Spanish Siri uses "poner" instead of "jugar." Why?
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Is it because I'm translating from English too literally? It took me forever to get her to play an album because I kept saying "jugar." Apparently, she uses "pon el álbum." Why?
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updated Nov 26, 2014
edited by glenohumeral13
posted by glenohumeral13
Welcome to SpanishDict. - rac1, Nov 26, 2014
@rac1 Thanks! - glenohumeral13, Nov 26, 2014
1 Answer
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In English we say play the album or put on the album. Pon el álbum is the same as put on the album.
In Spanish to play a musical instrument we use tocar. To play cards or games we use jugar.
updated Nov 26, 2014
edited by gringojrf
posted by gringojrf
Thanks mate I needed that simple explanation. - ray76, Nov 26, 2014
Thank you! Just out of curiosity, if I were to say "Juega el álbum," would I be understood? Or would it just be confusing? - glenohumeral13, Nov 26, 2014
It would surely confuse me, and I get all sorts of garbled Spanish from my students. - Daniela2041, Nov 26, 2014
I suppose that a DJ when they make all those scratching noises are juega el álbum. But other than that it would be confusing. - gringojrf, Nov 26, 2014
