Spanish · 5 phrases
Fútbol & the Stadium
In Mexico, fútbol is daily life, not weekend TV — so the language runs deep, from the street "cascarita" (pickup game) to the stadium's ritual howling at the ref. We've kept the crowd chants that are theater ("¡árbitro vendido!") and flagged the one that's a genuine slur (see never-say). Bring your "pinche árbitro"; leave the other chant at home.
Una cascarita kahs-kah-REE-tah A pickup soccer game / a kickabout ¡Métele! MEH-teh-leh Go for it! / step on it! / give it some! ¡Árbitro vendido! AR-bee-troh ben-DEE-doh The ref's been bought! / bent referee! ¡Se la comió! seh lah koh-MYOH He totally blew it / whiffed an easy one ¡Pinche árbitro! PEEN-cheh AR-bee-troh Bloody ref! / freaking referee!