Thread: paint ball

How do you say "paint ball" in Spanish? I'm referring to the game.

Example sentence: I played paint ball last weekend with my brother.

Thanks for your help!

I'm from Spain and I usually play paintball. We say it like that, "paintball". We use it also to name the place where you play it, the arena.

Your sentence translated would be:

El fin de semana pasado fui al Paintball con mi hermano.

Little bit more slanged:

El pasado fin de semana eché un Paintball con mi hermano.

Cheers!

Same over here in Mexico, we also say "Paintball".

Has anyone heard of "gocha"? Someone told me that's the way they say "paintball" in Mexico.

Thanks for your help!

Aquí en Venezuela se dice algo como eso, Gotcha, pero no se como se escribe porque parece una palabra en inglés mál pronunciada (Got you)

Paintball is also called Gotcha in some English and Spanish speaking countries.

Gotcha is definately not used in Spain.

Perhaps using Gotcha is a more Latin American thing. In Puerto Rico they use both Gotcha and Paintball. In any case, I think its best not to translate the term since it's so widely used in English. Just make sure to put the word in italics.

Paint ball in Argentina, too.

And it´s so much fun!