Falsos amigos y excusas deportivas: cancela bien el partido
Falsos amigos y excusas deportivas: elige la frase adecuada para cancelar un partido.
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Look at the image. Choose the best excuse to cancel the padel match.
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Hints for this Quiz
Think about the false friend: in Spain, constipado = a cold, not constipation.
In Spain, "estoy constipado" means "I have a cold" (runny nose, cough). It’s a false friend: don’t confuse it with "constipation". That’s why the first sentence is a natural and polite way to cancel the game. "Estreñido/constipación" refer to intestinal problems – not what you want to say here. You’ll find more everyday phrases about illnesses in the colloquial-health cheat sheet in this course.
Look for the word from the sports context. "Lesionado" is used for athletes’ injuries.
For sports injuries in Spain people typically say "estoy lesionado". "Herido" means "wounded" (an accident, blood), and "lastimado" is more Latin American. In conversation, people might react sympathetically with: "¡Qué mala pata!" – "what bad luck!" (literally "what a bad paw").
Body parts in Spanish usually take the definite article: la espalda, la rodilla…
The correct pattern is: "Me duele + artículo + parte del cuerpo": "Me duele la espalda." For plural body parts: "me duelen las…". Compare with the live example "me duele la tripa" from the colloquial-health cheat sheet in this course.
First you warm up, then you stretch.
A verb pair from the training topic: calentar (to warm up) → estirar (to stretch). This is core vocabulary from the "Hablar de Entrenamientos" block in our sports Spanish notes.
Look for the option with "me duele la…" and a neutral, polite tone.
Polite and natural: "Oye, lo siento… me duele la rodilla." Body parts take the article (la rodilla), not "mi". The pattern "me duele + artículo + parte" is a standard conversational formula; you’ll see more examples in the medical-conversation cheat sheet in this course.
It’s the polite exclamation you say after a sneeze.
In Spain, after someone sneezes people usually say "¡Salud!" ("¡Jesús!" is also possible). It’s the natural colloquial reaction, as noted in our notes on colloquialisms.
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