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Tipos de deporte
Types of sport

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Deportes de equipo

Team sports

Su puntuación	Vocabulario	Traducción	Frase de ejemplo / notas
0/0	American football	Fútbol americano	‘How many players are there in an American football team?’ American English =‘football’
0/0	baseball	béisbol	‘I played baseball on holiday.’
0/0	basketball	baloncesto	‘I used to enjoy playing basketball but now I prefer playing hockey.’
0/0	cricket	criquet	‘I enjoy playing cricket.’
0/0	football	fútbol	‘I used to play football before I injured my knee.’ American English = ‘soccer’ (and different from ‘American football’)
0/0	hockey	hockey	‘I was captain of the university hockey team.’
0/0	netball	netball [especie de baloncesto]	‘I’ve started playing netball for a local team.’
0/0	rugby	rugby	‘I used to play rugby but prefer football now.’

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American football

Fútbol americano

‘How many players are there in an American football team?’

American English =‘football’

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baseball

béisbol

‘I played baseball on holiday.’

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basketball

baloncesto

‘I used to enjoy playing basketball but now I prefer playing hockey.’

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cricket

criquet

‘I enjoy playing cricket.’

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football

fútbol

‘I used to play football before I injured my knee.’

American English = ‘soccer’ (and different from ‘American football’)

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hockey

hockey

‘I was captain of the university hockey team.’

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netball

netball [especie de baloncesto]

‘I’ve started playing netball for a local team.’

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rugby

rugby

‘I used to play rugby but prefer football now.’

Deportes de raqueta

Racquet sports

Su puntuación	Vocabulario	Traducción	Frase de ejemplo / notas
0/0	badminton	badminton	‘I play badminton on Thursday evenings at the local sports centre.’
0/0	squash	squash	‘I play squash every Saturday morning.’
0/0	table tennis	tenis de mesa	‘I don’t understand the rules of table tennis. I prefer squash instead.’ Also known as ‘ping pong’
0/0	tennis	tenis	‘My favourite sport is tennis.’

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badminton

badminton

‘I play badminton on Thursday evenings at the local sports centre.’

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squash

squash

‘I play squash every Saturday morning.’

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table tennis

tenis de mesa

‘I don’t understand the rules of table tennis. I prefer squash instead.’

Also known as ‘ping pong’

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tennis

tenis

‘My favourite sport is tennis.’

Deportes de invierno

Winter sports

Su puntuación	Vocabulario	Traducción	Frase de ejemplo / notas
0/0	biathlon	biatlón	‘The biathlon competition will be taking place soon.’
0/0	bobsleigh	bobsleigh	‘Did you see the bobsleigh competition on television yesterday?’
0/0	cross-country skiing	esquí de fondo	‘I went cross-country skiing at New Year.’
0/0	downhill skiing	esquí alpino	‘I prefer cross-country skiing to downhill skiing.’
0/0	ice hockey	hockey sobre hielo	‘We’re going to watch the ice hockey game on Saturday.’
0/0	ice skating	patinaje sobre hielo	‘What time is the ice skating competition on television?’
0/0	snowboarding	surf de nieve	‘I prefer snowboarding to skiing.’

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biathlon

biatlón

‘The biathlon competition will be taking place soon.’

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bobsleigh

bobsleigh

‘Did you see the bobsleigh competition on television yesterday?’

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cross-country skiing

esquí de fondo

‘I went cross-country skiing at New Year.’

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downhill skiing

esquí alpino

‘I prefer cross-country skiing to downhill skiing.’

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ice hockey

hockey sobre hielo

‘We’re going to watch the ice hockey game on Saturday.’

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ice skating

patinaje sobre hielo

‘What time is the ice skating competition on television?’

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snowboarding

surf de nieve

‘I prefer snowboarding to skiing.’

Deportes acuáticos

Water sports

Su puntuación	Vocabulario	Traducción	Frase de ejemplo / notas
0/0	canoeing	piragüismo	‘We went canoeing on the river.’
0/0	to row	remar	‘I’m planning to row the length of the Forth.’ Note the pronunciation of ‘to row’ (a water sport) vs. ‘to row’ (to have an argument)
0/0	rowing	remo	‘I enjoy rowing, especially when the sun is shining.’
0/0	sailing	navegar	‘I’m going to spend next week sailing along the coast.’
0/0	to scuba dive	hacer buceo	‘Last summer I went scuba diving off the coast of Egypt.’
0/0	surfing	hacer surf	‘I’ve taken up surfing as a hobby.’
0/0	to swim	nadar	‘I swim most mornings.’
0/0	swimming	natación	‘I’m not a strong swimmer. I prefer running to swimming.’
0/0	to windsurf	hacer windsurf	‘I want to learn to windsurf when I’m on holiday this summer.’
0/0	windsurfing	hacer windsurfing	‘I’d like to go windsurfing today, but the weather isn’t suitable.’
0/0	yachting	vela	‘I enjoy yachting, but it’s quite expensive.’