{"id":900021,"date":"2021-09-01T15:07:55","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T14:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jaleomadrid.com\/las-palabras-en-espanol-que-necesitas-saber-si-te-gustan-los-videojuegos\/"},"modified":"2021-09-01T15:07:55","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T14:07:55","slug":"las-palabras-en-espanol-que-necesitas-saber-si-te-gustan-los-videojuegos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jaleomadrid.com\/de\/las-palabras-en-espanol-que-necesitas-saber-si-te-gustan-los-videojuegos\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Video Game Vocabulary for Gamers"},"content":{"rendered":"

At Jaleo Madrid we love games, and we are sure many of you do too. For years, video games in Spain were one of the best ways to learn English, as most of the words in this world come from English. But some words are different in Spanish, and you won’t understand them unless someone tells you. If you are a Super Mario fan, read on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consola and mando<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The “consola” (or “videoconsola”) is the machine you play on, at least for games not played on your phone. The controllers connected to it are “mandos”, and any other devices are “perif\u00e9ricos” (peripherals).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truco<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you are struggling to finish a game, you need a “truco”: a cheat or trick that helps you finish it or get some kind of advantage. Sometimes you need special moves, sometimes a code or password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vida<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Today lives are often unlimited, but in older games they were very important: they decided how many times you could “die”. In Super Mario Bros, nobody forgets the green mushrooms that gave you an extra “vida”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Game genres<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Some genres keep their English names, like RPGs, but many have Spanish names. There are “yo contra el barrio” games (literally “me against the neighbourhood”, beat ’em ups like Double Dragon), “plataformas” (platform games like Super Mario) and “lucha” (fighting games like Street Fighter).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spanglish verbs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Some words have been taken straight from English and given a Spanish ending:<\/p>\n\n\n\n