Spanish Vocabulary: Activities
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competir
to compete
dibujar
to draw
sacar fotos
to take photos
jugar al baloncesto
to play basketball
cocinar
to cook
escribir
to write
practicar deportes
to play sports
[if a foreign player doesn’t practice their sport enough, they could lose their position and get deported.]
tocar el piano
to play the piano
bailar
to dance
nadar
to swim
pescar
to fish
bucear
to dive, to scuba dive
[Those being boozy are not in a condition to go diving.]
trotar
to jog
[Being a jogger is nothing more than being a trotter.]
cantar
to sing
[There’s nothing worse in religious services than a cantor who can’t sing.]
tejer
to knit
[A knit is a kind of “text”er producing textiles.]
ir al museo
to go to the museum
coleccionar monedas
to collect coins
jugar al fútbol
to play soccer
jugar juegos de mesa
to play table games
hacer yoga
to do yoga
actuar
to act
aprender idiomas
to learn languages
[To apprehend languages you have to learn idioms.]
hacer manualidades
to make handicrafts
ver películas
to watch movies
[The first version of films were first created on a thin film (pellicle) of celluloid.]
trepar
to climb
[When you climb a mountain, be careful not to trip and lose your footing.]
juntarse con amigos
to hang out with friends
[To join yourself with your junta is to be with friends.]
hacer paracaidismo
to go skydiving
[To buy your father a gift to do parachuting is like parracide.]
patinar
to skate
[To skate or slip requires a surface with a patina of slipperiness like ice.]
jugar
to play
brincar
to skip
[If you don’t stop skipping around, I’m on the brink of skipping my policy against violence.]
saltar
to jump
[You have to jump high in order to do a somersault.]
saltar a la pata coja
to hop; to jump with a lame leg
[If you have a lame leg, you have to jump on one foot. You only need one Patacoja shoe.]
el corre que te pillo
tag; the run that I nab you
[To play tag does not involve putting a pillow over someone’s head.]
esconder
to hide
[When someone absconds with money, they have to find a place to hide.]
las escondidas
hide-and-seek
[In the olden days, you could get lost with someone in a city the size of Escondido, and it was like playing hide-and-seek.]
el columpio
swing
[If you swing and jump you might fall in a clump.]
el cajón de arena
sandbox; the box of sand
[Streaking at an arena and showing your cohones is not the same as a box of sand.]
el parque infantil
playground
empujar
to push
[Push the door closed. Don’t be an imp, you, and leave the door ajar.]
jalar
to pull
[A long hauler is one whose tractor pulls the trailer across the country.]
el juguete
toy
el frisbee
Frisbee
la cuerda
rope
[A rope is a group of intertwining cords.]
casa del árbol
tree house
[What’s a tree house but a house of the tree.]
la montaña rusa
roller coaster
la noria
Ferris wheel
el carrusel
carousel
el tobogán
slide
carros chocones
bumper cars
el/la acróbata
acrobat
el payaso
clown
el popcorn
popcorn
el disfraz
costume
[Don’t dis his frazzle. It’s a beautiful costume.
el zanco
stilt
[I bought a stilt from Zonco’s in Hogsmeade, and it dances the Flamenco.]
el trapecio
trapeze
el mago
magician
el/la malabarista
juggler
el dulce de algodón
cotton candy
el premio
prize
plaza de comida
food court
los juegos de azar
games of chance
[My Arab friend, David, played dice in the dormitory hallway.]
montar
to ride
los fuegos artificiales
fireworks
las manualidades
arts and crafts
[I, a Dad, created this origami handicraft by hand, manually not by machine.]
tomar el sol
to sunbathe
contar cuentos
to tell stories
la escalada
climbing
el montañismo
mountain climbing
el alpinismo
mountaineering
jugar al golf
to play golf
jugar al voleibol
to play volleyball
el flautín
piccolo
conducir
to drive
disparar
to shoot
la creación de una red de contactos
networking
hablar por teléfono
to talk on the phone
saltar a la cuerda
to jump rope
jugar juegos
to play games
calentar
to warm up
tararear
to hum
[If you don’t stop humming, I’m going to tar a rear any minute.]
descansar
to nap
tomar una siesta
to take a nap
la edición
editing
tomar fotos
to take pictures
el manga
manga
el atletismo
track and field
el teatro
theater
perrear
to twerk
la magia
magic
[When the head of the magi arrived, she performed a magic act.]
el álbum
album
la cumbia
cumbia
el monigote
doodle
el patinaje sobre hielo
ice skating
el saxofón
saxophone
los bolos
bowling
dormir
to sleep
jugar al ajedrez
to play chess
escribir cuentos
to write stories
la gimnasia
gymnastics
bailar tango
to dance tango