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Spanish Beginner: Adjectives for describing clothes

Spanish Clothing Adjectives – Intro, Quiz, and Further Learning

Spanish clothing adjectives

Tip: Icons are friendly memory hooks, not translations.

Clothes can say a lot...

Whether they’re baggy 👖, floral 🌸, or striped 📶! This table introduces common Spanish adjectives for describing clothing styles. Notice how endings change for masculine/feminine forms. Icons help you remember each word with a smile.

Spanish Vocabulary – Clothing Adjectives
SpanishEnglish
amplio, plia 👖baggy
corto, ta ✂️short
de cuadros 🟥⬛checked
estampado, da 🎨patterned
estrecho, cha 🧦tight
de flores 🌸floral
hortera 🤪tacky
largo, ga 📏long
liso, sa ➖plain
de lunares ⚪spotted
de rayas 📶striped
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Quick quiz

Ready to test yourself?
Use the buttons below to cover the English column and recall meanings from Spanish. Or flip it: cover Spanish and say the adjectives in Spanish.
Bonus: match each emoji to its word!

  • Prompt: Say a full phrase using an adjective, e.g., “una camiseta de rayas”.
  • Prompt: Which adjective fits a picture of dotted fabric? Say it in Spanish.
  • Prompt: Change gender/number: “amplio” → “amplia” → “amplios” → “amplias”.

Action for further learning

  • Create fashion flashcards: Draw or paste clothing pictures and label them with these adjectives in Spanish.
  • Spot adjectives in real life: Describe clothes you see online or in magazines — “una camiseta de rayas”, “unos pantalones amplios”.
  • Expand your wardrobe: Add three new adjectives.

Spanish Beginner: Musical Instruments

Spanish musical Instruments & Verbs

Música: vocabulario básico

SpanishEnglish
bateríadrums
gaitabagpipes
guitarraguitar
flautaflute
panderetatambourine
pianopiano
trompetatrumpet
violínviolin
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The verb “tocar” in different tenses

SpanishEnglish
tocoI play (present)
tocabaI used to play (imperfect)
tocaríaI would play (conditional)
toquéI played (preterite)
voy a tocarI’m going to play (near future)
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🧪 Mini Quiz: Test your Spanish musical instruments and tense formation with the verb tocar


🎧 Action for Further Learning

  • 🎤 Translate: “I used to play the flute.”
  • 🎹 Write a sentence using “voy a tocar” + any instrument.

Spanish Beginner: Pets

Spanish Pets Vocabulary

🐶🐱 Mascotas / Pets

Spanish English
perrodog
gatocat
conejorabbit
hámsterhamster
pájarobird
pezfish
tortugaturtle
cobayaguinea Pig
caballohorse
loroparrot
serpientesnake
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🧪 Try the quiz below as well


📘 Practice simple sentences offline too! Download the printable PDF and keep learning 🐶🐱🐰

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Spanish Beginner: Days and Months

📅 Días de la semana y meses del año

🔍 Did you know that Monday to Friday were named after visible celestial bodies such as the moon and planets visible to the naked eye? When learning, see if you can guess which ones!

Días de la semanaDays of the week
lunesMonday
martesTuesday
miércolesWednesday
juevesThursday
viernesFriday
sábadoSaturday
domingoSunday
Meses del añoMonths of the year
eneroJanuary
febreroFebruary
marzoMarch
abrilApril
mayoMay
junioJune
julioJuly
agostoAugust
septiembreSeptember
octubreOctober
noviembreNovember
diciembreDecember

🧪 Quiz: Ready to test your Spanish calendar vocab?

Click below to match the Spanish days and months with their English meanings. Can you get full marks without peeking?

Spanish Beginner: Shops and Stores

🛍️ Spanish Vocabulary: Shops & Stores

If you cannot remember how to name most shops in Spanish, here's a quick refresher before you dive into the quiz!

🧠 Fun fact: Most of these shop names are feminine nouns in Spanish.

Spanish shops vocabulary illustration
Spanish English
carniceríabutcher’s
chocolateríachocolate shop
joyeríajewellery shop
panaderíabaker’s
papeleríastationery shop
perfumeríaperfume shop
pescaderíafishmonger’s
tienda de disfracesfancy dress shop
tienda de ropaclothes shop
zapateríashoe shop

🧪 Quiz: Test your Spanish shops Vocabulary

Click below to match the Spanish shops and/or stores names with their English meanings. ¡Buena suerte!

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Spanish Beginner: Hair Colour

✨ Physical Descriptions in Spanish: Hair Color

🧠 What will you practice?

This interactive quiz will help you learn how to describe hair colour in Spanish. Each question features a cartoon-style image and asks learners to choose the correct description. It’s a fun way to reinforce vocabulary like pelo castaño, pelo rubio, pelo negro, and pelo rojo.

🎯 Learning Goals

  • Recognize Spanish vocabulary for hair colour
  • Match images with accurate descriptions
  • Build confidence using descriptive phrases

📸 Activity: ¿Cómo es la chica?

Click through each image and choose the correct hair description. Great for beginners and you, if you like using visuals to support your learning.

💡 Action for Further Learning

  • 💬 Speaking practice: Describe classmates or celebrities using the new vocabulary.
  • 🎨 Creative task: Draw your own character and write a short physical description in Spanish.
  • 🔁 Repetition: Repeat the quiz to reinforce vocabulary and improve recall.

🧩 Key Vocabulary

Spanish Sentence English Translation
Tiene el pelo castaño. She has brown hair.
Tiene el pelo rubio. She has blonde hair.
Tiene el pelo negro. She has black hair.
Tiene el pelo rojo. She has red hair.

🔍 Why this activity works

It boosts retention and makes learning more engaging. Not sure where I got that information from but I live by it. It’s ideal for beginner Spanish learners who are starting to build descriptive sentences.

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Spanish Beginner: Family

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.

🧪Quiz: Test your Spanish family vocabulary!

🎯 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 nuncahardly, ever, almost never
jamásnever
nunca jamásnever ever, never again
tampoconor, 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 músicaDescargo música.
gastar bateríaGasto batería.
hacer la compra en líneaHago la compra en línea.
llamar por videollamadaLlamo por videollamada.
sacar fotosSaco fotos.
subir fotosSubo fotos.
ver vídeosVeo vídeos.

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


Test your Spanish

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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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Spanish Beginner: Clothes

👕 Spanish Clothes Vocabulary

Here are the most common adjectives used to describe clothes in Spanish. Have a go at the quiz as well.

SpanishEnglish
ropa (fem.)clothes
calcetines (masc.pl.)socks
camisa (fem.)shirt
camiseta (fem.)t-shirt
chaqueta (fem.)jacket
corbata (fem.)tie
falda (fem.)skirt
gorra (fem.)cap
jersey (masc.)jumper
pantalones (masc.pl.)trousers
vaqueros (masc.pl.)jeans
vestido (fem.)dress
zapatillas (fem.pl.)trainers
zapatos (masc.pl.)shoes

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Spanish Beginner: colours and opinions

🎨 Spanish Colours Vocabulary

SpanishEnglish
amarilloyellow
azulblue
blancowhite
grisgrey
marrónbrown
moradopurple
negroblack
rojored

🗣️ Example Sentences

SpanishEnglish
Me encanta el rojoI love red
Me gusta el amarilloI like yellow
No me gusta el marrónI don’t like brown
No me gusta nada el grisI don’t like grey at all
Odio el moradoI hate purple

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