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Old June 19, 2009, 08:01 PM
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¿Podríais ser profesores amables y explicarme el significado de la frase "dos equis"?


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XX = dos equis
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XX = dos equis
Equi(s) no está en mi dictionario.
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Equi(s) no está en mi dictionario.
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La equis es el nombre de la letra x. Debe de estar en tu diccionario.
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Mi novia se gustan las cervezas de dos equis. Toca cuando nosotros vamos a el restaurante mexicana.
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Esto me recuerda a las quinielas (1-x-2). ¿Se juega a las quinielas en otros países? ¿Cómo se dice quiniela?
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A mi novia le gustan las cervezas de Dos Equis. La toma cuando nosotros vamos al restaurante mexicano.
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¿Cómo se dice quiniela?
sports pools - football pool, baseball pool, soccer pool, etc.
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Algunas correcciones para ti.

sports pools - football pool, baseball pool, soccer pool, etc.
So x pools means quinielas. Here there are pools for football and equestrian sports.

I think than when you say football, you mean "fútbol americanno"; and when you say "soccer", you mean "fútbol". Am I wrong?
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Yep. Football is fútbol americano and soccer is fútbol.

Sometimes we say betting pools. The purpose of a pool is to wager/bet some money on the team/horse/etc. that you think will win.
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Yep. Football is fútbol americano and soccer is fútbol.

Sometimes we say betting pools. The purpose of a pool is to wager/bet some money on the team/horse/etc. that you think will win.
In Spain is on the contrary, we add "americano" to the word "fútbol" to distinguish. I don't know if it's the same in Latin America.
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Yes, in Latin America Spanish the distinction is also made. In Amercian English, football always means fútbol americano. Soccer is how we say fútbol.
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Yes, in Latin America Spanish the distinction is also made. In Amercian English, football always means fútbol americano. Soccer is how we say fútbol.
OK, thanks. I don't like very much sports and, sometimes, I don't pay much attention to this vocabulary
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