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gol

goal

noun GOHL Common

Origin: Borrowed from English 'goal' in the 20th century via football.

Usage Note

Gol is a football-specific loanword and its plural is goles (adding -es after a consonant). Outside Spain and Latin America's football culture it is rarely used. Note that 'goal' in the sense of an aim or objective is objetivo or meta in Spanish — gol is strictly the sports term.

Examples

"El delantero marcó un gol en el último minuto."

Natural Translation

The forward scored a goal in the last minute.

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