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juego de niños

Definitions of juego de niños
  1. noun
    a game enjoyed by children
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    types:
    escondite
    a game in which a child covers his eyes while the other players hide then tries to find them
    infernáculo, rayuela
    a game in which a child tosses a stone into an area drawn on the ground and then hops through it and back to regain the stone
    cantillos
    a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball
    potro, pídola
    a game in which one child bends down and another leaps over
    canica
    a children's game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass)
    juego de las sillas
    a child's game in which players march to music around a group of chairs that contains one chair less than the number of players; when the music abruptly stops the players scramble to sit and the player who does not find a chair is eliminated; then a chair is removed and the march resumes until only the winner is seated
    guerra de cojines
    a child's game of fighting with pillows
    pilla-pilla
    a game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser
    type of:
    juego
    a contest with rules to determine a winner
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