New meanings in games and sport
Board games, card games and football bring out new meanings of words you already know.
| word | the meaning you know | in a game |
|---|---|---|
| la carta | the letter, the menu | the playing card |
| tocar | to play (an instrument), to touch | to be someone's turn |
| contar | to tell (a story) | to count |
| el campo | the countryside | the field, the pitch |
| listo | ready | clever |
| pasar | to spend (time) | to go by, to go past |
It's your turn
In this meaning tocar works like gustar: the person comes first, as me, te, le, nos, os, les, and the verb usually stays toca.
| It's your turn! Roll the die. | ¡Te toca! Tira el dado. |
| Whose turn is it now? | ¿A quién le toca ahora? |
You know es mi turno; me toca says the same thing.
| Now it's my turn. | Ahora me toca a mí. |
Cards, counting and the pitch
Jugar a las cartas is to play cards. Contar a story is to tell it; contar cards, points or people is to count them.
| Count the cards, please. | Cuenta las cartas, por favor. |
El campo is the countryside, but a campo with players on it is a field or a pitch: el campo de fútbol. A farmer's field is a campo too.
| The players come out onto the pitch. | Los jugadores salen al campo. |
Clever, and time going by
With ser, listo usually means clever; with estar, it means ready.
| Your sister is very clever. | Tu hermana es muy lista. |
With time as the subject, pasar usually means to go by. Pasar por a place is usually to go past it or through it.
| Two hours have already gone by! | ¡Ya han pasado dos horas! |
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