Marcar un gol
Marcar has several uses (to mark, to dial a number), but with goals it means to score: marcar un gol. The plural of el gol is los goles.
| Who scored the goal? | ¿Quién marcó el gol? |
| My son has scored two goals today. | Mi hijo ha marcado dos goles hoy. |
About to score
Estar a punto de + infinitive catches the moment just before the action.
| The team is about to win the championship. | El equipo está a punto de ganar el campeonato. |
| The footballer is about to score a goal. | El futbolista está a punto de marcar un gol. |
| The goalkeeper is about to catch the ball. | El portero está a punto de coger el balón. |
People in -ista
Nouns in -ista usually have one form for men and women; only the article changes: el deportista, la deportista; el futbolista, la futbolista. El deportista is a sportsperson, often a professional one, and ser muy deportista means to be sporty. El portero is the goalkeeper here, but the same word is also a building's doorman.
| The sportswoman is about to win the medal. | La deportista está a punto de ganar la medalla. |
El equipo and deportivo
El equipo is the team. The adjective from el deporte is deportivo: ropa deportiva, un centro deportivo. Spain even has daily sports newspapers, and a well-known football club is called Deportivo de La Coruña.
| My father reads the sports newspaper every day. | Mi padre lee el periódico deportivo todos los días. |
El aficionado is a fan or supporter, and ser aficionado a means to be keen on something.
| My father is very keen on football. | Mi padre es muy aficionado al fútbol. |
| That footballer has been playing on the same team for ten years. | Ese futbolista lleva diez años jugando en el mismo equipo. |
El esquí
El esquí is skiing; the verb is esquiar. Spain has ski resorts in the Pyrenees and in Sierra Nevada, near Granada.
| Skiing is an expensive sport. | El esquí es un deporte caro. |
