game over

fin del juego, partida terminada

Mensaje que indica que la partida ha terminado, normalmente porque el jugador ha perdido.

En inglés sencillo: A message saying that play has finished, often because the player has lost.

• The screen says game over.
• I lost my last life, and game over appeared.
• After the final boss fell, the screen displayed game over.

Expresiones frecuentes: game over screen, game over message

se acabó, todo terminó

Indica que una situación ha terminado, normalmente porque ya no queda posibilidad de éxito.

En inglés sencillo: A situation has ended, usually because there is no longer any chance of success.

• Without their support, it’s game over.
• When the files disappeared, it was game over for our project.
• One more defeat and it could be game over for the team.

Cómo se usa: it is game over for someone/something (It was game over for the deal when the bank refused funding.)

Sinónimos: the end

Expresiones frecuentes: be game over, game over already

muerte, fin de la vida

Manera informal de decir que alguien muere o va a morir.

En inglés sencillo: A way of saying that someone dies or will die.

• One fatal mistake, and it’s game over.
• Without his safety rope, that fall would have meant game over.
• The pilot knew an engine failure there could mean game over for him.

Sinónimos: death

Expresiones frecuentes: be game over, game over forever

pantalla de fin de partida

La aparición en pantalla del mensaje que indica que la partida ha terminado.

En inglés sencillo: An occasion when a game displays a message saying that play has ended.

• I got a game over.
• Three mistakes led to another game over.
• How many game overs did you get before finishing?

Expresiones frecuentes: a game over, another game over