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El Clásico

UK/ˌɛl ˈklasɪkəʊ/US/ˌɛl ˈklæsɪkoʊ/

El Clásico noun: any match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, the two leading teams in Spain.

Noun

El Clásico (plural El Clásicos)

  1. Any match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, the two leading teams in Spain.
    • Yesterday's El Clásico went to the history as the first where one ever played outside Spain.
    • The next El Clásico wil be the first in a long time with neither Messi or Ronaldo playing.

El Clásico meaning in Bengali, Malayalam, Nepali and Arabic

El Clásico in Bengali

any match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid
এল ক্লাসিকো el klaśikō

El Clásico in Malayalam

any match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid
എൽ ക്ലാസിക്കോ el klāsikkō

El Clásico in Nepali

any match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid
एल क्लासिको el klāsiko

El Clásico in Arabic

any match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid
اَلْكْلَاسِيكُو al-klāsīkū
More languagesFewer languages
El Clásico in Persian
ال کلاسیکو el klâsiko
El Clásico in Thai
เอลกลาซีโก eel-glaa-sii-goo, อัลกลาซิก al-glaa-sík

Examples of El Clásico in a sentence

  • Having secured his place in the spotlight, when Barcelona visited the Bernabéu to contest one of the most hotly anticipated El Clásicos in history, the pressure was on for the star man to shine.2014, Geoff Hurst, Geoff Hurst's 50 Greatest Footballers of All Time, London: Icon Books, →ISBN, page 209:
  • Other than the UEFA Champions League Final, El Clásicos are the most-watched soccer matches in the world.2016, Ryan Nagelhout, 20 Fun Facts About Soccer, New York: Gareth Stevens, →ISBN, page 25:
  • Here, the rival players are shown in an El Clásico match in Barcelona on October 26, 2013.2016, Karen Burshtein, Lionel Messi: Soccer's Top Scorer, New York: Britannica Educational Publishing, →ISBN, page 27:

Forms of El Clásico

pluralEl Clásicos
alternative formEl Clasico

Origin of El Clásico

Borrowed from Spanish el Clásico (literally “the Classic one”). See more at classic and classical.

Questions about El Clásico

What does El Clásico mean?
El Clásico means any match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, the two leading teams in Spain.
What is El Clásico in Bengali?
El Clásico in Bengali is এল ক্লাসিকো (el klaśikō). See El Clásico meaning in Bengali.
How do you use El Clásico in a sentence?
Having secured his place in the spotlight, when Barcelona visited the Bernabéu to contest one of the most hotly anticipated El Clásicos in history, the pressure was on for the star man to shine.
What part of speech is El Clásico?
El Clásico is a noun.
How do you pronounce El Clásico?
El Clásico is pronounced /ˌɛl ˈklasɪkəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of El Clásico?
The plural of El Clásico is El Clásicos.

Words near El Clásico in the dictionary

  1. El Centro
  2. El Cerrito
  3. el cheapo
  4. el cheapos
  5. El Clasico
  6. El Clásico
  7. El Clásicos
  8. El Collao
  9. El Congo
  10. El Desemboque
  11. El Divisadero

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