Gooooooool!!!!!:

¡Hola a todos! Soy Romina Romaniello, tu profesora de español de Hola Spanish.

If you’re curious about the title of this post: “Gooooool!” that’s what fanatics shout out to celebrate goals in a soccer game in Spanish.

Fútbol, futebol or futbol, it doesn’t matter how we call it, the passion it provokes is the same. This sport is more than just a simple game or a sport, it’s a HUGE part of the Latin America and Spanish culture. 

Friends and family get together to watch games over the weekend. It’s a whole day event with drinks and lunch or dinner. If you catch a taxi during a match the driver will be listening to it on the radio. Tickets for games between rival teams sell like hotcakes. And when the national team competes in the world cup absolutely EVERYBODY talks about it NON-STOP for as long as the competition lasts. 
 
To understand a big portion for our culture and language, you must also understand this beautiful sport. 

So in today’s lesson we’ll teach you vocabulary related to soccer and three well-known figures of speech that originated in the language of the sport.

Let’s start warming up before it gets too Messi and watch this 5-minutes lesson. Get ready to repeat after your profesora! Uno, dos, tres… Goooooooooool!

Did you enjoy your lesson? ¿Te gusta el fútbol? / Do you like it? How do you call it: soccer or football? Let me know in the comments down below.

As I said before, this sport is very important for us and it has influenced the way we talk. Let me show three figures of speech as an example of football in our lives:

1. Ponerse la camiseta (To put on the t-shirt): It means that someone gives his/her best for the greater good of the team, company or institution he/she works for or is involved with.

2. Dar pelota o dar bola (To pass on the ball): In soccer, players pass on the ball so others can take control and then they’d follow their leadership, so in everyday life it means to pay attention to what someone is saying or to follow their advice.

3. Embarrar la cancha (To mud the field): it means to intentionally create difficulties for someone. In the past football coaches used over-watering the field as the mud would play against the visiting team.

That’s all for today! Remember to sign up to your Hola Spanish FREE lesson here. I’ll see you next week on your Hola Tuesday lesson! ¡Adiós! ¡Hasta la próxima clase!