Como se dice "play ball" en español?
¡Hola! Estoy haciendo un ensayo sobre la influencia de béisbol en Venezuela, y quiero titularlo "Play ball!" pero no sé como decir esto en español y no puedo pensar en una manera decirlo sin ayuda. No sé si la frase es un mandato o un modismo. Me gustaría tener su ayuda y gracias por su tiempo.
Hey there. I'm doing a paper about the influence of baseball in Venezuela, and I want to call it "Play ball!" but I don't know how to say this in Spanish and I can't think of a way to say it without help. I don't know if the phrase is a command or an idiom. I'd love to have your help, and thank you for your time.
Olivia.
3 Answers
I've heard that the anglicized ¡Pleibol! or just Play Ball! is used in Venezuela and Mexico ![]()
The following link is to a Wordreference forum. The quotes from the forum is
En México gritan, ¡Pleibol!, and
En Venezuela, segun mi socio fanatico de beisbol, dicen, !Pleibol!
To further show how the expressions of Latino baseball are influenced by Gringo language, note this opinion piece from El universal.com, also cited in the Wordref forum,
I would say:
Jugar al béisbol
If you say "play ball", jugar a la pelota, first thing that comes to mind will be football (soccer)