Usage examples of "juego de palabras" in Spanish with translation to English

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Su estilo (si se puede llamar así) usaba excesivamente (aunque corro el riesgo de hipocresía) los paréntesis (disculpen por el juego de palabras). His style (if you were to call it that) was excessively (though I run the risk of hypocrisy) parenthetical (pardon the pun).
Es un juego de palabras. This is a pun.
La obra utiliza el mismo juego de notas en los movimientos uno y cuatro. The work occupies the same note play in movements one and four.
Un escritor efectivo es aquél que sabe qué clase de palabras deben usarse en un contexto concreto. An effective writer is one who knows what sort of words should be employed in any specific context.
¿Cuál es tu juego de carrera favorito? What's your favorite racing game?
A fin de matar el tiempo en sus largos viajes, Cristóbal Colón una vez hizo una oración con un número infinito de palabras. As a means to pass the time on his long journeys, Christopher Columbus once made a sentence with an infinite number of words.
Un juego de beneficios era en efecto. A set of benefits was once in effect.
Los alemanes tienen la misma cantidad de palabras para una reunión que los esquimales para la nieve. Germans have the same amount of words for meetings than Eskimos for snow.
¿Cuál es tu juego de código abierto favorito? What's your favorite open source game?
Si el procesador de palabras se estropeara, nosotros garantizamos reemplazarlo libre de cargos. Should the word-processor go wrong, we guarantee to replace it free of charge.
La ruleta es un juego de azar. Roulette is a game of chance.
Las revistas le permiten a los escritores escribir lo que quieran y después deciden cómo diseñarlo, pero esa revista prioriza el diseño, entonces fija un límite predeterminado a la cantidad de palabras que puede tener. Magazines let writers write what they want and decide how to lay it out afterward, but that magazine prioritizes its design, so it sets a predetermined limit on how many words are in it.
Él se puso a jugar un juego de computador tan pronto como llegó a la casa. As soon as he got home, he began to play a computer game.
Se trata de oraciones, no de palabras. It's all about sentences. Not words.
Magic: el encuentro es un juego de mesa. Magic: The Gathering is a board game.
Existe, pero visto que es tabú y que no se habla de ello, no hay necesidad de palabras para ello. It exists, but seeing as it is taboo and that nobody talks about it, there's no need to have words for it.
Mi papá me regaló un juego de computador. A computer game was given to me by my father.
Sólo trata de oraciones. No de palabras. It's all about sentences. Not words.
Juego a un juego de navegador. I am playing a browser game.
Tengo mi cabeza llena de palabras para ti. My head is full of words for you.
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