Games, Sports, Hobbies

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 gustarle 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."

 Regional vocabulary variations 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

 The Spanish verbs above are used to talk about playing or doing that activity, but of course you can also use verbs like gustarle (to like), querer (to want to), and odiar (to hate) with them.

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