juego atlético

Definitions of juego atlético
  1. noun
    a game involving athletic activity
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    hockey
    a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks
    water-polo, waterpolo
    a game played in a swimming pool by two teams of swimmers who try to throw an inflated ball into the opponents' goal
    golf
    a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes
    croquet
    a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops; the winner is the first to traverse all the hoops and hit a peg
    chita, tejo
    a game in which iron rings (or open iron rings) are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it
    juego de tejo, tejo
    a game in which players use long sticks to shove wooden disks onto the scoring area marked on a smooth surface
    balonmano
    a game played in a walled court or against a single wall by two or four players who strike a rubber ball with their hands
    squash
    a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets
    balonvolea, voleibol
    a game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands
    frontón, pelota vasca
    a Basque or Spanish game played in a court with a ball and a wickerwork racket
    bádminton
    a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net
    baloncesto
    a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop
    tenis
    a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court
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    juego
    a contest with rules to determine a winner
    deporte
    an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
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