Vocabulario deportivo — Sport Vocabulary
🏃 Vocabulario deportivo — Sport Vocabulary
| Deporte | Verbo + ejemplo | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| el fútbol | jugar al fútbol | to play football |
| el baloncesto | jugar al baloncesto | to play basketball |
| la natación | practicar la natación | to do swimming |
| el atletismo | practicar el atletismo | to do athletics |
| el ciclismo | hacer ciclismo | to do cycling |
| el tenis | jugar al tenis | to play tennis |
Spanish uses THREE different verbs for sport: jugar al (competitive sports), practicar (athletic disciplines), hacer (general activities). Choose the right one for your topic.
Technology vocabulary is tested across all four skills. The key traps are gender (internet is masculine but rarely takes an article in set phrases) and the correct preposition in navegar por internet. Master these phrases and you will stand out from students who rely only on basic words like el móvil.
Earn the mark scheme marks
⚠️ Errores comunes — Two Mistakes to Avoid
These errors appear in almost every set of GCSE scripts. Knowing why they are wrong helps you remember the correct form under exam pressure.
❌ Error 1: Practico el fútbol los martes.
✅ Correcto: Juego al fútbol los martes.
Why it costs marks: Fútbol is a competitive team sport, so it uses jugar al, not practicar. Practicar is used for athletic disciplines such as la natación, el atletismo, and la gimnasia. If you say practico el fútbol, examiners will understand what you mean, but it sounds unnatural and is not the standard AQA construction for team sports. Using jugar al signals that you know the distinction — and that distinction is exactly what mark-scheme descriptors at the higher bands look for.
❌ Error 2: Navego el internet todos los días.
✅ Correcto: Navego por internet todos los días.
Why it costs marks: In Spanish, internet does not take a definite article in this phrase — you do NOT say el internet in this construction. The correct phrase is navegar por internet (no article, with por). Compare: Estoy en internet is also fine, but navego el internet is not standard Spanish and immediately flags as a direct translation from English. The preposition por is the one to learn: por internet, por teléfono, por correo electrónico — all follow the same pattern.
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