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Spanish translation: jugar a la mancha, pillarse, corretearse

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English term or phrase:	play tag (kid's game)
Spanish translation:	jugar a la mancha, pillarse, corretearse
Entered by:	xxxOso

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18:41 Feb 4, 2005

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Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy / children\'s games

English term or phrase: play tag (kid\'s game)

i'm translation a sentence that includes a list of kid's games. how do you translate "play tag" into Spanish????

alyssabeth KudoZ activity Questions: 1 (none open) Answers: 0
Local time: 06:08

jugar a la mancha, pillarse, corretearse

Explanation:
Hola Alyssabeth,
Dependiendo del país, este juego tiene muchos nombres. Los de arriba son algunos que se usan en Argentina, Chile y México.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)

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Note added at 2005-02-04 18:49:43 (GMT)
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tag nombre
3 (juego) corre que te pillo
-- Source: Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe

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xxxOso

Grading comment

muchisimas gracias!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +7

jugar a la mancha, pillarse, corretearse

xxxOso

jugar encantados

Jose Arnoldo Rodriguez-Carrington

pilla pilla

Herminia Herrándiz Espuny

Discussion entries: 4

Answers

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

jugar a la mancha, pillarse, corretearse

xxxOso
Specializes in field
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Spanish
PRO pts in category: 964

Grading comment

muchisimas gracias!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Patricia Lutteral: exacto, cumpa :-) Parece que no hay un término "neutro"

2 mins

-> ¡Hooola! Muchas gracias y un abrazo, Patri ¶:^)

agree

Coral Getino: corre que te pillo!

4 mins

-> ¶;^) Muchas gracias, Coral ¶:^)

agree

teju: conozco el de España y en la frontera USA-Mexico usan jugar a la mancha

15 mins

-> Hola teju, muchas gracias ¡Saludos! ¶:^)

agree

Egmont

24 mins

-> Muchas gracias y saludos a mi pal, Al ¶:^)

agree

Penelope Ausejo: nosotros le decimos "jugar a pillar" (norte de España)

43 mins

-> Muchas gracias por el dato y por tu agrí, pepis ¶:^)

agree

Rebeca Larios

1 hr

-> Muchas gracias, arqria ¶:^)

agree

Pamela Peralta: y si hay peruanitos entonces sería "jugar a la chapada" :)

2 hrs

-> Hola Pame, muchas gracias por el dato y por tu agrí ¶:^)

17 mins confidence:

play tag (kid's game) pilla pilla

Explanation:
en España :P

Herminia Herrándiz Espuny
Spain
Local time: 14:08
Native speaker of:

Catalan,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 72

18 mins confidence:

play tag (kid's game) jugar encantados

Explanation:
EN México los niños dicen "jugar encantados". ¡Por lo menos hace siglos, cuando yo era niño!

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Note added at 20 mins (2005-02-04 19:02:09 GMT)
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Cuando el que \"la trae\" te toca, quedas \"encantado\" hasta que alguien más te \"desencanta\". También se le decía \"jugar a la roña\", no sé porqué.

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Note added at 21 mins (2005-02-04 19:03:42 GMT)
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Cuando el que \"la trae\" te toca, quedas \"encantado\" hasta que alguien más te \"desencanta\". También se le decía \"jugar a la roña\", no sé porqué.

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Note added at 54 mins (2005-02-04 19:36:28 GMT) Post-grading
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Cuando el que \"la trae\" te toca, quedas \"encantado\" hasta que alguien más te \"desencanta\". También se le decía \"jugar a la roña\", no sé porqué.

Jose Arnoldo Rodriguez-Carrington
Mexico
Local time: 07:08
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

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