40 Basketball Phrases in Spanish

Basketball is getting more and more popular in Spanish speaking countries. There are two ways to say basketball in Spanish: baloncesto or básquetbol. In this articles, we are going to learn 40 popular basketball phrases in Spanish.

Basketball Phrases in Spanish

Whether you want to know basketball phrases in Spanish to impress your friends or to to be able to understand Spanish commentators, this article will help you learn them. Let’s start!

1. ayudar a parar la bola (to help stop the ball)
2. botar hacia canasta (to drive)
3. cerrar el rebote (to box out)
4. colocarse en posición de ayuda (to stablish a help position)
5. comunicar la defensa (to communicate the defense)
6. correr a defender (to sprint back)
7. correr y saltar (to run and jump)
8. cortar hacia canasta (to cut to the rim)
9. dar y seguir (to give and go)
10. defender un contrataque (to defend against a fast break)
11. defender un tiro (to contest a shot)
12. desviar un pase (to deflect a pass)
13. dirigirse a la canasta (to drive to the rim)
14. entrar a canasta (to drive to the rim)
15. estar a la altura del balón (to level with the ball)
16. ganar la posición en la zona (to box out)
17. hacer un bloqueo (to set a screen)
18. invertir el balón (to reverse the ball)
19. marcar un punto (to score a point)
20. mover la pelota al interior (to inbound the ball)
21. moverse con el balón (to be drawn to the ball)
22. moverse con el pase (to move on the flight of the ball)
23. no permitir el pase (to deny the pass)
24. ocupar las calles (to fill the lane)
25. parar y pivotar (to stop and pivot)
26. pasar al poste (to feed the post)
27. pasar bloqueos (to fight through screens)
28. pasar el bloqueo por arriba (to go over)
29. pasar el bloqueo por debajo (to go below)
30. pasar el bloqueo por en medio (to slide through)
31. pasar la pelota (to pass the ball)
32. perder de vista el balón (to lose sight of the ball)
33. proteger el balón (to protect the ball)
34. recibir y orientarse (to catch and face)
35. sacar el balón fuera (to kick out)
36. sacar una falta de ataque (to pick up an offensive foul)
37. saltar a cortar el pase (to step into the pass)
38. tirar el balón (to throw the ball)
39. tirar el pase (to bounce pass)
40. ver el balón (to see the ball)

Exercises

Let’s do some exercises with these basketball phrases in Spanish.