Spanish Beginner: Family Members

Los miembros de la familia

Here are the most popular words to identify members of a family in Spanish. The examples use common adjectives to help you describe your own family. Try the quiz below to test your memory and your spelling!

Spanish Family vocabulary with English translations

Spanish	English	Example
madre feminine noun	mother	Mi madre es simpática.
padre masculine noun	father	Mi padre es trabajador.
hermano masculine noun	brother	Mi hermano es calmo.
hermana feminine noun	sister	Mi hermana es traviesa.
tío masculine noun	uncle	Mi tío es muy alto.
tía feminine noun	aunt	Mi tía es profesora.
primo masculine noun	cousin	Mi primo es divertido.
prima feminine noun	cousin	Mi prima es graciosa.
abuelo masculine noun	grandfather	Mi abuelo es mexicano.
abuela feminine noun	grandmother	Mi abuela es animada.

Action for Further Learning:
Try describing some members of your family!

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Spanish Beginner: Digital Generation

 SOME COMMON NEGATIVE EXPRESSIONS IN SPANISH

Spanish	English
casi nunca	hardly, ever, almost never
jamás	never
nunca jamás	never ever, never again
tampoco	nor, either, neither

 HOW TO CHANGE A SENTENCE FROM THE INFINITIVE TO THE PRESENT TENSE IN THE FIRST PERSON OF THE SINGULAR (I)

If the verb is regular, remove the ending of the infinitive (-AR, -ER, -IR) and add -o.

Pay attention to the occasional irregular verb, for example: hacer and ver. Those might look they are regular because they end in -o, but their stem is irregular. 

Here are some examples of how to change the verb in the infinitive to a conjugated verb in the present tense of ‘I’.

Verb in the infinitive	Verb in the present tense
descargar música	Descargo música.
gastar batería	Gasto batería.
hacer la compra en línea	Hago la compra en línea.
llamar por videollamada	Llamo por videollamada.
sacar fotos	Saco fotos.
subir fotos	Subo fotos.
ver vídeos	Veo vídeos.

Now have a go at the quiz on ‘Generación Digital’. 

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¿Dónde está mi bicicleta nueva?

Where is my new bicycle?

Where is my old bicycle?

Where is my new car?

El teléfono está en la bolsa blanca.

The phone is in the white bag.

The phone is in the black bag.

The phone is in the white box.

Necesito usar el bolígrafo y el papel.

I need to use the pen and the paper.

I want to buy the pen and the paper.

I need to read the pen and the paper.

¿Cómo se dice “gato” en inglés?

How do you say “cat” in English?

How do you say “dog” in English?

How do you write “cat” in Spanish?

Tengo una revista y una botella.

I have a magazine and a bottle.

I have a newspaper and a bottle.

I need a magazine and a bottle.

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