Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
armar un picadito
English translation:
have/having a kickabout
Added to glossary by
Mónica Algazi
Dec 5, 2006 22:07
17 yrs ago
1 viewer *
Spanish term
armar un picadito
Spanish to English
Other
Sports / Fitness / Recreation
Fútbol
It is what children and older boys do when they play (soccer) football in a very informal, casual way in a park or in the street, with just a ball and something resembling two goals (perhaps a couple of stones on each side).
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | have/having a kickabout |
Carol Gullidge
|
| 4 +2 | set up a makeshift (football/soccer) pitch (on the street) |
David Hollywood
|
| 4 | (street) pick-up game (of soccer) |
ElChe (X)
|
Proposed translations
+1
12 mins
Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
:
22
Selected
have/having a kickabout
good luck, this could be it!
BBC SPORT | World Cup 2006 Blog | King CarlosThe next day - would you believe it - Tony Curtis and Donatella Versace were having a kickabout with some local kids near the city's main art gallery. ...
www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/worldcup/2006/06/king_carlos_1.html - 110k - Cached - Similar pages
BBC - Black Country - Junior Football - This is no ordinary clubMore and more boys started going along on a Sunday to have a kickabout. ... is better than just having a kickabout in the park with your old dad, surely?! ...
www.bbc.co.uk/blackcountry/content/articles/2006/10/18/brow... - 31k - Cached - Similar pages
Don't overuse Becks, London warned | the Daily Mail... effectively ruling out London 2012 having England football captain Beckham photographed having a kickabout with Singapore youngsters before the July 6 ...
www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/othersports.h... - Similar pages
icTeesside - 101 Reasons Why It's Great Up NorthHaving a kickabout - The Teesside Junior Football Alliance is the county's biggest junior football league with over more than 400 teams competing. ...
icteesside.icnetwork.co.uk/101greatreasons/greatreasons/ - 86k - Cached - Similar pages
What The Papers Say: 9-11-2006 - Yahoo! Sport UKFinally, Newcastle fans should turn to page 30 of The Sun to see a picture of Prince Charles having a kickabout at St James' Park and he and Camilla holding ...
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 13 mins (2006-12-05 22:21:33 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
children of all ages, it seems!
BBC SPORT | World Cup 2006 Blog | King CarlosThe next day - would you believe it - Tony Curtis and Donatella Versace were having a kickabout with some local kids near the city's main art gallery. ...
www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/worldcup/2006/06/king_carlos_1.html - 110k - Cached - Similar pages
BBC - Black Country - Junior Football - This is no ordinary clubMore and more boys started going along on a Sunday to have a kickabout. ... is better than just having a kickabout in the park with your old dad, surely?! ...
www.bbc.co.uk/blackcountry/content/articles/2006/10/18/brow... - 31k - Cached - Similar pages
Don't overuse Becks, London warned | the Daily Mail... effectively ruling out London 2012 having England football captain Beckham photographed having a kickabout with Singapore youngsters before the July 6 ...
www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/othersports.h... - Similar pages
icTeesside - 101 Reasons Why It's Great Up NorthHaving a kickabout - The Teesside Junior Football Alliance is the county's biggest junior football league with over more than 400 teams competing. ...
icteesside.icnetwork.co.uk/101greatreasons/greatreasons/ - 86k - Cached - Similar pages
What The Papers Say: 9-11-2006 - Yahoo! Sport UKFinally, Newcastle fans should turn to page 30 of The Sun to see a picture of Prince Charles having a kickabout at St James' Park and he and Camilla holding ...
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 13 mins (2006-12-05 22:21:33 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
children of all ages, it seems!
Note from asker:
| Gracias, Carol y David. |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+2
1 min
David Hollywood
Native in English
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
Related KudoZ points
:
98
set up a makeshift (football/soccer) pitch (on the street)
I would say
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 3 mins (2006-12-05 22:11:01 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
(or in the park or wherever ... the key word here is "makeshift" IMO)
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 3 mins (2006-12-05 22:11:01 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
(or in the park or wherever ... the key word here is "makeshift" IMO)
Note from asker:
| Gracias, David. |
3 hrs
(street) pick-up game (of soccer)
'pick-up' is the equivalent slang expression for picadito. It means improvised; at the spur of the moment.
Note from asker:
| Gracias, ElChe. |
Something went wrong...