sport

deporte

Actividad en la que se compite usando esfuerzo o habilidad física y siguiendo unas reglas acordadas.

En inglés sencillo: An activity in which people use physical effort or skill to compete under agreed rules.

• Tennis is my favourite sport.
• She enjoys several different sports.
• Is swimming a popular sport here?

Expresiones frecuentes: competitive sport, professional sport, play sport, favourite sport

deporte, deporte de equipo

Juego que requiere actividad física y en el que las personas participan formando equipos.

En inglés sencillo: A physical game in which people play together in teams.

• Football is a popular sport.
• We play team sports at school.
• Which sport does your team play?

Sinónimos: game

Expresiones frecuentes: team sport, play sport, school sport

buen compañero

Persona que ayuda de buena gana o se comporta amablemente, incluso cuando las cosas no salen como quiere.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who helps willingly or behaves pleasantly, even when things do not go their way.

• Be a sport and help me.
• He was a good sport about losing.
• Thanks for being such a sport.

Expresiones frecuentes: a good sport, be a sport, a bad sport, such a sport

diversión, entretenimiento

Entretenimiento o placer, a veces obtenido al reírse de otra persona.

En inglés sencillo: Enjoyment or amusement, sometimes gained by laughing at another person.

• They chased each other for sport.
• The children thought hiding his shoes was good sport.
• She disliked people who made sport of strangers.

Cómo se usa: make sport of someone/something (The boys made sport of his unusual hat.)

Sinónimos: fun, amusement, entertainment

Expresiones frecuentes: for sport, good sport, make sport of someone

lucir, llevar

Llevar puesto o tener algo que llama fácilmente la atención.

En inglés sencillo: To wear or have something that people easily notice.

• He sports a long beard.
• She sported a bright yellow jacket.
• The new buses sport the city's logo.

Sinónimos: wear, display, have

Expresiones frecuentes: sport a beard, sport a hat, sport a smile, sport a logo

jugar, retozar

Jugar y divertirse, a menudo corriendo o moviéndose alegremente.

En inglés sencillo: To play and enjoy yourself, often by running or moving about happily.

• Lambs sport in the meadow.
• The children sported beside the stream.
• We watched dolphins sporting in the waves.

Sinónimos: play, frolic, romp

Expresiones frecuentes: sport in fields, sport on grass, sport in waves

burlarse, jugar con

Burlarse de alguien o tratar sus sentimientos o un asunto serio como si fueran un juego.

En inglés sencillo: To tease someone or treat their feelings or a serious matter as a game.

• Do not sport with her feelings.
• He sported with danger as though nothing could hurt him.
• She accused him of sporting with her affections.

Cómo se usa: sport with someone/something (He sported with her feelings and then left.)

Sinónimos: toy with, trifle with, tease

Expresiones frecuentes: sport with someone, sport with feelings, sport with danger