🇪🇸 Relationships, Home, and Furniture: Learning Spanish Basic Vocabulary for Personal Life
Jan Sovis
This beginner-friendly guide is tailored to help you navigate conversations about family, home living, and household items in Spanish. Let's learn how to express the warmth of home and relationships in Spanish!
📘 Topics Covered
💕 Family and Relationships: Learn to talk about "the family" (la familia), including "the mother" (la madre), "the father" (el padre), "the sister" (la hermana), and "the brother" (el hermano). Discuss relationship statuses like "married" (casado), "single" (soltero), and "divorced" (divorciado).
🏠 Home Sweet Home: Explore words related to the home such as "the house" (la casa), "the apartment" (el apartamento), and "the room" (la habitación). Chat about daily routines in "the kitchen" (la cocina) or relaxing in "the living room" (el salón).
🛁 Furniture and Household Items: Discover how to describe household items like "the bed" (la cama), "the table" (la mesa), and "the chair" (la silla). Talk about "the fridge" (la nevera) in your kitchen or "the couch" (el sofá) in your living room.
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Audio-lesson
This lesson is divided into 4 parts, and you'll find the first part right here.
Vocabulary list
You can discover vocabulary for the first part of the lesson here.
| English word & example sentence | Spanish word & example sentence |
| abandoned – The abandoned house was in a state of disrepair. | abandonado – La casa abandonada estaba muy deteriorada. |
| address – Please give me your address. | la dirección – Por favor, dame tu dirección. |
| adult – When you turn 18, you legally become an adult. | el adulto – Cuando cumples 18 años, legalmente te conviertes en adulto. |
| adult – She takes adult classes to improve her skills. | adulto – Va a clases para adultos para mejorar sus habilidades. |
| alone – She preferred to be alone to read her book. | solo – Prefería estar sola para leer su libro. |
| anyone – Anyone could do it. | cualquiera – Cualquiera puede hacerlo. |
| apartment – She lives in a small apartment. | el apartamento – Vive en un apartamento pequeño. |
| arrange – She needs to arrange the books on the shelf. | organizar – Necesita organizar los libros en el estante. |
| aunt – I am going to visit my aunt this weekend. | la tía – Voy a visitar a mi tía este fin de semana. |
| baby – The baby is sleeping peacefully. | el bebé – El bebé está durmiendo tranquilamente. |
| bath – She took a bath to relax. | el baño – Se dio un baño para relajarse. |
| bathroom – I need to go to the bathroom. | el baño – Necesito ir al baño. |
| bed – I woke up in my own bed. | la cama – Me desperté en mi propia cama. |
| bedroom – She spent the night in the guest bedroom. | el dormitorio – Pasó la noche en el dormitorio de invitados. |
| belong – This book belongs to me. | pertenecer – Este libro me pertenece. |
| bin – She threw the empty bottle in the recycling bin. | el cubo de basura – Tiró la botella vacía al cubo de la basura de reciclaje. |
| birth – The birth of a child is a happy event. | el nacimiento – El nacimiento de un hijo es un acontecimiento feliz. |
| birthday – I will celebrate my birthday next week. | el cumpleaños – Celebraré mi cumpleaños la próxima semana. |
| board – The carpenter measured and cut the board to the right length. | el tablero – El carpintero midió y cortó el tablero a la longitud correcta. |
| born – She was born in Germany. | nacido – Había nacido en Alemania. |
| both – Both my parents are teachers. | ambos – Ambos mis padres son profesores. |
| bowl – He ate a bowl of cereal for breakfast. | el tazón – Desayunó un tazón de cereales. |
| box – I put the box in the closet. | la caja – Puse la caja en el armario. |
| boy – The boy was playing with a ball. | el chico – El chico estaba jugando con una pelota. |
| boyfriend – She has a boyfriend. | el novio – Tiene novio. |
| broken – The window is broken. | roto – La ventana está rota. |
| brother – He has a brother. | el hermano – Tiene un hermano. |
| cardboard – I received my package wrapped in cardboard. | el cartón – Recibí mi paquete envuelto en cartón. |
| carpet – The carpet in the living room was soft and comfortable. | la alfombra – La alfombra en la sala de estar era suave y cómoda. |
| celebrate – We always celebrate our wedding anniversary with a fancy dinner. | celebrar – Siempre celebramos nuestro aniversario de boda con una cena elegante. |
| closet – She organized her closet by color and type of clothing. | el armario – Ella organizó su armario por color y tipo de ropa. |
| comfortable – The couch was very comfortable. | cómodo – El sofá era muy cómodo. |
| cooker – The rice cooker makes perfect rice every time. | la cocina – La cocina arrocera hace un arroz perfecto en todo momento. |
| corner – The cat was hiding in the corner of the room. | la esquina – El gato se escondía en la esquina de la habitación. |
| couch – The cat is sleeping on the couch. | el sofá – El gato está durmiendo en el sofá. |
| couple – The couple walked hand in hand in the park. | la pareja – La pareja paseaba de la mano por el parque. |
| cousin – My cousin is visiting us next weekend. | el primo – Mi primo nos visitará el próximo fin de semana. |
| cupboard – I keep my plates and cups in the kitchen cupboard. | el gabinete – Guardo los platos y las tazas en el gabinete de la cocina. |
| dad – My dad always tells me funny jokes. | el papá – Mi papá siempre me cuenta chistes divertidos. |
| daughter – I have a beautiful daughter who is my pride and joy. | la hija – Tengo una hermosa hija que es mi orgullo y alegría. |
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