Playing Padel in Spain
Simple Spanish sentences for organising a game of padel, playing a match and settling up afterwards.
Padel is everywhere in Spain: friends and colleagues book a pista for an hour after work, always play doubles, and split the court fee by Bizum afterwards. It looks like tennis but you use a pala instead of a raqueta, and the ball comes back off the glass walls, which catches tennis players out. These sentences follow a tennis player's first game of padel with a colleague in Madrid.
- 1
¿Te apetece echar un pádel?
Do you fancy a game of padel?
- 2
Juego más al tenis que al pádel.
I play more tennis than padel.
- 3
He reservado pista para las siete.
I've booked a court for seven.
- 4
Nos falta un cuarto.
We need a fourth player.
- 5
¿Me prestas una pala?
Can I borrow a racket?
- 6
¿Quién saca?
Who's serving?
- 7
Vamos iguales.
It's deuce.
- 8
Ha sido fuera.
That was out.
- 9
Déjala pasar, que rebota en la pared.
Let it go past, it bounces off the wall.
- 10
¡Sube a la red!
Come up to the net!
- 11
¡Muy buena!
Great shot!
- 12
Perdona, esa era mía.
Sorry, that one was mine.
- 13
No puedo más.
I can't go on.
- 14
¿Cómo vamos?
What's the score?
- 15
Vamos ganando cinco a tres.
We're winning five three.
- 16
¡Última bola!
Last point!
- 17
¡Buen partido!
Good game!
- 18
¿Pagamos la pista a medias?
Shall we split the court fee?
- 19
Te hago un Bizum.
I'll send you a Bizum.
- 20
¿Repetimos la semana que viene?
Same again next week?