Spanish Phrases for Talking About Sports and Games

Spanish Phrases With Online Audio

Sports are very popular in most countries and Spanish speaking countries are no exception. Talking about sports is a great ice-breaker and conversation starter. So you're probably asking how can I talk about sports and sporting events in Spanish. That's where this page of Spanish phrases about sports can help.

And all these phrase can be changed to suit your needs for any situation. Just change a word or two to customize the phrase as you wish.

And don't forget to take a moment and listen to the audio file -- it's recorded by a native speaker from Mexico and gives you a great example of pronunciation.

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All the Spanish audio for the phrases on this page is in this file. Just click and listen.

Click here for sports phrases recorded by a native Spanish speaker.

Spanish phrases to talk about sports and games

For extra practice you can convert these phrase to different tenses and different verb forms. If it says vamos a ir, try making a sentence that has voy a ir, or van a ir.

¿Quien va a ganar el juego?
Who's going to win the game?: Do you want to learn to talk Spanish in the future tense? This is the best way to begin learning to talk about events in the future in Spanish. Just use the word for go (va or whatever form of ir, and follow it with the infinitive for the verb). And this will be comfortable because we do it in English all the time.
¡Vamos a ir en las bicicletas!
Let's go for a bike ride.: And this can also be used to say we're going for a bike ride if you don't say it as an exclamation.
¿Te gustaria ir a caminar?
Would you like to go for a walk?: How about a relaxing walk?
Te toca.
It's your turn.: This is the phrase you use when you're playing a board game like Monopoly and it's the other person's turn.
Dame la pelota, por favor.
Give me the ball, please.: Use this phrase when you're playing basketball with friends.
¿Cual equipo esta ganando el juego?
Which team is winning the game?: These phrases are great for meeting people and talking about each other's interests, and likes and dislikes.
Me gusta jugar el beisbol.
I like to play baseball.: Here's a case of an English word adopted into Spanish and it came out beisbol.
¿Quien ganó?
Who won?: You can also clarify and say who won the game? by saying ¿quien gano el juego?
Futbol es mi juego favorito.
Soccor is my favorite game.: The phrase mi favorito is extremely useful -- you can fill in the blank with all kinds of things to tell people about yourself.
A mi me gusta correr 3 millas diario.
I like to run 3 miles a day.
¿Cual es tu equipo favorito?
What's your favorite team?
¿Cual es tu deporte favorito?
What's your favorite sport?

Click here for sports phrases recorded by a native Spanish speaker.

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