Native speakers of Español - clear up something boxing-related for me.

We call each three minute period of action between the ropes a "round" in English. Now, officially, if you ask translating apps or dictionaries, the word in Spanish is supposed to be "ronda" - but there are very few gringos on earth that have watched more boxing with Spanish commentary than myself and I have literally not ever once heard a ring announcer or commentator use the word ronda in practice. Jamás, literalmente.

But there also doesn't seem to be a consensus on which of the informal (slang?) alternatives ought to be standard. I've heard "asalto" used frequently on Mexican television, and the somewhat rarer "episodio" came up just now on a Nicaraguan broadcast on ESPN Knockout...and I've definitely heard that before too. I even sometimes hear rounds called "peleas", which is confusing because that is also the word often used for the whole fight. Like they'll say we are now entering "séptima pelea" or "última pelea".

Does it just vary by country/region?

 

Or are rondas/peleas/asaltos/episodios all equally and interchangeably valid throughout all of the Hispanosphere?

 

¡Escucha con atención, cabrón!

 

...and before anyone mentions it, yes, I realize we don't always 100% say "round" in English. Sometimes a commentator will try and use more literary or flowery language and call them "sessions" or "frames" (I have occasionally even heard "innings") ...but that is fairly uncommon. "Asaltos" seems to be more frequent than any of the others to me, but still not universally standardized the way "rounds" is.

 

Ouch, man.