Thread: Definite Article with 'Sport'
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Old January 13, 2015, 12:22 PM
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No practica el deporte este año.
No practica los deportes este año.
If you use definite articles here, you are talking about all sports in the world ever. Or, your reader would have to know in advance exactly which sports you are talking about.

No hace deporte este año.
No hace deportes este año.

No juega al deporte este año.
No juega a los deportes este año.
This would mean she doesn't take sports seriously and just pretends she practices them.
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