Champions? More like "camp-ions"

Question

Ok. There was a couple at work and their name was "Champions". When you sit at a table for a long time, and don't leave, just sit there taking up space when other people want to sit at that table, that is called "camping". So we had a couple named "Champions" and I wanted to say "Champions? More like camp-ions because they were camping. But I wanted to say it in Spanish, so I said (rather brilliantly I thought)

• "¿Campeones? Más que champiñones.

Maria said that "más que" works for "more like" BUT she said that you would have to say "Champiñones? Más que campeones. Which seems to defeat the purpose. She couldn't explain why it works like that either. Can you explain it? Gracias.

Clever retort, whatever the word order. - 0074b507, Feb 6, 2011

Gracias. - jeezzle, Feb 6, 2011

Answer 1

"¿Campeones? Más que champiñones.

I haven't got a clue what you wanted to say ...

If this was a word game, as you explained before posting the sentence...

Champiñones = name of the guys

Campeones= champions

Hacer camping = to camp

Campista= guy who camps

So, I guess you wanted to say:

Champiñones? Más bien campistas!

Más que...more than

Más bien ...rather, more like

Answer 2

Jeezle, but why campeones??? it means champions, nothing to do with champiñones.

Because their name was Champions, Campeones, and that rhymes with Champiñones, even though it doesn't make sense. Just to achieve the rhyme. ;) - jeezzle, Feb 6, 2011

ah well, but anyway, makes no sense, you are right, as you can see I did not get it at all, jeje - 00494d19, Feb 6, 2011

Answer 3

Y'know? Ya coulda done it in French too. "Champions? Plus comme champignons!" (mushrooms).

Answer 4

So más bien is more like? So maybe "¿Campeones? Más bien champiñones! (silly I know but word play you know) OR ¿Campeones? Más bien campistas! (more sensible but less rhyming)

So más bien = more like. Good stuff, I will write this down.