Spanish Language Terms

You are coming into a Spanish speaking country. You need to know enough of the language to be polite. Here are some terms you might encounter in dealing with the public as well as during the games of the tournament. Here are some football/soccer terms.

A. General Public

A. General Spanish English Terms

B. Football/ Soccer Terms

PRE-GAME INFORMATION
soccer	futbol, balonpie
game	partido
all-star game	juego de estrellas
against	contra
game between	partido entredate fecha
game between local rivals	clasico
derby with long tradition	super clasico
league	liga
standings	clasificacin
wins	ganadas (G), triunfos, victorias
losses	perdidas (P)
shootout wins	gandas de shootout (GS
ties	empates (E)
points	puntos (PTS)
tournament	campeonato
cup	copa
World Cup	Copa Mundial
South American confederation	CONMEBOL
North/Central American & Caribbean confederation	CONCACAF
team	equipo
national team	selecion nacional
champion	campeon
undefeated	invicto
season	temporada
home team	equipo de casa, equipo local
forward line	linea de ataque
squad	escuadrilla, escuadria
lineup	alineamiento
EQUIPMENT
ball	pelota, balon, la esferica
boots/cleats	tacos, tachones
jersey	camiseta
uniform	uniforme, equipo
ENVIRONMENT
stadium	estadio
the public (audience)	el publico
the devoted fanatics	los fanaticos
field	gramado, campo de juego, terreno de juego, la cancha
endline	linea final, linea de meta
sideline	linea de banda, linea lateral
midfield area	zona media
center (not near side)	centro
flank/side	lado (izquierdo o derecho)
penalty area	area de penal
the goal	el gol, la puerta, el arco
the net	la red
the back of the net	el fondo de la red
horizontal bar	el travesanio
crossbar	el horizontal
post	el palo, el parante
near post	el primer palo
far post	el segundo palo
the upper corner	la esquina arriba
the lower corner	la esquina abaja
ACTIONS
foul	falta
professional foul	un tremendo foul
foul from behind	falta por detras
slide tackle	barrida
marking	marca, marcacion, marcaje
obstruction	obstruccion
to push	empujar
to fall	caerdive estirada, clavado
injury	herida, lesion
hand	mano
hand ball	toco el balon con la mano
yellow card	tarjeta amarilla
red card	tarjeta roja
penalty kick	tiro penal, penal
free kick	tiro libre (indirecto, directo)
a cross kick	tiro cruzado, pase cruzado
set play	jugada preparada
the one-two (give and go, wall pass)	uno-dos
one-on-one	uno a uno, mano a mano
long ball	pelotazo, pelota profunda
volley	volea
chip	tiro bombeado, bombear
trap	zancadilla
overlap	encimar
a touch	un toque
kick	patada
dribbling	burlar, gambeta, meleo, habil con el balon
shielding	cubrir la balon, proteger la balon
the ball is out of bounds	la pelota se va, afuera del campo, afuera de jugar
throw-in	saca lateral, saque de banda, saca de los manos, servicio de los manos
corner kick	tiro de esquina
header	cabezazo, testazo
shot	tiro, patada, remate, bombazo, canonos
a save	tajada
to put it in the net	meterlo en la red
goal	gooooooooooooool
great goal	golazo
bicycle kick	Chilena
hat trick	sombrerito
hits the post	choca en el palo, choca en el parante
deflection	desviacion, desviado, rebotado
goal kick	saca la banda, saque de meta, saca de puerta, tiro del arco
offside	afuera de lugar, en una posicion adelantada, afuera del juego
lost the ball	pierde la bola
sent off	expuls
benched	mandar a la banca (o banquillo)
substitution	cambio, cambio de equipo
controversy, controversial	polmica
PEOPLE
player	jugador
goalkeeper	arquero, portero, guardameta
center back	central, zaguero central
defender, fullback	zaguero, marcador, defensa, defensor, lateral (not central)
sweeper	Libero, el ultimo hombre
midfielder	mediocampista
wing	alero, puntero, volante
forward	delantero, atacante
teammate	compaero de equipo
referee	arbitro, hombre de negro
captain	capitan
M.V.P.	jugador mas valioso
coach	director technico (DT)
PLAYER DESCRIPTIONS
goalscorer	goleador
goalscoring threat	amenaza goleadora
attacking	atacando
star	estrella
veteran	veterano
complete player	jugador completo
the best	el mejor
tall	alto
strong	fuerte
young	joven
talent	talento
skill	technica
speed	velocidadfast con veloz, rapido
flying	volante
brilliance	brillantez
worker	trabajador
hard-working	laborioso
tough, hard	duroa
wizard, magician	un mago
a throwback	un salto atras
of the past	del pasado
dangerous	peligroso
tackler	bloqueador, atajador
PLAY-BY-PLAY
first half	primer tiempo
second half	segundo tiempo
game over	tiempo cumplido, no hay tiempo para mas
overtime	tiempo suplementario
shutout	parada de gol
go forward	adelante
behind, go back	atras
way behind	mas atras
way back	al fondo
right	derecha
left	izquierda
first	primero
second	segundo
up high	arriba
down low	abajo, bajo
there	alli
here	aqui, aca
on top	encima
close	cerca
very close	muy cerca
marked by	marca por
covered	marcado
it won't count	no vale
here he comes	viene
look! look!	mira! mira!
a bad mistake!	ay caramba!
very bad mistake!	ay..yi. yi!
what a play!	que jugada! dios Mio!
tactics	tactica
beautiful style	juego bonito
ugly playing style	juego chato
level of play	nivel
air play	jugo aereo
high ball	balon por alto
in the air	en el aire
ball control	dominio de la pelota
passes	pasesa
searching ball	una pelota buscanda
accurate	preciso
to score goals	marcar goles
chalkboard	pizarra
bad	mal
weak	debil, blanda
careful, look out	cuidado
it seems to me	me parece
without a doubt	sin embargo
we'll return don't go away	ya regresemos no se vaya
commercial break	una pausa
MISCELLANEOUS
always	siempre
USA	EEUU
United States of America	Estados Unidos de America
age	edad
height	estatura
weight	peso
rhythm	ritmo
attacks	ataques
style	estilo
feet	pies
play (verb)	juegawin, gana
ticket	entrada, boleto
song/chant	himno
logo/shield/badge	escudo
flag	bandera
mascot	mascota

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