hacer un maratón
/aθeɾ un maɾaton/from spelling rules
To binge watch in Spanish is hacer un maratón.
While English uses a single verb for this action, Spanish uses the verbal construction hacer un maratón to express the idea of watching many episodes of a television series in one sitting. You can also use the informal expression devorar una serie to mean devouring a series, or ver de un tirón to mean watching in one go.
What does it mean word for word?
Literally, hacer un maratón means to do a marathon, using the metaphor of a long-distance race to describe the act of watching many episodes.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Spain, the colloquial term atracón de series is used to describe a series binge or a series feast.
How does it change in a sentence?
To specify what you are binge watching, you often add de series (of series) after the phrase, resulting in hacer un maratón de series.
How do you pronounce it?
/aθeɾ un maɾaton/
Did you know?
- The phrase ver de un tirón uses the word tirón, which usually means a 'tug' or 'pull'. In this context, it implies the action is one continuous, unbroken motion.
- The word maratón is a loanword that entered Spanish via French before reaching its current form.
- In Spain, the word atracón is used both for binge watching and for eating an excessive amount of food in one sitting.
Examples in context
- ¡La nueva temporada de esa serie me tiene enganchado! ¡La vi todas las noches en maratón!The new season of that series has me hooked! I watched it every night in a binge-watching session!
- Me encantó esa nueva serie de Netflix. La devoré el fin de semana.I loved that new Netflix series. I binged it over the weekend.
- Mis amigos y yo vamos a quedarnos despiertos toda la noche viendo esa serie de culto de los años 90. ¡La vamos a ver de un tirón!My friends and I are going to stay up all night watching that cult 90s series. We're going to binge it!
- He tenido un fin de semana tranquilo, así que me di el atracón de series que tenía pendiente.I had a quiet weekend, so I had a series binge and caught up on what I had pending.
- Quiero hacer un maratón de mi serie favorita.I want to binge watch my favorite series.
- Anoche decidí hacer un maratón de películas de terror.Last night I decided to binge watch horror movies.
- No podemos hacer un maratón de la serie hoy.We cannot binge watch the series today.
Example conversation
Two friends are talking about a new show.
- DanielDaniel, ¿has visto la nueva temporada?Daniel, have you seen the new season?
- MaríaNo, pero quiero hacer un maratón mañana.No, but I want to binge watch it tomorrow.
- Daniel¡Yo también! Podemos verla juntos.Me too! We can watch it together.
- MaríaPerfecto, María. Trae los snacks.Perfect, María. Bring the snacks.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries hacer, maratón, un, CC BY-SA 4.0.
