How to Say ‘Are we winning one to nothing?’ in Mexican Spanish
¿Vamos ganando uno a cero?
BAH-mohs gah-NAHN-doh OO-noh ah SEH-roh
[BAH-mohs gah-NAHN-doh OO-noh ah SEH-roh]
Phrase Breakdown
¿Vamos ganando
BAH-mohs gah-NAHN-doh
Are we winning
'Vamos' + gerund means 'we are (currently) doing'. The 'v' sounds close to a soft 'b': BA-mos ga-NAN-do.
Vamos ganando el torneo.
We're winning the tournament.
Words in this phrase
Vamos
[BAH-mohs]
we are (going)
From 'ir'; with a gerund it describes an ongoing situation.
Vamos perdiendo.
We're losing.
ganando
[gah-NAHN-doh]
winning
Gerund of 'ganar' (to win).
El equipo está ganando.
The team is winning.
uno a cero?
OO-noh ah SEH-roh
one to nothing?
The score. Let the voice rise at the end because it's a question.
Perdimos uno a cero.
We lost one to nothing.
Words in this phrase
uno
[OO-noh]
One
'Uno' is a pronoun meaning one referring to a single entity.
Uno de mis amigos está aquí.
One of my friends is here.
a
[ah]
to (in scores)
Used between numbers to give a score.
Quedaron dos a uno.
It ended two to one.
cero
[SEH-roh]
zero
The number 0; used for counting, scores and phone numbers.
El marcador está cero a cero.
The score is zero to zero.
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