English translation: blue and claret/claret and blue (or dark red and blue)
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Spanish term or phrase:
AZULGRANA
English translation:
blue and claret/claret and blue (or dark red and blue)
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Sports / Fitness / Recreation / SOCCER
Spanish term or phrase:AZULGRANA
todo futbolista sueña alguna vez vestir la playera blanca del Real Madrid, o la azulgrana del Barcelona
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If possible, please, I'd like the specific color and not just "blue." (There's a team here whose color is "teal" and anyone would be run out of town on a rail for calling it "blue.")
Explanation: looks darker than scarlet to me, but not as deep as maroon
The first kit
From the start, the players wore the famous blue and claret colours, half the shirt one colour and half the other with the sleeves the opposite colour and white shorts. http://www.soccerpulse.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=282
MEYBA 82-89 - BLUE & CLARET - SHORT SLEEVED - 100% POLYAMIDE
Palau Blaugrana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Palau Blaugrana (Catalan for Palace of Blue and Deep Red) is an arena in Barcelona, Spain belonging to FC Barcelona (FCB). The 8250 capacity arena is home ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palau_Blaugrana - 16k -
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MEYBA AÑO 82-89 - AZULGRANA - MANGA CORTA - 100% POLIAMIDA
MEYBA 82-89 - BLUE & CLARET - SHORT SLEEVED - 100% POLYAMIDE
La camiseta del Barcelona que más tiempo ha sido
usada (años 80).Usada por jugadores de la talla de
Stoichkov, Maradona, Schuster, Hugues, Archibald,
Migueli, Carrasco, Sánchez, Quini, Koeman, Laudrup, ...
The shirt that has been worn during more years (80's).
Worn by players as Stoichkov, Maradona, Schuster,
Hugues, Archibald, Migueli, Carrasco, Sánchez, Quini,
Koeman, Laudrup, ...
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Party time in Catalonia after Barca win | Special Reports ...
By halfway through the second half, with Barcelona trailing 1-0, the claret-and-blue clad fans, or culés, jammed into the bar had already decided the ...
football.guardian.co.uk/championsleague200506/story/0,,1777345,00.html - 38k -
With a history mixing dream teams, regional fervour and the most passionate of rivalries, the exploits of Football Club Barcelona have caught the imagination of far more people than those in the Catalonian land it has become identified with. 'Mes que un club' (More than a club) reads its signature and for a century and more, football fans from all corners of the globe have flocked behind Barcelona's claret-and-blue banner.
Cinnamon Nolan: If the original text said "Lieja" would you also be wrong in "changing it" to "Liège" in an English text? This is like when I get a Spanish text with "Paseo de Gracia". I would always change it to Passeig de Gràcia in English.
Villa are the original "claret and blues" in England, and although the colours in the Barca shirt aren't quite the same I reckon you have to go with that. Dolores's maroon and blue is another option though.
You'll have to use blue. The shade changes sometimes from season to season. As a Barca fan who's had several Barca t-shirts, I'd say "blue" without the shadow of a doubt. For blaugrana (in Catalan) or azulgrana, claret. By the way, Forca Barca...
There are many people who can't distinguish between teal and deep turquoise; they literally can't see the difference. Dictionaries differ in definitions for the same colour or have a variety of shades for one; for claret, "dark or grayish purplish red to
Hi, you guys. Just because something is on Google doesn't mean it's right; there are often hundreds of entries for a misspelling or incorrect info. As to colours, maroon has always been reddish-brown, more oxblood (the word comes from French for chestnut
Dolores & Mary: This is the official FIFA - the governing body of football worldwide. Which better source to clarify the colours of the jerseys? They are blue and claret. The team's jersey of claret-and-blue does not feature a commercial sponsor, but this season they are set to promote UNICEF, the United Nations children's agency, on their kit.
Official website: http://www.fcbarcelona.com