El Clásico

English

Alternative forms

• El Clasico

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɛl ˈklasɪkəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɛl ˈklæsɪkoʊ/

Noun

El Clásico (plural El Clásicos)

1. (soccer) 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.

   • 2014, Geoff Hurst, Geoff Hurst's 50 Greatest Footballers of All Time, London: Icon Books, →ISBN, page 209:

     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.

   • 2016, Ryan Nagelhout, 20 Fun Facts About Soccer, New York: Gareth Stevens, →ISBN, page 25:

     Other than the UEFA Champions League Final, El Clásicos are the most-watched soccer matches in the world.

   • 2016, Karen Burshtein, Lionel Messi: Soccer's Top Scorer, New York: Britannica Educational Publishing, →ISBN, page 27:

     Lionel Messi and Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo (who plays forward for Real Madrid, FC Barcelona's main Spanish league rival) have long fought for the title of best soccer player in the public's eye. Here, the rival players are shown in an El Clásico match in Barcelona on October 26, 2013.

Translations

any match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid

• Arabic: اَلْكْلَاسِيكُو m (al-klāsīkū)
• Armenian: Էլ Կլասիկո (Ēl Klasiko), Իսպանիայի Դերբի (Ispaniayi Derbi)
• Azerbaijani: El Klasiko
• Bengali: এল ক্লাসিকো (el klaśikō)
• Bulgarian: Ел Класико n (El Klasiko)
• Catalan: el Clàssic m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西班牙打吡 (Xībānyá dǎbǐ), 西班牙國家德比／西班牙国家德比 (Xībānyá guójiā débǐ), 經典大戰／经典大战 (jīngdiǎn dàzhàn), 世紀對決／世纪对决 (shìjì duìjué)

• Georgian: ელ კლასიკო (el ḳlasiḳo)
• Greek: Ελ Κλάσικο n (El Klásiko)
• Hebrew: הַקְלָאסִיקוֹ m (ha-Klásiko), הַדֶּרְבִּי שֶׁל סְפָרַד m (ha-dérbi shel S'farád)
• Japanese: エル・クラシコ (Eru Kurashiko), スペインダービー (Supein Dābī)
• Korean: 엘 클라시코 (El Keullasiko)
• Malayalam: എൽ ക്ലാസിക്കോ (el klāsikkō)
• Nepali: एल क्लासिको (el klāsiko)
• Persian: ال کلاسیکو (el klâsiko)
• Russian: Эль-Кла́сико n (Elʹ-Klásiko), Противостоя́ние Испа́нии n (Protivostojánije Ispánii)
• Spanish: el Clásico m
• Swedish: El Clásico n
• Thai: เอลกลาซีโก (eel-glaa-sii-goo), อัลกลาซิก (al-glaa-sík)
• Ukrainian: Ель Кла́сіко n (Elʹ Klásiko), Де́рбі Іспа́нії n (Dérbi Ispániji)

References

• “El Clásico”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present, retrieved July 31, 2017.