On the pitch
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| sustituir a alguien | to substitute, to stand in for someone |
| dar una patada (a) | to kick, literally to give a kick |
| el orgullo | the pride |
| la capacidad | the capacity, the ability |
| determinar | to determine |
| implicar | to imply, to entail |
| decente | decent |
Sustituir takes the personal a before a person, and a + el becomes al. Like construir, it adds a y in some forms: sustituyo, sustituyó.
The subject can be the one who makes the change, like a coach:
| The coach substituted the goalkeeper in the eightieth minute. | El entrenador sustituyó al portero en el minuto ochenta. |
Or it can be the stand-in, who takes someone's place:
| My sister stands in for the coach when he's sick. | Mi hermana sustituye al entrenador cuando está enfermo. |
Spanish usually kicks with a noun: dar una patada. What gets the kick follows a, and a le often goes before the verb too:
| The player gave the ball a kick. | El jugador le dio una patada al balón. |
Pride and capacity
Con orgullo is with pride, a common pairing for teams and fans.
| We lost, but we played with pride. | Perdimos, pero jugamos con orgullo. |
Tener capacidad para + a number says how many people a place holds. With de + a noun, la capacidad is usually an ability:
| The stadium has capacity for forty thousand people. | El estadio tiene capacidad para cuarenta mil personas. |
| This player has a great capacity for work. | Este jugador tiene una gran capacidad de trabajo. |
What it entails, what it decides
Implicar + infinitive says what something involves: the price you pay for it.
| Playing on this team entails training every day. | Jugar en este equipo implica entrenar todos los días. |
Determinar sounds formal, the word of sports reports and referees:
| This match is going to determine who wins the championship. | Este partido va a determinar quién gana el campeonato. |
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