Home and things in Spanish
191 words Spanish words on the topic “home and things”: la casa — house, la vivienda — housing, la habitación — room, la cocina — kitchen. 191 words can be played from recordings.
191 words on the topic
- la casahouseEn casa without the article means at home; en la casa means inside the specific building. Your ear learns the difference
- la viviendahousingFrom vivir, to live. The official word for housing: listings, contracts, the news
- la habitaciónroomThe h is silent: ah-bee-tah-SYON
- la cocinakitchenThe kitchen, the stove and the skill of cooking in one word: cocinar is to cook
- el bañobathroomThe ñ is a soft ny: BAH-nyoh
- el balcónbalconyEnglish borrowed balcony from the same root. Stress on the last syllable
- la plantafloor (story)A floor of a building. Careful: in Spain el piso is a flat, not a floor — Latin America has it the other way round
- el ascensorelevatorThe sc is a plain s: ah-sen-SOR
- la escalerastairsStairs in a building and a stepladder. Por la escalera — on foot, no elevator
- la mesatableAny table: dining, desk, or the one at a bar
- la sillachairThe ll sounds like y: SEE-yah
- la camabedA bed. Hacer la cama — to make the bed
- el armariowardrobeA wardrobe for clothes. A built-in one is el armario empotrado, a word from rental listings
- la ventanawindowFrom viento, wind: the window as the thing the draft comes through
- la puertadoorA door and a gate. Hence porter and port in English
- la llavekeyThe ll sounds like y: YAH-veh
- la lámparalampLAM-pah-rah — stress on the first syllable, as the accent mark shows
- el agua calientehot waterThe word is feminine but takes el — anything to avoid the double a. So el agua caliente, not a masculine adjective
- la electricidadelectricityIn everyday speech people say la luz: se ha ido la luz — the power went out
- la basuratrashTrash and the trash can. Sacar la basura — to take out the trash
- la limpiezacleaningFrom limpio, clean. Hacer la limpieza — to do the cleaning
- la coladalaundryLaundry as a chore: hacer la colada. The machine itself is la lavadora
- la vajilladishesThe j is a throaty h and ll a y: vah-HEE-yah
- la toallatoweltoh-AH-yah
- el jabónsoapThe j is a throaty h: hah-BON
- el vecinoneighborA neighbor in the building and in the country. El barrio is the area those neighbors live in
- el caserolandlordThe owner of a rented flat. The contract calls him el propietario or el arrendador
- el alquilerrentBoth the payment and the rental itself: pagar el alquiler. The verb is alquilar
- la reformarenovationRenovation as redoing a flat. Fixing something broken is la reparación
- hay mucho ruidoit's noisyLiterally there is a lot of noise — that is how the complaint is phrased
- no funcionait doesn't workFor machines Spanish says funcionar, not trabajar: people work, appliances function
- se ha rotoit brokeLiterally it has broken itself: Spanish likes to blame the thing, as if it did it on its own
- goteato leak (drip)From la gota, a drop. A leak in the ceiling is la gotera
- llame a un técnicocall a repairmanA technician is el técnico; a plumber el fontanero, an electrician el electricista
- ¿cuándo puede venir?when will you come?Softer than cuándo viene?: asking about possibility, not about the fact
- calentarto heatTo give heat: la estufa calienta bien. The course also uses it for reheating food — Spanish has no other verb for that. The stem's e turns to ie: calienta
- la neverafridgeIn Spain la nevera, from la nieve, snow. Latin America says el refrigerador
- el tejadoroofFrom la teja, a roof tile: the roof as seen from outside. The ceiling inside is el techo
- la paredwallFeminine even with a consonant at the end. A fortress wall is la muralla
- el dormitoriobedroomFrom dormir, to sleep. Rental listings count bedrooms: un piso de dos dormitorios
- el patiocourtyardThe inner yard of a house. The word traveled straight out of Spanish into other languages
- el techoceilingThe ceiling as seen from inside. Careful: techo sometimes drifts toward roof — then people say tejado to be exact
- el portóngateSingular in Spanish, one big gate. It's the augmentative of la puerta, a door
- la vallafenceBAH-yah, like vaya
- el garajegaragegah-RAH-heh
- el buzónmailboxBoth the mail slot in the lobby and the blue street box for letters
- el sótanobasementIn an elevator this floor reads -1 or S. The attic is el desván
- fregar los platosto wash the dishesFregar is scrubbing with water: dishes and floors. The dishwasher machine is el lavavajillas
- barrerto sweepThe broom is la escoba — the very broom witches fly on
- lavar la ropato do laundryThere's no separate verb for laundry: lavar washes dishes, cars and clothes alike — only the object tells you which
- plancharto do the ironingFor clothes only. Stroking a cat is a different verb, acariciar
- hacer la cenato make dinnerHacer la cena sounds homelier than cocinar: this is how it's said at home
- sacar la basurato take out the trashLiterally 'to take the trash out'. In Spanish homes it goes down to the street containers in the evening
- la aspiradoravacuum cleanerFeminine: it's the machine that inhales. Vacuuming is pasar la aspiradora
- el cepillobrushAny brush: a toothbrush is el cepillo de dientes. The broom is a different thing, la escoba
- el cubobucketThe same word means a cube, the geometric kind. El cubo de la basura is the trash bucket
- la planchaclothes ironThe iron and the griddle share the word: on a menu, a la plancha means off the griddle, not the iron
- ayudarto helpHelp someone with a: the preposition is mandatory
- cierra la puertaclose the doorThe tú form of cerrar. The polite usted version is cierre la puerta
- abre la ventanaopen the windowFrom abrir. The usted form is abra la ventana: for -ir and -er verbs the ending flips to -a
- pásamepass meThe command pasa with me stuck on the end; the extra syllable earns the accent mark
- más bajo, por favorquieter, pleaseLiterally 'lower': volume is low rather than quiet in Spanish. For full silence people just say silencio
- alquilar un pisoto rent an apartmentAlquilar works both ways: to rent and to let. Who does which is read from the surroundings — alquilo un piso a Ana can mean either, so Spaniards prop it up with other verbs
- poner un piso en alquilerto rent out an apartmentLiterally 'to put an apartment up for rent' — the cure for alquilar's double meaning. The owner is el casero or el propietario, the tenant el inquilino
- el contrato de alquilerleaseIn Spain it usually runs a year with the right to renew. The deposit handed to the owner is la fianza; the agency's first fee is los honorarios
- el precio del alquilerrent amountThe course knows el alquiler as renting; el precio is added so it's about the sum. A listing will just write 800 € a month
- la duración del alquilerlease termFrom durar, to last. You can also say el plazo del contrato. El término won't work here: it means a term, a word, or an end
- el agente inmobiliarioreal estate agentInmobiliario comes from inmueble, real estate — literally 'the unmovable thing'. The agency itself is la inmobiliaria, feminine
- la visita al pisoapartment viewingSpanish calls it a visit: hemos hecho tres visitas esta semana. The word el visionado exists but belongs to films, not flats
- el piso amuebladofurnished apartmentFrom el mueble, a piece of furniture. Without furniture: sin amueblar, or vacío — empty. It's the first thing people scan a listing for
- entrar a vivirto move inLiterally 'to enter to live'. Listings say listo para entrar a vivir — ready to move into. Moving house in general is mudarse, which means changing homes rather than occupying one
- dejar el pisoto move outDejar is to leave behind: an apartment, a job, a person. The partner of entrar a vivir. Warning the owner in advance is avisar con un mes
- la mudanzathe moveThe process of carrying your things over: hacer la mudanza. A moving company is una empresa de mudanzas — you see the name on every second truck in town
- mudarseto move houseAlways with se: me mudo a Valencia. Without se, mudar means to change something else — a snake changes its skin, a bird its feathers
- el mozo de mudanzasmoverUn mozo is a fellow, a helper, a porter — the same word for the man carrying suitcases at the station. Spanish never coined a separate word for the job
- empaquetarto pack upFrom el paquete — a parcel, a package. There is also embalar, packing things up properly with film and tape; that is the word the movers use
- desempaquetarto unpackThe des- prefix flips the verb, the way un- or dis- does in English: hacer and deshacer, montar and desmontar. For a suitcase they say deshacer la maleta
- la nueva direcciónthe new addressNuevo before the noun leans toward 'another, next'; after the noun, toward 'brand-new'. La dirección nueva would sound like an address that never existed before
- el traslado de las cosasthe transport of your thingsEl traslado is any move of anything: things, a patient, an employee to another city. The verb is trasladar, and trasladarse is moving yourself somewhere
- instalarseto settle inUnpacking the boxes and starting to live normally: ya estamos instalados. Without se, instalar means to install — a program, a washing machine, a shelf
- acostumbrarse al sitio nuevoto get used to the new placeFrom la costumbre — a custom, a habit. The preposition is always a: acostumbrarse a algo. The contraction al is a plus el — that is the only way it is written
- los mueblesfurnitureEnglish furniture is uncountable, Spanish counts it: los muebles. One piece is un mueble. The word comes from Latin for 'movable' — the opposite of inmueble, real estate
- el sofásofaMasculine even though it ends in -a — the word came from Arabic. In the plural, los sofás. A sofa bed is el sofá cama
- el sillónarmchairLiterally 'big chair': la silla plus the augmentative -ón. The same pattern gives el cucharón, the ladle, and el portón, the big gate, which the course already knows
- el estanteshelfOne board is el estante, the whole shelving unit is la estantería. A shop shelf holding goods is also el estante
- la alfombracarpetAnother Arabic loanword, like almohada and albañil. The mat by the door is el felpudo, and the ceremonial red one is la alfombra roja
- el espejomirrorMasculine, whatever your instinct says. You look at yourself in it with a, not en: mirarse al espejo. A car's rearview mirror is el retrovisor
- la cortinacurtainUsually plural: a window gets las cortinas. A shower curtain is la cortina de ducha, while blinds and roller shutters are la persiana
- la almohadapillowthe h is silent: al-mo-AH-da
- la mantablanketA wool or fleece cover that goes on top. A duvet inside a cover is el edredón — Spanish keeps them apart, and so does a hotel
- la lámpara de techoceiling lampLiterally 'lamp of the ceiling': Spanish gets by with a description. El techo, the ceiling, is already in the course. A table lamp, then, is la lámpara de mesa
- la pinturapaintPaint in the can, painting as an art, and a picture: una pintura de Goya. Context sorts it out. The house painter and the artist are both el pintor
- pintar las paredesto paint the wallsPintar covers painting walls and painting pictures. La pared is an indoor wall; a fortress wall or a fence is el muro — thicker and outdoors
- el papel pintadowallpaperLiterally 'painted paper', and it is singular where you might expect a plural. In Latin America people also say el papel tapiz
- los azulejostilesWall tiles in the bathroom and the kitchen. The word looks like azul, blue, but comes from an Arabic word for a little pebble — they turned blue later. Floor tiles are las baldosas
- el destornilladorscrewdriverLong but transparent: el tornillo is a screw, destornillar is to unscrew, and -dor turns the action into a tool. The Phillips type is de estrella, the flat one is plano
- el taladrodrillBoth the tool and the hole it makes. The verb is taladrar, to drill. The plea no taladres a las tres is familiar to every Spaniard
- la tuberíapipeA water pipe and the whole system of pipes at once. A single tube is el tubo, and a musical trumpet is la trompeta. The plumber is el fontanero
- se ha fundido la bombillathe bulb has blownFundirse means to melt: Spanish says a bulb melts rather than burns. La bombilla, a light bulb, is literally 'little pump' — after its pear shape
- la calefacciónheatingFrom caliente, hot. Poner la calefacción is turning the heating on. The radiator on the wall is el radiador — the same word as a car's radiator
- hacer obrasto do renovation workLas obras means building work of any kind: a flat being renovated or a street dug up. Fixing a small thing is different — that is arreglar, which the course already knows
- el contadormeter (device)From contar — to count and to tell at once. In Latin America el contador is an accountant, and the meter there is called el medidor
- la lectura del contadormeter readingLa lectura is reading — of books and of devices: Spanish says the meter is read. A bill shows lectura real, an actual reading, or lectura estimada, an estimated one
- la factura del aguathe water billEl agua is feminine but takes el in the singular — before a stressed a, every word does. Hence el agua fría: the adjective stays feminine
- la factura de la luzthe electricity billA Spaniard says la luz, light, not la electricidad. The electricity bill is la factura de la luz, and turning the light off is apagar la luz
- han cortado el aguathey have cut off the waterLiterally 'they have cut the water': an impersonal they, just like English. Cortar works for power, gas and internet too
- el contenedor de basurathe rubbish containerThe big street container; the bin at home is el cubo de basura — the course already knows el cubo. Spanish containers are color-coded: yellow for plastic, blue for paper, green for glass
- el portalthe entrance hallThe way in from the street and the lobby behind the door. Addresses read portal 3, 2º izquierda — entrance, floor, side. The stairwell is la escalera
- el portero automáticothe intercomLiterally 'the automatic doorman': a human concierge is just el portero. With a camera it is el videoportero
- el ruido de los vecinosthe neighbors' noiseEl ruido is noise, and hacer ruido is to make a racket. In Spain quiet hours are the law from ten at night — las horas de descanso
- las normas de la comunidadthe building rulesLa comunidad is the owners' association of the building — and, by extension, the monthly fee paid to it: pagar la comunidad. The residents' meeting is la junta de vecinos
- el hornoovenThe kitchen oven and the baker's alike. Al horno on a menu means baked. No está el horno para bollos — the oven isn't ready for buns — means now is not the moment
- el microondasmicrowaveMasculine despite the final s, and unchanged in the plural: los microondas. In speech people often just say el micro
- el ralladorgraterFrom rallar, to grate. Don't confuse it with rayar, to scratch: they sound the same, only the spelling differs. Queso rallado is grated cheese
- el cucharónladleAn augmentative of la cuchara, spoon: the ending -ón makes things big in Spanish, as in el sillón and el cajón
- la tapalidFrom tapar, to cover. The same word is the bar snack: a small plate once covered the wine glass, and the snack took its name from the lid
- la tabla de cortarcutting boardLa tabla is a board and a chart: la tabla de multiplicar is the times table. The ironing board is la tabla de planchar
- el delantalapronFrom delante, in front: the thing that hangs in front of you. Ponerse el delantal is to put it on
- el manteltableclothRelated to la manta, blanket: both are things you cover with. Poner el mantel is to set the table; the napkin is la servilleta
- la batidorablenderFrom batir, to whisk. La batidora de vaso sits on a base with a jar, la batidora de brazo is the immersion stick. The food processor is el robot de cocina
- el táperfood containerFrom the Tupperware brand, taken over whole: the plural is los táperes. The older Spanish word, la fiambrera, is fading from speech
- el peinecombA comb with teeth. The hair brush is el cepillo del pelo, and peinarse is to do your hair
- la maquinilla de afeitarrazorThe hand razor. The electric kind is la afeitadora, the blade la cuchilla, the verb afeitarse is to shave. La espuma de afeitar is shaving foam
- el champúshampoochahm-POO
- las tijerasscissorsAlways plural, like the English: unas tijeras, pásame las tijeras. Nail scissors are las tijeras de uñas
- la agujaneedlethe j is a throaty h: ah-GOO-hah
- el hilothreadA spool is un carrete de hilo. Figuratively el hilo de la conversación is the thread of the talk: he perdido el hilo — I lost the thread
- tirarto throw awayOne verb for three acts: throw away, throw and pull. Doors marked tirar open toward you, empujar pushes away. Tirar a la basura is to toss it in the trash
- guardarto storeKeep, put away, save a file — one verb does all three. Guardar un secreto is to keep a secret; guarda los juguetes is put the toys away
- la lavadorawashing machineFrom lavar, to wash. Poner una lavadora is to put a load on — literally 'to put a washing machine'. The dryer is la secadora
- el lavavajillasdishwasherMasculine and unchanged in the plural. The same word is the dish soap, so shops specify: pastillas para el lavavajillas
- el congeladorfreezer compartmentFrom congelar, to freeze; descongelar is to defrost. The fridge is la nevera or el frigorífico
- el ventiladorfan (cooling)De techo hangs from the ceiling, de pie stands on the floor. Air conditioning is a different animal: el aire acondicionado, in speech just el aire
- la estufaheaterIn Spain la estufa is a space heater, electric or gas; in Latin America the same word is a cooking stove. El radiador is the radiator, la calefacción the heating
- el secador de pelohairdryerFrom secar, to dry. Without de pelo the word can be a laundry dryer, so the tag is pronounced almost every time
- el alargadorextension cordFrom largo, long. The power strip with several sockets is a different word, la regleta. El enchufe is the socket and the plug at once
- el interruptorlight switchFrom interrumpir, to interrupt: a breaker of the circuit. Encender and apagar la luz are switching the light on and off. The fuses in the box are los plomos or los automáticos
- la grietacrackIn a wall or on a screen alike. The adjective agrietado is cracked: tengo los labios agrietados. The hairline kind is una fisura
- el arañazoscratchthe ñ is ny as in canyon: ah-rah-NYAH-so
- el tornillowood screwOne word for screw, bolt and machine screw; only technical talk separates el perno. Hence el destornillador, the screwdriver — literally an unscrewer. Le falta un tornillo — he's missing a screw — means he's not right in the head
- la llave inglesaadjustable wrenchLiterally 'English key' — the adjustable one. La llave fija is open-ended, la llave de tubo a socket wrench. La llave alone is a door key and a tap
- los alicatespliersAlways plural, like the English: unos alicates. Wire cutters are los alicates de corte
- la cinta aislanteelectrical tapeFrom aislar, to insulate. La cinta is tape in general — measuring, cassette, gift
- el pegamentoglueFrom pegar, to stick. La cola is wood glue — and also a tail and a queue. El pegamento instantáneo is superglue
- la cinta adhesivaadhesive tapeIn Spain people more often say el celo, from the brand Celo — the way English once said Scotch tape. The wide packing kind is el precinto
- la cuerdaropeA rope, a guitar string and the winding of a mechanical watch: dar cuerda al reloj. The clothesline is la cuerda de tender; a shoelace is el cordón
- pegarto glue onThe same verb means to hit: no pegues a tu hermano. And to paste in computing: copiar y pegar. Despegar is to unstick — or, for a plane, to take off
- atornillarto screw inFrom el tornillo. Desatornillar is to unscrew, apretar to tighten harder, aflojar to loosen
- medirto measureThe stem e turns to i: mido, mides, mide. The same verb serves for height: ¿cuánto mides? La medida is a measurement, el metro the tape measure
- arreglarlo uno mismoto fix it yourselfUno mismo is the impersonal 'yourself': hacerlo uno mismo. The hobby itself is el bricolaje, and its temple is la tienda de bricolaje
- la duchashowerThe verb is reflexive: ducharse — to shower; me ducho por la mañana
- el despertadoralarm clockFrom despertarse, to wake up. Poner el despertador — to set the alarm; sonar — to go off
- el termómetrotemperature gaugestress on the mo: ter-MO-me-tro
- la tostadoratoasterFrom tostar, to toast. The toast itself is la tostada — the Spanish breakfast with butter and tomato
- la máquina de cosersewing machinestress on the ma: MA-kee-na
- los cimientosfoundationsAlways plural in Spanish. El fundamento is the basis of an argument, not of a house — same root, different job
- los acabadosfinishing workPlural: los acabados is the finishing work and the look it leaves. From acabar, to finish
- bajar algoto lowerThe same 'bajar' as going down, but with an object: transitivity sorts the meaning
- moverto moveThe stem breaks in the yo form: muevo. With -se it means moving yourself
- caérseleto dropSpanish skips the blame: the glass 'fell on me' — se me cayó. Things fall by themselves
- recogerto pick upPick up, tidy away, collect: recoger a los niños means picking the kids up from school
- colgarto hang upThe stem breaks: cuelgo. Also what you do to the phone: no cuelgues — don't hang up
- descolgarto take downThe des- prefix undoes hanging. In a shop people just say bajar or coger
- doblarto foldFrom doble, double: to fold is to make a thing double. Also turning a corner
- desdoblarto unfolddoblar's partner with des- in front. For a sofa bed people say abrir el sofá cama
- desenvolverto unwrapenvolver's partner. For maps and paper people usually say desplegar
- dejar entrarto let inThe same dejar plus an infinitive as in dejar bajar
- dejar salirto let outThe counterpart of dejar entrar. About an animal you can also say soltar, to release
- abrirto openIts participle is irregular: abierto, never abrido. One of the course's first exceptions
- cerrarto closeThe stem breaks: cierro. Unlike abrir, its participle is regular — cerrado
- cerrar con llaveto lockLiterally 'to close with a key'. Spanish has no single verb for locking up
- abrir con llaveto unlockBuilt the same way as its partner cerrar con llave
- encender la luzto turn on the lightThe stem breaks: enciendo. Encender is for light and fire; for gadgets you use poner
- apagar la luzto turn off the lightencender's partner. Also putting out a fire and quenching a thirst
- girar el pomoto turn the knobThe same girar as turning off a road. A pomo is a round knob, a manilla a lever handle
- llamar a la puertato knockLiterally 'to call at the door'. Knocking and ringing are both llamar
- tocar el timbreto ring the doorbelltocar means touch and play an instrument — the doorbell gets touched too
- el umbralthresholdOne umbral for the door's threshold and any figurative one. The thing you trip on is el escalón
- el pomodoorknobThe round kind; the long lever kind is la manilla. A pan's handle is el mango
- la cerraduradoor lockThe lock set into the door; a padlock is el candado. The key turns in la cerradura
- el timbre de la puertadoorbellBare timbre is any bell, even the school one; de la puerta pins it to the door
- el alféizarwindowsillAn Arabic-root word, stressed on féi. Everyday speech prefers la repisa de la ventana
- el visillosheer curtainA light see-through curtain; the heavy floor-length one is la cortina
- la luz de nochenight lightAssembled from words, 'light of night' — it has no name of its own. Also la lamparilla
- el lavabosinkIn the bathroom it's the lavabo; the kitchen one is el fregadero. One basin, two words
- la bañerabathtubThe tub itself; the room around it is el baño. The ñ is the ny of canyon
- el inodorotoiletLiterally 'odorless'. Everyday talk says el váter; the politest is el servicio
- la manguerahoseFrom manga, a sleeve: to a Spaniard a hose is a sleeve the water runs through
- a casahomeIn this phrase casa goes without the article: voy a casa, vuelvo a casa. With the article it's a specific house: a la casa de Ana
- patio andaluzAndalusian patioThe layout is Arabic: the house looks inward and shows the street a blank wall
- corralatenement with open galleriesThe privy and the water were shared in the yard — hence the whole way of life of such a house
How it sounds in a sentence
A word list is a blank. Conversation is made of sentences, and these are the ones the words fit into most often.
- Estoy en casaI'm at home
- La vivienda en el centro está por las nubesHousing downtown costs a fortune
- La habitación da a un patio interiorThe room faces an inner courtyard
- La cocina es pequeña pero cómodaThe kitchen is small but comfortable
- El baño está al fondo, a la derechaThe bathroom is at the end, on the right
- Desde el balcón se ve el marYou can see the sea from the balcony
What is worth knowing about these words
la casa — house. En casa without the article means at home; en la casa means inside the specific building. Your ear learns the difference
la vivienda — housing. From vivir, to live. The official word for housing: listings, contracts, the news
la habitación — room. A room and a hotel room. All -ción words are feminine
la cocina — kitchen. The kitchen, the stove and the skill of cooking in one word: cocinar is to cook
Test yourself
First by ear — the way you will meet the word in conversation. Click the speaker and pick the translation.
- What is this word?
It is la casa — house.
- What is this word?
It is el ascensor — elevator.
- What is this word?
It is la puerta — door.
- What is this word?
It is la colada — laundry.
- What is this word?
It is la reforma — renovation.
Now the other way around: recall the spelling from the meaning. That is harder, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “house” in Spanish?
En casa without the article means at home; en la casa means inside the specific building. Your ear learns the difference
- How do you say “elevator” in Spanish?
In Latin America el elevador is more common. The root is the one in ascend — going up
- How do you say “door” in Spanish?
A door and a gate. Hence porter and port in English
- How do you say “laundry” in Spanish?
Laundry as a chore: hacer la colada. The machine itself is la lavadora
- How do you say “renovation” in Spanish?
Renovation as redoing a flat. Fixing something broken is la reparación
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Room, key, water, electricity. You will need them on your first day in a rented flat.
A list is read in a minute and forgotten in a day. What works: hide the translation, try to recall, get it wrong — and come back to the same words tomorrow.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- This holds not only in experiments but in ordinary classrooms, with real students.checked many timesMawson & Kang, 2025, Behavioral Sciences 15(6):771 · 22 studies, d = 0.54 (confidence interval 0.31–0.77). The authors warn that individual studies disagree widely.
Frequently asked
How do you say “house” in Spanish?
«la casa». En casa without the article means at home; en la casa means inside the specific building. Your ear learns the difference. It is one of 191 words in the set “home and things” — the rest are in the table above.
How many household words do you need to start?
A dozen is enough. The set of 191 words on this page covers nearly every everyday case on the topic — but it is best taken a few at a time, not all at once.
Is there audio?
Yes, 191 words on this page can be played — click the speaker next to the word. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.