"Tienen jugadores de muy buen pide"

English translation: they've got some talented players

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Spanish term or phrase:tienen jugadores de muy buen pie
English translation:they've got some talented players
Entered by: Neil Ashby

02:27 Oct 15, 2020
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation / football (soccer)
Spanish term or phrase: "Tienen jugadores de muy buen pide"
I'm translating a newspaper article for a class in my M.A. translation program, and in this article (which has a target audience of North American English speakers for translation purposes), the coach of a Mexican football club (who is from Argentina) refers to another team's players with the following comment: "Tienen jugadores de muy buen pide." I have never encountered the phrase "buen pide" but a couple of my co-L1 classmates (who speak both English and Puerto Rican Spanish as native languages) suggested that perhaps this phrase either transmits the idea that the players are "well-regarded" or "in demand," or else it may be a typo that should've read "buen pie" instead (which DeepL renders as simply "they have very good players" using the clause "tienen jugadores de muy buen pie"). I couldn't find anything even remotely meaningful with "buen pide" in my own searching, so my professor has suggested that I request well-informed opinions here on ProZ. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.
Richard Snowden
United States
Local time: 06:24
they've got some skillful players
Explanation:
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or "talented players"

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Neil Ashby
Spain
Local time: 12:24
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Once again, thanks so much, Neil!
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Summary of answers provided
4they've got some skillful players
Neil Ashby
3"Some of their players have been demanded."
Lisa Rosengard
Summary of reference entries provided
muy buen pie
patinba

  

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1 day 14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
"Some of their players have been demanded."


Explanation:
They could be skilled footballers of such a high standard that football club managers could have sought them or demanded them to be transferred to another team.

Note:
'pide' (he or she requests)
'de muy bien pide' (of good demand, order or request)
'pedir' (to request or to ask for)

Lisa Rosengard
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:24
Native speaker of: English
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
they've got some skillful players


Explanation:
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or "talented players"

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Note added at 1 day 16 hrs (2020-10-16 19:18:49 GMT) Post-grading
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Welcome.

Neil Ashby
Spain
Local time: 12:24
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 64
Grading comment
Once again, thanks so much, Neil!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Great! Thanks so much for your reply, Neil.

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Reference comments


10 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: muy buen pie

Reference information:
definitely, because he can be found in a Facebook video of the interview saying just that.

AS México - Lillini teme más a León que a cualquier otro ...www.facebook.com › videos › lillini-...· Translate this page
Video for Lillini Tienen jugadores de muy buen pie, que son determinantes".
0:44
A Lillini le preocupa más enfrentar a 'La Fiiieeraa' que Cruz Azul o al Ame ... ¡Esa táctica a balón parado no la ...
Sep 10, 2020

patinba
Argentina
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 94
Note to reference poster
Asker: Great catch, Patinba! Thanks a ton for sharing this.


Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  neilmac: Players who are "very nifty on their feet" or something like that....
2 hrs
  -> Yes. Thank you!
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