La Palabra Del Día: "empatado"
empatado ( ehm-pah-tah'-doh )
adjective ( tied; drawn )
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1: ¡Las dos favoritas para ganar la carrera están empatadas!
The two favorites to win the race are tied!
2: Tras tres partidos empatados, el equipo tenía muchísimas ganas de ganar.
After three drawn games, the team really wanted to win.
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Si el anciano detrás de nosotros había corrido un poco más rápido, podríamos haber empatado en el último lugar.
If the old man behind us had run a little faster, we could have tied for last place.
Carrera por la Casa Blanca está empatada, aunque ambos son rechazados por muchos electores, cuya confianza se deteriora.
The race for the White House is tied, although both are rejected by many voters, whose confidence deteriorates.
He tener empatado un duro oponente en el último partido, Pobre de mí.
I have drawn a tough opponent in the final game, Poor me.
Cuando un partido de fútbol resulta empatado, a veces es decidido se decide por una tanda de penaltis.
When a soccer game ends up tied, sometimes it is decided by a penalty shootout.
El más famoso estancamiento en la historia de ajedrez se jugó en Viena en 1872. Hay muchas opiniones de lo que los jugadores deberían haber hecho para evitar un juego empatado.
The most famous stalemate in the history of chess was played in Vienna in 1872. There are many opinions about what the combatants should have done to avoid a tied match.
Me gusta jugar el juego "Riesgo," per los juegos siempre duran tanto tiempo. Por lo general, se retiró después de unas horas y lo llamamos un juego empatado.
I like to play the game "Risk," but the games always take so long. We usually quit after a few hours and call it a tied game.
En el tenis no se puede tener una resulta empatada. Los jugadores tienen que seguir jugando hasta que haya un ganador.
In tennis it is not possible to have a tied result. The players have to continue to play until there is a winner.
--¿Cómo van?
--Están empatados a dos. (Van dos a dos).
--What is the score?
--The score is tied (even) at two goals. (They are tied two-two)
Please correct my English! 
Cuando me fui iban empatados. / They were even when I left.
Van empatados a dos dos veces. / It’s two all twice.
¿Cuántas veces nos sentamos y decimos que esperamos que el partido que estamos a punto de ver termine empatado para que ninguno de los equipos tenga que perder? Queremos que alguien gane.
How many times do we sit down and say that we hope that the game that we are just about to watch ends up tied so that none of the teams have to lose? We want someone to win.
Los caballos estaban empatados a la linea de meta; que era un empate.
The horses were tied at the finish line; it was a dead heat.
An answer for Luiscache.
In tennis, scoring in tie situations in which both players have won the same number of points also varies. When players are tied by one or two points, the score is described as "15-all" and "30-all", or "15-up" and "30-up", respectively. However, if each player has won three points, the score is described as "deuce" rather than "40–all". From this point on, whenever the score is tied, it is described as "deuce" regardless of how many points have been played.
In tennis, scoring in tie situations in which both players have won the same number of points also varies. When players are tied by one or two points, the score is described as "15-all" and "30-all", or "15-up" and "30-up", respectively. However, if each player has won three points, the score is described as "deuce" rather than "40–all". From this point on, whenever the score is tied, it is described as "deuce" regardless of how many points have been played.
Number of points won Corresponding call[1]
0 "love"
1 "15"
2 "30"
3 "40"
4 "game"
A typical tennis score is called 'thirty -all' in English (although 'all' seems a bit over the top for singles). In German they would say 'dreissig beider', beider meaning 'both'.
