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"Football pitch" is a noun which is often translated as "el campo de fútbol", and "soccer field" is a noun which is also often translated as "el campo de fútbol". Learn more about the difference between "football pitch" and "soccer field" below.
football pitch(
foot
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bal
pihch
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el campo de fútbol (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
She's the best player I've ever seen on a football pitch.Es la mejor jugadora que jamás he visto en un campo de fútbol.
b. la cancha de fútbol (F) (Latin America)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
The wet grass made the football pitch slippery.La hierba húmeda hizo que la cancha de fútbol estuviera resbaladiza.
c. la cancha de futbol (F) (Central America) (Mexico)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
Regionalism used in Mexico
He ran the length of the football pitch to score a goal.Corrió todo el largo de la cancha de futbol para anotar un gol.
soccer field(
sa
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kuhr
fild
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (general)
a. el campo de fútbol (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
It rained last night, and now the soccer field is very muddy.Llovió ayer y ahora el campo de fútbol está muy lodoso.
b. la cancha de fútbol (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The soccer field at your high school seems pretty small.La cancha de fútbol de tu escuela secundaria me parece muy pequeña.
c. el campo de juego (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
To practice, the other players and I had to run the length of the soccer field 10 times.Para practicar, los otros futbolistas y yo teníamos que correr por la longitud del campo de juego unas diez veces.
