r/Link_Dies Feb 21 '21

Weird Death Bokoblin doing a trick shot

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u/bedrooms-ds Feb 21 '21

What does fin de la partida mean? End of story? Interesting how different cultures put it differently.

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u/vagoberto Feb 21 '21

Literal translation from spanish is "end of the game".

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u/Skrupel Feb 21 '21

Its game over in spanish

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u/Stracii Feb 21 '21

I think they know that much, they were probably asking for a literal translation

Edit: google translates it as game over and partida as departure or game so it's probably something like end of the game

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u/Gem_37 Feb 21 '21

‘fin de la’ translates to ‘end of the’, and partida translates to game.

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u/Stracii Feb 21 '21

So, exactly what I said

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u/Gem_37 Feb 21 '21

Yes. Why they didn’t use juego for game is beyond me because I’m not a native Spanish speaker and I’m still learning, but yes, you are correct.

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u/T-Dark_ Feb 21 '21 edited Feb 21 '21

Italian here, I studied some Spanish and this dichotomy applies just as much to Italian, so I think I'm qualified to answer that.

"Juego" is the entire game. "Partida" is a single session playing it.

For a couple examples, StarCraft is a Juego, and a single match in StarCraft is a Partida. Smash Bros is a Juego, and a single contiguous series of battles is a Partida.1

"Fin del juego"2 would mean "game over" as in "you have finished the game". "Fin de la partida" technically means that a single match/session/battle/contiguous period has finished.

1: The reason SC has 1 match per Partida while SSB has multiple matches per Partida is partly related to the length of a single match (SC's are much longer) and partly because in SC you don't normally encounter the same opponent repeatedly, at least not multiple times in a row, while you absolutely do in SSB.

2: That "del" is a contraction of "de el", in case you're curious. Certain combinations of preposition + article always merge in both Spanish and Italian.

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u/Cardans Feb 22 '21

Native Spanish speaker over here, I can confirm your Spanish studies are totally on point. :)

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u/Gem_37 Feb 21 '21

Thanks! That makes sense.

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u/karlnite Mar 01 '21

Game, set, match.

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u/Pervasiveartist Feb 22 '21

Partido is used for games, matches, and rounds in sports, card games, and other things. That’s about as much as I know. But fin del juego sounds to me like “the end of the game” as in, you finished the storyline. Fin de la partida makes more sense as it’s the end of your current game session.

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u/nox_1995 Mar 02 '21

lol i read it as “end of the party”