With this post you will learn about the Winter Olympics vocabulary in Spanish in particular, the sports held at this event.
In addition, there are plenty of examples with audios to help you better understand the concepts and to practice your listening skills.
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Spanish Winter Olympics Vocabulary
Most of the sports in the Winter Olympic Games don’t have an Spanish origin, hence the tendency to keep their names in English.
So, if for example you go to Spain, do not get surprised if they tell you: ¿Te vienes a hacer snowboard? However, Spanish speakers tend to pronounce them with their accent making them to sound a little more Spanish. On the other hand, other words are pronounced the same way, such as hockey.
Below are the Spanish translations for all the Winter Olympics sports (los deportes de los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno).
WINTER OLYMPICS SPORTS
Spanish | English |
---|---|
El biatlón (see table below) | Biathlon |
El bobsleigh El bobsled | bobsled |
La combinada nórdica | Nordic combined |
El curling | Curling |
El esquí acrobático El esquí de estilo libre El esquí artístico (see table below) | Freestyle skiing |
El esquí alpino (see table below) | Alpine skiing |
El esquí de fondo (see table below) | Cross country skiing |
El hockey (sobre) hielo | Ice hockey |
El luge El trineo ligero | Luge |
El patinaje artístico | Figure skating |
El patinaje de velocidad | Speed skating |
Los saltos de esquí | Ski jumping |
El shorttrack El patinaje de velocidad en pista corta | Short track speed skating |
El skeleton El trineo simple El trineo sencillo | Skeleton |
El snowboard (see table below) | Snowboard |
BIATHLON
Spanish | English |
---|---|
El individual | Individual |
La persecución | Pursuit |
Los relevos | Relay |
Los relevos mixtos Los relevos por equipos mixtos | Mixed Relay |
Los relevos por parejas mixtas | Single mixed relay |
La salida en masa La salida en grupo | Mass start |
El sprint | Sprint |
FREESTYLE SKIING
Spanish | English |
---|---|
Los aerials Los aéreos | Aerials |
El halfpipe | Halfpipe |
Los moguls El esquí de baches | Moguls |
El skicross El esquí cross | Skicross |
El slopestyle | Slopestyle |
SNOWBOARD
Spanish | English |
---|---|
El eslalon gigante paralelo | Giant parallel slalom |
El eslalon paralelo | Paralel slalom |
El halfpipe | Halfpipe |
El slopestyle | Slopestyle |
El snowboard cross | Snowboard cross |
ALPINE SKIING
Spanish | English |
---|---|
El descenso | Downhill |
El eslalon | Slalom |
El eslalon gigante | Giant Slalom |
El eslalon paralelo | Parallel mixed team event |
El eslalon súper gigante | Super giant slalom Super-G |
La combinada alpina | Alpine combined |
La super combinada | Super combined |
CROSS COUNTRY SKIING
Spanish | English |
---|---|
El clásico | Classical |
El estilo libre | Free style |
El esquiatlón | Skiathlon |
Los relevos | Relay |
La salida en masa La salida en grupo | Mass start |
El sprint individual | Individual sprint |
El sprint por equipos | Team sprint |
Final Thoughts
I hope this post helps you learn the Spanish Winter Olympics vocabulary.
I advise you to practice with the audios here and try to use the vocabulary in your conversations.
If you want, I can help you practice with this vocabulary by using it while having a conversation during our online Spanish conversation classes.
Additionally, we can practice in the comment section below by answering the following questions:
- ¿Qué deportes de invierno practicas?
- ¿Qué deportes viste en los últimos Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno?
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