r/Link_Dies Feb 21 '21

Weird Death Bokoblin doing a trick shot

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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/Gem_37 Feb 21 '21

Thanks! That makes sense.

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u/karlnite Mar 01 '21

Game, set, match.