Juegos, deportivos, pasatiempos
Even if you love working on your Spanish, sometimes you just need to play! Learn the Spanish equivalents of your favorite games, sports, and hobbies and the verbs to use with them.
You can use these words with verbs like gustarse and detestar, or if you want to say that you do or play that item, use it with the verb in the third column. The fourth column has verbs that can be used alone to talk about doing that item, e.g., cocinar which means "to cook."
Note: Regional variations in vocabulary are particularly strong in this topic; as always, remember that this vocabulary is Castilian Spanish, and that there may be other words used in Latin America and different parts of Spain.
| English | Spanish | Use with | Or use | |
| basketball | el baloncesto | jugar | ||
| biking | el ciclismo | hacer | ir en bicicleta | |
| chess | el ajedrez | jugar | ||
| cooking | la cocina | hacer | cocinar | |
| dancing | el baile | bailar | ||
| fishing | la pesca | ir de | pescar | |
| football | el fútbol americano | jugar | ||
| gardening | la jardinería | hacer | trabajar en el jardín | |
| hiking | el excursionismo | hacer | ir de excursión | |
| hunting | la caza | ir de | cazar | |
| jogging | el footing | hacer | ||
| a movie | una película | ver | ir al cine | |
| music | la música | escuchar | tocar a un instrumento | |
| reading | la lectura | leer | ||
| sailing | la vela | hacer | navegar | |
| skiing | el esquí | esquiar | ||
| soccer | el fútbol | jugar | ||
| swimming | la natación | hacer | nadar | |
| television | la televisión | ver | ||
| tennis | el tenis | jugar | ||
| wrestling | la lucha | hacer | luchar | |
