Original Post by: Thakelo: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/3378882 | Archived DL page: https://archive.ph/tNHqQ
simbabque had a wonderful idea: the worldcup is currently everywhere and it's quite an opportunity to learn new words and root for your team in a different language! I have not done the Spanish tree, which is why I don't know how much of these words are taught to you in the sports section, but I'm sure this will be interesting to many of you 
(Football is definitely not my favourite sport, so I might be wrong with the position-translations. I also left out a few words compared to the original post https://www.duolingo.com/comment/3354124)
I had hoped there would be a bonus skill for the world cup, as this is a very prominent topic in the media and on the internet right now. What I would have liked to see is participating countries, general football terms (nouns, verbs), phrases and maybe some well-known (often funny) things in the respective target language that important football people said and that are often quoted. Looks like there is not.
I've not reached the sports lessons yet (I'm doing En/Fr) so I don't know how much football stuff there is in it. But I thought I might as well write a little guide for En/De since I know those things and I bet there are people who are interested in it. So here we go.
General football terms
- football - la pelota/el balón (de fútbol). (The last part is not necessary when the context is clear)
- football pitch - el campo, la cancha (de fútbol)
- stadium - el estadio
- fan - el fan (some people say \"el fans\", but that his wrong. There are probably words for each country's fans; in Chile we say \"hincha\")
- player - el jugador
- referee - el árbitro
- coach - el entrenador, el DT (director técnico)
- coaching zone - la zona de entrenamiento
- match - el partido
- box/penalty area - el área (we just say área. I've never heard anyone say \"área de falta/penales\")
- touch line - la línea
Before the game
- world cup - el mundial, la copa mundial
- tournament - el torneo (not usually used in this context)
- group stage - la fase de grupos
- best of 16 - los octavos de final
- quarter final - los cuartos de final
- semi-final - la semifinal
- final - la final
- national anthem - el himno nacional
During the game
(I know there is more than just this. It's just a simplification)
- goalkeeper - el arquero, el portero, el guardameta
- defense - el defensa/el defensor
- midfield - el mediocampista/volante
- offense - el delantero
- captain - el capitán
- substitute - el sustituto/reemplazo
- to substitute - cambiar
- to be on the bench/stay on the bench - estar en la banca/quedarse en la banca
- line-up - la formación
- pass - el pase
- to pass - pasar, hacer un pase
- shot - el tiro
- to shoot - pegarle (a la pelota), tirar la pelota
- corner - el córner
- corner kick - tiro de esquina
- free kick - tiro libre
- wall - ** la barrera**
- penalty - el penal
- to lob - In Chile we say hacer un globito, but that's definitely not official
- header - cabezazo
- to head - cabecear (la pelota)
- post - poste, palo
- crossbar - travesaño
- net - la red (the actual net) but we say arco to refer to the complete structure**
- goal - el gol
- GOOOAAAL!!! - GOOOOOOL, GOOLAAAAAZOOO
- to score a goal - meter un gol/anotar/golear( the latter when you are scoring one after the other, just like the netherlands vs spain)**
- own goal - autogol
- save - la salvada/la atajada, salvar/atajar (verb)
- counterattack - el contrataque
- offside - offside, posición adelantada, fuera de lugar
- wrong decission - mala decisión, decisión equivocada
- tackle - el tacleo
- to tackle - taclear
- foul - el foul (pronounced faul), la falta
- to foul - \"foulear (faulear)\", cometer/hacer una falta
- yellow card - la tarjeta amarilla
- red card - la tarjeta roja (\"roja directa\" when given directly or \"doble amarilla\" when given red because of two consecutive yellow cards)
- to send off - expulsar, mandar a la banca, sacar del partido
- half time - el medio tiempo
- extra time - tiempo extra/el tiempo de alargue (either the 2-5 extra minutes or the extra 30 min in tournaments after the teams tied)
- penalty shootout - la definición por penales
- football shirt/jersey - la camiseta, la playera (de fútbol)
- football socks - las medias (de fútbol)
- studs - los toperoles
- gloves - los guantes
After the match
shots on goal - los tiros al arco
- possession - la posesión (del balón/de la pelota)
- winner - el ganador, equipo ganador
- loser - el perdedor, equipo perdedor
- sore loser - ** el mal perdedor**
- champion, champions - ** el campeón, los campeones**
- win - la victoria
- loss - la derrota
- draw - el empate
- trophy - el trofeo
- cup - la copa
- nil-nil - empate a cero/0 a 0
- one all - empate a uno/ 1 a 1
- nightmare - la pesadilla
Countries participating in this world cup
- Australia - Australia
- Iran - Irán
- Japan - Japón
- South Korea - Corea del Sur
- Costa Rica - Costa Rica
- Honduras - Honduras
- Mexico - México
- United States - EE.UU (Estados Unidos)
- Algeria - Algeria
- Cameroon - Camerún
- Ghana - Ghana
- Ivory Coast - Costa de marfil
- Nigeria - Nigeria
- Argentina - Argentina
- Brazil - Brasil
- Chile - Chile (awesome)
- Colombia - Colombia
- Ecuador - Ecuador
- Uruguay - Uruguay
- Belgium - Bélgica
- Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bosnia y Herzegovina
- Croatia - Croacia
- England - Inglaterra
- France - Francia
- Germany - Alemania (awesome)
- Greece - Grecia
- Italy - Italia
- Netherlands - Países bajos
- Portugal - Portugal
- Russia - Rusia
- Spain - España (our nightmare along with the Netherlands)
- Switzerland - Suiza
Sentences
- We lost/won against Germany - Perdimos/ganamos contra Alemania
- Who do you root for? - ¿A quién alientas?/¿A qué equipo(or país) alientas?/¿Por quién vas?/¿Por qué equipo(or país) vas?
- Go 'country' - ¡Vamos 'país'! (In Spanish we tend to use \"we\" when rooting for a team and when talking about that team's match result)
- We lost to 'country' - Perdimos contra 'país'
- We won against 'country' - Le ganamos a 'país'
- We are out of the world cup - Estamos fuera del mundial
- It was fixed - Estaba arreglado
- The ref was biased - El árbitro estaba comprado
I hope you like this. If you think something needs to be corrected or want to know how to say a certain thing or expression, feel free to say so!
Credits to ceaer and raas for adding words!
¡Que gane el mejor!
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