Están jugando a saltar a la soga.

Question

Hola, mi amigos...

In the following sentence (below), why is there an "a" before the infinitive "saltar"? The infinitive already has "to" in it, as in "to jump." Is that not redundant? Or, does the "a" mean something else here?

Están jugando a saltar a la soga.

Thank you all

Answer 1

Hi jeff: jugar a algo, to play something.

Jugar al fútbol. Jugar al balonmano.....