Home and things in Spanish

191 words in Spanish 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.

Updated September 1, 2026 · Lingofly

191 words on the topic

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
The h is silent: ah-bee-tah-SYON
la cocina
kitchen
The kitchen, the stove and the skill of cooking in one word: cocinar is to cook
el baño
bathroom
The ñ is a soft ny: BAH-nyoh
el balcón
balcony
English borrowed balcony from the same root. Stress on the last syllable
la planta
floor (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 ascensor
elevator
In Latin America the sc is a plain s: ah-sen-SOR. In Spain the s is followed by the th of 'think', as in cena
la escalera
stairs
Stairs in a building and a stepladder. Por la escalera — on foot, no elevator
la mesa
table
Any table: dining, desk, or the one at a bar
la silla
chair
The ll sounds like y: SEE-yah
la cama
bed
A bed. Hacer la cama — to make the bed
el armario
wardrobe
A wardrobe for clothes. A built-in one is el armario empotrado, a word from rental listings
la ventana
window
From viento, wind: the window as the thing the draft comes through
la puerta
door
A door and a gate. Related to English porter — the one who stands at the door
la llave
key
The ll sounds like y: YAH-veh
la lámpara
lamp
LAM-pah-rah — stress on the first syllable, as the accent mark shows
el agua caliente
hot water
The word is feminine but takes el — anything to avoid the double a. So el agua caliente, not a masculine adjective
la electricidad
electricity
In everyday speech people say la luz: se ha ido la luz — the power went out
la basura
trash
Trash and the trash can. Sacar la basura — to take out the trash
la limpieza
cleaning
From limpio, clean. Hacer la limpieza — to do the cleaning
la colada
laundry
Laundry as a chore: hacer la colada. The machine itself is la lavadora
la vajilla
dishes
The j is a throaty h and ll a y: vah-HEE-yah
la toalla
towel
toh-AH-yah
el jabón
soap
The j is a throaty h: hah-BON
el vecino
neighbor
A neighbor in the building and in the country. El barrio is the area those neighbors live in
el casero
landlord
The owner of a rented flat. The contract calls him el propietario or el arrendador
el alquiler
rent
Both the payment and the rental itself: pagar el alquiler. The verb is alquilar
la reforma
renovation
Renovation as redoing a flat. Fixing something broken is la reparación
hay mucho ruido
it's noisy
Literally there is a lot of noise — that is how the complaint is phrased
no funciona
it doesn't work
For machines Spanish says funcionar, not trabajar: people work, appliances function
se ha roto
it broke
Literally it has broken itself: Spanish likes to blame the thing, as if it did it on its own
gotea
to leak (drip)
From la gota, a drop. A leak in the ceiling is la gotera
llame a un técnico
call a repairman
A 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
calentar
to heat
To give heat: la estufa calienta bien. The same word also covers reheating food — Spanish has no other verb for that. The stem's e turns to ie: calienta
la nevera
fridge
In Spain la nevera, from la nieve, snow. Latin America says el refrigerador
el tejado
roof
From la teja, a roof tile: the roof as seen from outside. The ceiling inside is el techo
la pared
wall
Feminine even with a consonant at the end. A fortress wall is la muralla
el dormitorio
bedroom
From dormir, to sleep. Rental listings count bedrooms: un piso de dos dormitorios
el patio
courtyard
The inner yard of a house. The word traveled straight out of Spanish into other languages
el techo
ceiling
The ceiling as seen from inside. Careful: techo sometimes drifts toward roof — then people say tejado to be exact
el portón
gate
Singular in Spanish, one big gate. It's the augmentative of la puerta, a door
la valla
fence
BAH-yah, like vaya
el garaje
garage
gah-RAH-heh
el buzón
mailbox
Both the mail slot in the lobby and the blue street box for letters
el sótano
basement
In an elevator this floor reads -1 or S. The attic is el desván
fregar los platos
to wash the dishes
Fregar is scrubbing with water: dishes and floors. The dishwasher machine is el lavavajillas
barrer
to sweep
The broom is la escoba — the very broom witches fly on
lavar la ropa
to do laundry
There's no separate verb for laundry: lavar washes dishes, cars and clothes alike — only the object tells you which
planchar
to do the ironing
For clothes only. Stroking a cat is a different verb, acariciar
hacer la cena
to make dinner
Hacer la cena sounds homelier than cocinar: this is how it's said at home
sacar la basura
to take out the trash
Literally 'to take the trash out'. In Spanish homes it goes down to the street containers in the evening
la aspiradora
vacuum cleaner
Feminine: it's the machine that inhales. Vacuuming is pasar la aspiradora
el cepillo
brush
Any brush: a toothbrush is el cepillo de dientes. The broom is a different thing, la escoba
el cubo
bucket
There's a homonym meaning a cube, the geometric kind — a different word of separate origin. El cubo de la basura is the trash bucket
la plancha
clothes iron
The iron and the griddle share the word: on a menu, a la plancha means off the griddle, not the iron
ayudar
to help
Help someone with a: the preposition is mandatory
cierra la puerta
close the door
The tú form of cerrar. The polite usted version is cierre la puerta
abre la ventana
open the window
From abrir. The usted form is abra la ventana: for -ir and -er verbs the ending flips to -a
pásame
pass me
The command pasa with me stuck on the end; the extra syllable earns the accent mark
más bajo, por favor
quieter, please
Literally 'lower': volume is low rather than quiet in Spanish. For full silence people just say silencio
alquilar un piso
to rent an apartment
Alquilar 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 alquiler
to rent out an apartment
Literally '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 alquiler
lease
In 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 alquiler
rent amount
El alquiler means renting; el precio is added so it's about the sum. A listing will just write 800 € a month
la duración del alquiler
lease term
From 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 inmobiliario
real estate agent
Inmobiliario comes from inmueble, real estate — literally 'the unmovable thing'. The agency itself is la inmobiliaria, feminine
la visita al piso
apartment viewing
Spanish calls it a visit: hemos hecho tres visitas esta semana. The word el visionado exists but belongs to films, not flats
el piso amueblado
furnished apartment
From 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 vivir
to move in
Literally '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 piso
to move out
Dejar 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 mudanza
the move
The 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
mudarse
to move house
Always 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 mudanzas
mover
Un 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
empaquetar
to pack up
From 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
desempaquetar
to unpack
The 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 dirección
the new address
Nuevo 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 cosas
the transport of your things
El traslado is any move of anything: things, a patient, an employee to another city. The verb is trasladar, and trasladarse is moving yourself somewhere
instalarse
to settle in
Unpacking 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 nuevo
to get used to the new place
From 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 muebles
furniture
English 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 sofá
sofa
Masculine even though it ends in -a — the word came from Arabic. In the plural, los sofás. A sofa bed is el sofá cama
el sillón
armchair
Literally 'big chair': la silla plus the augmentative -ón. The same pattern gives el cucharón, the ladle, and el portón, the big gate
el estante
shelf
One board is el estante, the whole shelving unit is la estantería. A shop shelf holding goods is also el estante
la alfombra
carpet
Another Arabic loanword, like almohada and albañil. The mat by the door is el felpudo, and the ceremonial red one is la alfombra roja
el espejo
mirror
Masculine, 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 cortina
curtain
Usually plural: a window gets las cortinas. A shower curtain is la cortina de ducha, while blinds and roller shutters are la persiana
la almohada
pillow
the h is silent: al-mo-AH-da
la manta
blanket
A 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 techo
ceiling lamp
Literally 'lamp of the ceiling': Spanish gets by with a description. El techo means the ceiling. A table lamp, then, is la lámpara de mesa
la pintura
paint
Paint 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 paredes
to paint the walls
Pintar 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 pintado
wallpaper
Literally 'painted paper', and it is singular where you might expect a plural. In Latin America people also say el papel tapiz
los azulejos
tiles
Wall 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 destornillador
screwdriver
Long 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 taladro
drill
Both 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 tubería
pipe
A 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 bombilla
the bulb has blown
Fundirse 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 calefacción
heating
From 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 obras
to do renovation work
Las 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
el contador
meter (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 contador
meter reading
La 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 agua
the water bill
El 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 luz
the electricity bill
A 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 agua
they have cut off the water
Literally 'they have cut the water': an impersonal they, just like English. Cortar works for power, gas and internet too
el contenedor de basura
the rubbish container
The big street container; the bin at home is el cubo de basura. Spanish containers are color-coded: yellow for plastic, blue for paper, green for glass
el portal
the entrance hall
The 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 automático
the intercom
Literally 'the automatic doorman': a human concierge is just el portero. With a camera it is el videoportero
el ruido de los vecinos
the neighbors' noise
El 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 comunidad
the building rules
La 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 horno
oven
The 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 microondas
microwave
Masculine despite the final s, and unchanged in the plural: los microondas. In speech people often just say el micro
el rallador
grater
From 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 cucharón
ladle
An augmentative of la cuchara, spoon: the ending -ón makes things big in Spanish, as in el sillón and el cajón
la tapa
lid
From 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 cortar
cutting board
La tabla is a board and a chart: la tabla de multiplicar is the times table. The ironing board is la tabla de planchar
el delantal
apron
From delante, in front: the thing that hangs in front of you. Ponerse el delantal is to put it on
el mantel
tablecloth
Looks like la manta, blanket, but it traces back to a different Latin word — the two just happen to both be things you cover with. Poner el mantel is to set the table; the napkin is la servilleta
la batidora
blender
From 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 táper
food container
From the Tupperware brand, taken over whole: the plural is los táperes. The older Spanish word, la fiambrera, is fading from speech
el peine
comb
A comb with teeth. The hair brush is el cepillo del pelo, and peinarse is to do your hair
la maquinilla de afeitar
razor
The 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 champú
shampoo
chahm-POO
las tijeras
scissors
Always plural, like the English: unas tijeras, pásame las tijeras. Nail scissors are las tijeras de uñas
la aguja
needle
the j is a throaty h: ah-GOO-hah
el hilo
thread
A 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
tirar
to throw away
One 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
guardar
to store
Keep, 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 lavadora
washing machine
From lavar, to wash. Poner una lavadora is to put a load on — literally 'to put a washing machine'. The dryer is la secadora
el lavavajillas
dishwasher
Masculine and unchanged in the plural. The same word is the dish soap, so shops specify: pastillas para el lavavajillas
el congelador
freezer
From congelar, to freeze; descongelar is to defrost. The fridge is la nevera or el frigorífico
el ventilador
fan (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 estufa
heater
In 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 pelo
hairdryer
From secar, to dry. Without de pelo the word can be a laundry dryer, so the tag is pronounced almost every time
el alargador
extension cord
From 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 interruptor
light switch
From 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 grieta
crack
In a wall or on a screen alike. The adjective agrietado is cracked: tengo los labios agrietados. The hairline kind is una fisura
el arañazo
scratch
the ñ is ny as in canyon: ah-rah-NYAH-so
el tornillo
wood screw
One 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 inglesa
adjustable wrench
Literally '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 alicates
pliers
Always plural, like the English: unos alicates. Wire cutters are los alicates de corte
la cinta aislante
electrical tape
From aislar, to insulate. La cinta is tape in general — measuring, cassette, gift
el pegamento
glue
From pegar, to stick. La cola is wood glue; it has a homonym meaning a tail or a queue, a completely different word. El pegamento instantáneo is superglue
la cinta adhesiva
adhesive tape
In 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 cuerda
rope
A 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
pegar
to glue on
The 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
atornillar
to screw in
From el tornillo. Desatornillar is to unscrew, apretar to tighten harder, aflojar to loosen
medir
to measure
The 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 mismo
to fix it yourself
Uno mismo is the impersonal 'yourself': hacerlo uno mismo. The hobby itself is el bricolaje, and its temple is la tienda de bricolaje
la ducha
shower
The verb is reflexive: ducharse — to shower; me ducho por la mañana
el despertador
alarm clock
From despertarse, to wake up. Poner el despertador — to set the alarm; sonar — to go off
el termómetro
thermometer
stress on the mo: ter-MO-me-tro
la tostadora
toaster
From tostar, to toast. The toast itself is la tostada — the Spanish breakfast with butter and tomato
la máquina de coser
sewing machine
stress on the ma: MA-kee-na
los cimientos
foundations
Always plural in Spanish. El fundamento is the basis of an argument, not of a house — same root, different job
los acabados
finishing work
Plural: los acabados is the finishing work and the look it leaves. From acabar, to finish
bajar algo
to lower
The same 'bajar' as going down, but with an object: transitivity sorts the meaning
mover
to move
The stem breaks in the yo form: muevo. With -se it means moving yourself
caérsele
to drop
Spanish skips the blame: the glass 'fell on me' — se me cayó. Things fall by themselves
recoger
to pick up
Pick up, tidy away, collect: recoger a los niños means picking the kids up from school
colgar
to hang up
The stem breaks: cuelgo. Also what you do to the phone: no cuelgues — don't hang up
descolgar
to take down
The des- prefix undoes hanging. In a shop people just say bajar or coger
doblar
to fold
From doble, double: to fold is to make a thing double. Also turning a corner
desdoblar
to unfold
doblar's partner with des- in front. For a sofa bed people say abrir el sofá cama
desenvolver
to unwrap
envolver's partner. For maps and paper people usually say desplegar
dejar entrar
to let in
The same dejar plus an infinitive as in dejar bajar
dejar salir
to let out
The counterpart of dejar entrar. About an animal you can also say soltar, to release
abrir
to open
Its participle is irregular: abierto, never abrido. One of the first exceptions you meet
cerrar
to close
The stem breaks: cierro. Unlike abrir, its participle is regular — cerrado
cerrar con llave
to lock
Literally 'to close with a key'. Spanish has no single verb for locking up
abrir con llave
to unlock
Built the same way as its partner cerrar con llave
encender la luz
to turn on the light
The stem breaks: enciendo. Encender is for light and fire; for gadgets you use poner
apagar la luz
to turn off the light
encender's partner. Also putting out a fire and quenching a thirst
girar el pomo
to turn the knob
The same girar as turning off a road. A pomo is a round knob, a manilla a lever handle
llamar a la puerta
to knock
Literally 'to call at the door'. Knocking and ringing are both llamar
tocar el timbre
to ring the doorbell
tocar means touch and play an instrument — the doorbell gets touched too
el umbral
threshold
One umbral for the door's threshold and any figurative one. The thing you trip on is el escalón
el pomo
doorknob
The round kind; the long lever kind is la manilla. A pan's handle is el mango
la cerradura
door lock
The lock set into the door; a padlock is el candado. The key turns in la cerradura
el timbre de la puerta
doorbell
Bare timbre is any bell, even the school one; de la puerta pins it to the door
el alféizar
windowsill
An Arabic-root word, stressed on féi. Everyday speech prefers la repisa de la ventana
el visillo
sheer curtain
A light see-through curtain; the heavy floor-length one is la cortina
la luz de noche
night light
Assembled from words, 'light of night' — it has no name of its own. Also la lamparilla
el lavabo
sink
In the bathroom it's the lavabo; the kitchen one is el fregadero. One basin, two words
la bañera
bathtub
The tub itself; the room around it is el baño. The ñ is the ny of canyon
el inodoro
toilet
Literally 'odorless'. Everyday talk says el váter; the politest is el servicio
la manguera
hose
From manga, a sleeve: to a Spaniard a hose is a sleeve the water runs through
a casa
home
In 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 andaluz
Andalusian patio
The layout is Arabic: the house looks inward and shows the street a blank wall
corrala
tenement with open galleries
The privy and the water were shared in the yard — hence the whole way of life of such a house

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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. Related to English porter — the one who stands at the door
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 times
Adesope, 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.
Study spread over days wins not only in experiments but in ordinary classrooms, with real students.checked many times
Mawson & 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?

The whole set on this page is 191 words, but there is no need to start with all of it: the words you will need in the next few days are enough. Take them a few at a time — five to seven new ones per session.

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.

Home and things in Spanish

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How to learn the set instead of just reading it

Frequently asked

How do you say “house” in Spanish?

How many household words do you need to start?

Is there audio?

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