"make" a bet vs. "win/lose" a bet
Hello all,
I'm looking for a way to say,
"I wonder if José won the bet yesterday."
The dictionary gives many examples of phrases about what someone bet, what someone bet on, etc., but not in this specific wording, which is very common in English.
It says that "hacer una apuesta" is "to make a bet," so it sounds like "ganar/perder una apuesta" would be the likely translation for "to win/lose a bet."
But, I didn't see any examples of that in the dictionary entries of "apostar" and "la apuesta."
So my best guesses are,
"Me pregunto si José ganó la apuesta ayer."
"¿Ganará José la apuesta ayer?"
¿Qué dirías tú?
1 Answer
Sí: ganar una apuesta, ( to win abet)
Mañana me voy a apostar 100 euros en mi caballo favorito en la carrera de vallas. ( Tomorrow I'm going to put 100 Euros on my favourite horse in the hurdle race) .
To lose is : perder.
Ayer perdí todo mi dinero.
I think this is correct, but, although I love my racing I'm not a betting woman and my Ladbrokes account is sadly resting on £ 0.80 so I can't bet any more unless I boost it up. In case there is a betting person on this site, wait for further clarification.
