DO YOU "PRACTICE SPORT"?

10/21/2016

PLEASE DON'T TELL ME THAT YOU "PRACTICE SPORT"!

Many Spanish people use the phrase: "I like to "practice sport" at the weekend". This is SPANGLISH TOTAL! Instead you need to say: "I like to do sport at the weekend".

If you want to be more specific you need you use "play": "I like to play tennis at the weekend" (there are some exeptions, of course, like swimming and running). The word "practice" is used more in connection with an instrument: "Every day I practice the piano".

Hope that helps!

4 Comments

María

10/25/2016 01:40:04 am

Hi Daniel + partners,

Thank you for the information. My question is: if you are used to practice many sports and you want to say it in general, not specific one, which is the correct form to say it?

Thank you,
Maria

Daniel link

10/25/2016 02:14:30 am

Hi Maria,

Thanks for your message. You can say: "I like DOING a lot of sport" or "I PLAY lots of sports".

Hope that helps!

Daniel

Dorota

5/20/2019 01:13:58 pm

It's possible to write:

To get better in sport or playing music, you have to practice/practse a lot.

Thank you!
Dorota

Cynthia

11/11/2016 04:25:18 am

Hi Daniel!

And what about "Do you exercise"? Is this correct?

Thanks!

Cynthia

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