19, Ramiro Aldunate, “El sextete del FC Barcelona: Una obra de arte”, in Marca: 2017 August 8, “El Real Madrid, supercampeón de Europa”, in Canarias Noticias:El Real Madrid extendió su fiabilidad en finales europeas, guiado por una exhibición futbolística de Isco para tumbar a un luchador Manchester United en la final de la Supercopa de Europa (2-1), en la conquista del primer título en el inicio de un duro camino al soñado sextete.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2021 February 12, Mayra Camargo Orduño, “El histórico sextete del Bayern Múnich, el segundo club en conquistarlo”, in Nación Deportes:
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