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juego

English translation: play (in this context)


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Spanish term or phrase:juego
English translation:play (in this context)
Entered by: María Cielo Pipet
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19:39 May 1, 2006
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology / Freud
Spanish term or phrase: juego
El juego estimula el aprendizaje.
Argentine Translator
Argentina
Local time: 02:23
play
Explanation:
"Play" funciona como sustantivo y puede ser adecuado en este contexto, según la siguiente acepción en la Enciclopedia Británica:

"¹play n [ME, fr. OE plega; akin to OE plegan to play, MD pleyen] (bef. 12c) [...] 3 a: recreational activity; esp: the spontaneous activity of children [...]".

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María Cielo Pipet
Argentina
Local time: 02:23
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Creo que esta es la mejor respuesta. Gracias a todso por contestar. Ines
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +11playing games
Kelly-Jane Wallis
5 +4play
María Cielo Pipet
4game
Claudia Aguero


Discussion entries: 1





  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
game


Explanation:
así se usa en educación

Claudia Aguero
Local time: 23:23
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +11
playing games


Explanation:
:)

Kelly-Jane Wallis
Local time: 07:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christopher Burin: Yes, this fits here.
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agree  Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
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agree  Paula Hernández
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agree  Marina Soldati
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agree  Rebecca Hendry
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agree  Claudia Luque Bedregal
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agree  Translation Link Inc.
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agree  María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
play


Explanation:
"Play" funciona como sustantivo y puede ser adecuado en este contexto, según la siguiente acepción en la Enciclopedia Británica:

"¹play n [ME, fr. OE plega; akin to OE plegan to play, MD pleyen] (bef. 12c) [...] 3 a: recreational activity; esp: the spontaneous activity of children [...]".




    Reference: http://www.pbs.org/wholechild/providers/play.html
    Reference: http://www.newhorizons.org/lifelong/childhood/front_childhoo...
María Cielo Pipet
Argentina
Local time: 02:23
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Creo que esta es la mejor respuesta. Gracias a todso por contestar. Ines

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  has: Sin duda
1 hr
  -> Muchas gracias.
agree  Rachel Fell: http://www.southglos.gov.uk/SouthGlos/PressReleases/2004/Nov...
2 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias.
agree  Deborah Lockett: creo que esto es más correcto que "playing games", sino el escritor hubiera usado el infinitivo, "Jugar estimula ..."
5 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias.
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: "Play" is used as a noun in texts on psychology -- not need for the verb (jugar).
12 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias.
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