anyone here knows what "ole" means?

[LeslieSantosfan]

Just wondering.......what does the word mean?

[TURI9]

its a word used to express approval, triumph, joy, etc.

[LeslieSantosfan]

its a word used to express approval, triumph, joy, etc.


sweet...hehehe, I say "ole" a lot when I play, without knowing it. hahahahaha.

[astabooty]

you use it when you do a move to someone.

[LeslieSantosfan]

hmmm, I just say it to myself when I am excited and ready to go into attack mode. It just comes so naturally. Usually I am calm and lay back, but when I go into the "ole ole la la land", I get hyper. I know...its all mental, lol :D

[DanRod78]

I'm tired of hearing that damn word, I'm not even playing.

As far as I know the word "Ole" comes from bullfights. That's what the bullfighter/people say when the bull goes by him.

THAT WORD DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH SOCCER.

If you watch soccer in the spanish channel, I don't think that you are EVER going to hear one of the narrators saying "Ole". At least I haven't.

[lond2345]

THAT WORD DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH SOCCER.

If you watch soccer in the spanish channel, I don't think that you are EVER going to hear one of the narrators saying "Ole". At least I haven't.
Correct. Ole comes from bullfights. People use it in soccer when you see teams keeping possession/making several passes without losing the ball and the other team can't get the ball away from them. The team with the ball is toying with the other team.

[X X I]

I'm tired of hearing that damn word, I'm not even playing.

As far as I know the word "Ole" comes from bullfights. That's what the bullfighter/people say when the bull goes by him.

THAT WORD DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH SOCCER.

If you watch soccer in the spanish channel, I don't think that you are EVER going to hear one of the narrators saying "Ole". At least I haven't.

Then you have never played street football.

[DanRod78]

I forgot that people say "Ole" when one team is passing the ball around.

Then you have never played street football.
I grew up in SouthAmerica in a spanish speaking country.

I notice that people in the US seem to love to say "Ole" for every f...ing play that they do.
I play with a couple of guys that say "Ole" even when somebody beats somebody else runnning with the ball :(

[simplysoccerBR]

I say Ole only to mock people when I do a great "drible", or when I see someone saying "hi" but the other person turns away because he/she didn't see it.

[Gary V]

Bravo - Well done

[X X I]

I forgot that people say "Ole" when one team is passing the ball around.


I grew up in SouthAmerica in a spanish speaking country.

I notice that people in the US seem to love to say "Ole" for every f...ing play that they do.
I play with a couple of guys that say "Ole" even when somebody beats somebody else runnning with the ball :(

Again, you definitely have never played street. I play with a bunch of Uruguayans and Argentinians, and everytime someone gets nutmegged or just beat really badly, you hear "¡Ole!"

[simplysoccerBR]

Again, you definitely have never played street. I play with a bunch of Uruguayans and Argentinians, and everytime someone gets nutmegged or just beat really badly, you hear "¡Ole!"

Agreed. In Brazil too.

[copaantl98]

I'm tired of hearing that damn word, I'm not even playing.

As far as I know the word "Ole" comes from bullfights. That's what the bullfighter/people say when the bull goes by him.

THAT WORD DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH SOCCER.

If you watch soccer in the spanish channel, I don't think that you are EVER going to hear one of the narrators saying "Ole". At least I haven't.

Two words: Ricardo Mayorga.

[X X I]

Two words: Ricardo Mayorga.

Um ok. Thanks, and don't ever post again.