quiniela

f.

1 pools coupon (boleto). (peninsular Spanish)

quinielas (football) pools(apuestas) (British), sports lottery (United States)

hacer una quiniela to do the pools (British), to play the sports lottery (United States)

echar una quiniela to hand in one's pools coupon o (British) sports lottery ticket (United States)

quiniela hípica = gambling pool based on the results of horse races

2 lottery. (Mexican Spanish, River Plate)

3 sport lottery ticket, pools coupon.

4 sports lottery.

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quiniela

► nombre femenino

1 football pools plural

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FRASEOLOGÍA

hacer la/una quiniela to do the pools

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SF

1) (=boleto) pools coupon

echar la quiniela — to hand in one's coupon

2) (=juego) football pool(s)

jugar a la quiniela o a las quinielas — to do the (football) pools

quiniela hípica — horse-racing totalizator

QUINIELA The quiniela is the Spanish equivalent of the football pools and coupons are available from estancos. Players can predict a home win (1), a draw (X) or an away win (2) for most premier and first division matches. 15 correct forecasts gets the biggest prize but 10 or more correct forecasts also wins some money. The sums won vary from week to week depending on the takings or recaudación. There is also a version for horse racing known as the quiniela hípica.

See:

ver nota culturelle ESTANCO in estanco

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femenino

a) (Esp) (boleto) sports lottery ticket (AmE), pools coupon (BrE); (juego)

la quiniela or las quinielas — the sports lottery (AmE), the football pools (BrE)

b) (RPl) betting on the last two or three figures of the lottery

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femenino

a) (Esp) (boleto) sports lottery ticket (AmE), pools coupon (BrE); (juego)

la quiniela or las quinielas — the sports lottery (AmE), the football pools (BrE)

b) (RPl) betting on the last two or three figures of the lottery

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quiniela

feminine

quiniela (↑ quiniela a1)

1 (Esp) (boleto) sports lottery ticket (AmE), pools coupon (BrE)

¿echaste or sellaste la quiniela? did you send/hand in the pools coupon?

2

(Esp) (juego): la quinielaor las quinielas the sports lottery (AmE), the football pools (BrE)

jugar a las quinielas to play the sport's lottery, to do the pools

3 (RPl) betting on the last two or three figures of the lottery

Compuesto:

quiniela hípica

(Esp) pools system based on horseracing results

CULTURAL NOTE

quiniela

A soccer lottery in Spain. Players predict the results of fourteen games. Thirteen or fourteen correct results qualify for a share of the prize money.

Variants of quiniela exist in Latin America: polla in Peru, polla-gol in Chile, prode in Argentina, and totogol in Colombia.

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quiniela sustantivo femenino (Esp) (boleto) sports lottery ticket (AmE), pools coupon (BrE);
(juego):

◊ las quinielas the sports lottery (AmE), the football pools (BrE)

quiniela sustantivo femenino (football) pools pl

'quiniela' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acertar
- mariscada
- polla
English:
coupon

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quiniela nf

1. Esp [boleto] pools coupon;

quiniela(s) [apuestas] Br (football) pools, US sports lottery;

jugar a las quinielas Br to do the pools, US to play the sports lottery;

echar una quiniela to hand in one's Br pools coupon o US sports lottery ticket;

hacer una quiniela Br to do the pools, US to play the sports lottery;

le tocó la quiniela she won the Br pools o US sports lottery;

Fig

ser una quiniela to be a lottery

Comp

quiniela hípica = gambling pool based on the results of horse races

2. Méx, RP [juego de azar] lottery

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quiniela

f lottery where the winners are decided by soccer results, Br

football pools pl

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quiniela nf

: sports lottery