Llamadas y apodos de bingo: La lista de personas que llaman tradicional
Las llamadas de bingo son los apodos que riman tradicionales que una persona dice con cada número sorteado, principalmente en el bingo de 90 bolas, como "ojo de Kelly, número 1", "dos patitos, 22", "piernas once, 11", "clic, 66" y "dos señoras gordas, 88". La persona que llama siempre dice también el número real, por lo que los apodos son pura tradición y diversión.
The complete list for all ninety numbers is below, each row linkable on its own — #number-88 jumps straight to "two fat ladies". The same data is available as a JSON file if you want to build something with it.
¿Qué son exactamente las llamadas de bingo?
Una llamada de bingo es un apodo corto o una rima combinada con un número, que se utiliza casi en su totalidad en el juego de 90 bolas, popular en el Reino Unido, Irlanda y Australia. La mayoría de las rimas son simples: riman con el número ("piernas once, 11"), describen cómo se ven los dígitos ("dos patitos, 22" para los cuellos curvos de los patos), o hacen referencia a la cultura y la historia ("Línea Brighton, 59" de una antigua ruta de autobús). La persona que llama siempre anuncia el número real después del apodo, por lo que nadie tiene que memorizar nada para jugar.
La tradición tomó forma en las salas de bingo británicas de mediados del siglo XX, donde un canto fuerte cortaba el ruido. "Legs eleven" se transmite mucho mejor en una habitación llena de gente que un "once" recortado, y los divertidos le dieron personalidad a quien llamó. Si eres nuevo en el formato en sí, nuestra guía para Bingo de 75 bolas vs 90 bolas explica por qué las llamadas pertenecen al mundo de las 90 bolas.
La lista completa de llamadas de bingo tradicional de 90 bolas, del 1 al 90
Cada número del 1 al 90 tiene una llamada tradicional y los noventa se enumeran aquí con una breve nota sobre el origen de cada uno. La redacción varía según la región y la sala (muchos números tienen dos o tres llamadas aceptadas, que se muestran como alternativas), pero la columna principal es la versión más reconocida. Cada fila tiene su propio ancla, por lo que #number-11 enlaza directamente con "piernas once".
Reuse this data. The full list is published as a machine-readable file at /data/bingo-calls.json — number, primary call, regional alternates, origin note and anchor URL for each of the ninety numbers. Free to reuse with attribution to this page. Last checked 25 August 2026.
| No. | Traditional call | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kelly's eye | Long-standing hall slang. Often linked to the Australian outlaw Ned Kelly, but the origin is disputed. |
| 2 | One little duckAlso: Doctor Who · One small duck | The figure 2 has the curved neck and body of a duck. Players often reply “quack”. |
| 3 | Cup of teaAlso: You and me · Debbie McGee | Rhymes with “three”. |
| 4 | Knock at the doorAlso: The one next door | Rhymes with “four”. |
| 5 | Man alive | Rhymes with “five”. |
| 6 | Half a dozenAlso: Tom Mix · Chopsticks | Six is half of a dozen. “Tom Mix” is rhyming slang from the silent-film cowboy. |
| 7 | Lucky sevenAlso: David Beckham · Lucky for some | Seven's long-standing reputation as a lucky number. |
| 8 | Garden gateAlso: Harry Tate · At the gate | Rhymes with “eight”. |
| 9 | Doctor's orders | “Number 9” was the laxative pill issued by British army doctors in the Second World War. |
| 10 | Prime Minister's denAlso: Theresa's den · Uncle Ben · Cock and hen | 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister's residence. Many halls swap in the sitting PM's name. |
| 11 | Legs eleven | The two 1s side by side look like a pair of legs. Players often wolf-whistle. |
| 12 | One dozenAlso: A monkey's cousin | Twelve is a dozen. |
| 13 | Unlucky for someAlso: Baker's dozen | Thirteen's superstitious reputation; also the baker's dozen of thirteen loaves. |
| 14 | Valentine's Day | 14 February. |
| 15 | Young and keenAlso: Rugby team | Rhymes with “fifteen”; a rugby union team fields fifteen players. |
| 16 | Sweet sixteenAlso: Never been kissed | From the traditional coming-of-age phrase “sweet sixteen and never been kissed”. |
| 17 | Dancing queenAlso: Often been kissed | From the ABBA song, whose lyric names seventeen. |
| 18 | Coming of ageAlso: Now you can vote | Eighteen is the age of legal adulthood in the UK. |
| 19 | Goodbye teens | The last of the teenage years. |
| 20 | One scoreAlso: Getting plenty · Blind 20 | A score is twenty. |
| 21 | Key of the doorAlso: Royal salute | Twenty-one was formerly the age of majority; a royal salute is twenty-one guns. |
| 22 | Two little ducksAlso: All the twos | The pair of 2s look like two ducks. The traditional crowd response is “quack quack”. |
| 23 | Thee and meAlso: The Lord is my shepherd | Rhymes with “three”; also Psalm 23. |
| 24 | Two dozen | Two dozen is twenty-four. |
| 25 | Duck and dive | The 2 is the duck; “dive” rhymes with the 5. |
| 26 | Half a crownAlso: Pick and mix · Bed and breakfast | The pre-decimal half-crown was worth two shillings and sixpence, written 2/6. |
| 27 | Gateway to heavenAlso: Duck and a crutch | Rhymes with “seven”; the 2 is a duck and the 7 a crutch. |
| 28 | In a stateAlso: Over weight · Duck and its mate | Rhymes with “eight”. |
| 29 | Rise and shine | Rhymes with “nine”. |
| 30 | Dirty GertieAlso: Burlington Bertie · Speed limit | Rhyming slang, popularised by the wartime song “Dirty Gertie from Bizerte”. |
| 31 | Get up and run | Rhymes with “one”. |
| 32 | Buckle my shoe | From the nursery rhyme “One, two, buckle my shoe”. |
| 33 | All the threesAlso: Dirty knee · Fish, chips and peas | A doubles call; “dirty knee” is rhyming slang for thirty-three. |
| 34 | Ask for more | Rhymes with “four”. |
| 35 | Jump and jiveAlso: Flirty wives | Rhymes with “five”. |
| 36 | Three dozen | Three dozen is thirty-six. |
| 37 | More than elevenAlso: A flea in heaven | Rhymes with “seven”. |
| 38 | Christmas cake | Rhymes with “eight”. |
| 39 | StepsAlso: Those famous steps · Jack Benny | From John Buchan's novel and Hitchcock's film “The 39 Steps”. |
| 40 | Life beginsAlso: Naughty forty | From the saying “life begins at forty”. |
| 41 | Time for funAlso: Life's begun | Rhymes with “one”. |
| 42 | Winnie the PoohAlso: That famous street in Manhattan | Rhymes with “two”. |
| 43 | Down on your kneesAlso: Danny Dyer | Rhymes loosely with “threes”; a wartime call. |
| 44 | Droopy drawersAlso: All the fours | Comic rhyming reference to the shape of the two 4s. |
| 45 | Halfway thereAlso: Cowboy's friend | Forty-five is the midpoint of ninety. |
| 46 | Up to tricks | Rhymes with “six”. |
| 47 | Four and sevenAlso: Lucky seven | A plain digit call. |
| 48 | Four dozen | Four dozen is forty-eight. |
| 49 | PCAlso: Copper · Rise and shine | From the 1940s BBC radio series “PC 49”. |
| 50 | Half a centuryAlso: Bullseye · Five-oh | Half of a hundred; a darts bullseye scores fifty. |
| 51 | Tweak of the thumbAlso: I love my mum | Rhymes with “one”. |
| 52 | Danny La RueAlso: Deck of cards · Chicken vindaloo | Rhymes with “two”; also the fifty-two cards in a deck. |
| 53 | Here comes HerbieAlso: Stuck in a tree | Herbie, the racing Volkswagen, carries the number 53. |
| 54 | Clean the floorAlso: Man at the door | Rhymes with “four”. |
| 55 | Snakes aliveAlso: All the fives | The two 5s look like a pair of snakes. |
| 56 | Was she worth it?Also: Shotts bus | Five shillings and sixpence (5/6) was the pre-decimal cost of a marriage licence; the crowd replies “every penny”. |
| 57 | Heinz varietiesAlso: All the beans | From the Heinz “57 varieties” slogan. |
| 58 | Make them waitAlso: Choo choo Thomas | Rhymes with “eight”. |
| 59 | Brighton line | Named after a long-established transport route numbered 59. |
| 60 | Five dozenAlso: Grandma's getting frisky · Three score | Five dozen is sixty. |
| 61 | Baker's bun | Rhymes with “one”. |
| 62 | Tickety-booAlso: Turn on the screw | Rhymes with “two”. |
| 63 | Tickle me | Rhymes with “three”. |
| 64 | Almost retiredAlso: The Beatles number | One year short of the traditional retirement age; also the Beatles song “When I'm Sixty-Four”. |
| 65 | Old age pensionAlso: Stop work · Retirement age | Sixty-five was the traditional UK state pension age. |
| 66 | Clickety clickAlso: All the sixes | The rhythm of the two 6s, echoing train wheels on rails. |
| 67 | Stairway to heavenAlso: Made in heaven | Rhymes with “seven”. |
| 68 | Saving graceAlso: Pick a mate | Rhymes with “eight”. |
| 69 | Either way upAlso: Anyway up · Meal for two | The number reads the same when turned upside down. |
| 70 | Three score and ten | The biblical span of a human life, from Psalm 90. |
| 71 | Bang on the drumAlso: J-Lo | Rhymes with “one”. |
| 72 | Six dozenAlso: Par for the course | Six dozen is seventy-two. |
| 73 | Queen beeAlso: Under the tree · Lucky 3 | Rhymes with “three”. |
| 74 | Hit the floorAlso: Candy store | Rhymes with “four”. |
| 75 | Strive and striveAlso: Big Daddy | Rhymes with “five”. |
| 76 | TrombonesAlso: Was she worth it? | From “Seventy-Six Trombones” in the musical The Music Man. |
| 77 | Sunset StripAlso: Two little crutches · Two hockey sticks | From the TV series “77 Sunset Strip”; the two 7s also look like hockey sticks or crutches. |
| 78 | 39 more stepsAlso: Heaven's gate · Lucky 78 | Twice thirty-nine, the number of “The 39 Steps”. |
| 79 | One more time | Rhymes with “nine”. |
| 80 | Gandhi's breakfastAlso: Eight and blank · There you go, matey | A pun on “ate nothing” — an 8 and a 0. |
| 81 | Stop and runAlso: Fat lady with a walking stick | Rhymes with “one”; the 8 is the fat lady and the 1 her stick. |
| 82 | Straight on throughAlso: Fat lady with a duck | Rhymes with “two”; the 8 is the fat lady and the 2 a duck. |
| 83 | Time for teaAlso: Fat lady with a flea | Rhymes with “three”. |
| 84 | Seven dozenAlso: Give me more | Seven dozen is eighty-four. |
| 85 | Staying aliveAlso: Ladies with a hive | Rhymes with “five”; also the Bee Gees song. |
| 86 | Between the sticksAlso: Ladies with a trick | Rhymes with “six”; “between the sticks” is the goalkeeper's position. |
| 87 | Torquay in DevonAlso: Fat lady with a crutch | Rhymes with “seven”; the 7 is the crutch. |
| 88 | Two fat ladiesAlso: All the eights · Wobbly wobbly | The curvy 8s side by side. The traditional crowd response is “wobble wobble”. |
| 89 | Nearly thereAlso: Almost there · All but one | One short of the highest number in the game. |
| 90 | Top of the shopAlso: End of the line · As far as we go | Ninety is the highest number in 90-ball bingo. |
Como se hacen los apodos
Una vez que vea la lógica, podrá adivinar la mayoría de las llamadas antes de que alguien les enseñe. Se dividen en algunas familias:
- rimas — "hombre vivo, 5", "puerta del jardín, 8", "llamar a la puerta, 4". El más fácil de escuchar al otro lado del pasillo.
- formas — "dos patitos, 22", "piernas once, 11", "dos señoras gordas, 88". Los dígitos se parecen a la cosa nombrada.
- Números e hitos — "llave de la puerta, 21", "a mitad de camino, 45", "pensión de vejez, 65". El número significa algo.
- Cultura e historia — "órdenes del médico, 9", "línea Brighton, 59", "trombones, 76". Pequeñas cápsulas del tiempo de la vida británica.
La familia visual es la más divertida de detectar. A continuación, los propios dígitos insinúan sus apodos.
Convocar un juego con confianza
No necesitas todas las rimas en tu primera noche. La regla general de Nadia funciona bien: aprenda los diez o quince favoritos del público (1, 2, 8, 9, 11, 22, 66, 76, 88, 90) y lea el resto claramente hasta que se ciñan. Primero diga el apodo, luego el número y luego repita el número: "Piernas once, número 11 — uno, uno". Esa repetición es la parte que realmente ayuda a los jugadores a escucharte.
El ritmo importa tanto como las llamadas. Deje un ritmo entre los números para que los jugadores puedan tocar sus cartas y reduzca la velocidad cerca del final de una ronda cuando alguien esté cerca. Si vas a correr toda la noche, nuestra guía para organizar una noche de bingo en casa cubre el tiempo, los premios y cómo mantener la energía alta, y si estás haciendo malabarismos con una gran multitud, descubre cómo rastrear múltiples cartones de bingo sin perder tu lugar.
Preguntas frecuentes
¿Qué son las llamadas de bingo?
Apodos que riman tradicionales que quien llama dice con cada número en el bingo de 90 bolas: "dos patitos, 22", "piernas once, 11", "clickety click, 66". El número real siempre se dice también.
¿Por qué las personas que llaman al bingo usan apodos?
Hacen que los números sean más fáciles de escuchar en una sala ruidosa y añaden ritmo y humor. La mayoría de las rimas provienen de la cultura del bingo británica de mediados del siglo XX y se mantienen como tradición.
¿Cuál es el apodo del 88 en el bingo?
"Dos mujeres gordas": la forma curvilínea de los dos 8. Los jugadores en muchas salas responden "bamboleo".
¿Necesitas saber los apodos para jugar?
No. La persona que llama siempre dice el número real, por lo que solo necesita escuchar los dígitos. Los apodos son una tradición, no una regla.
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