Spanish Family Vocabulary: Family and People Around You
Learn to talk about your family in Spanish: parents, brothers and sisters, grandparents, cousins, friends and neighbours. Each word has an example in the first person, like _Tengo dos hermanos._, and a short exercise to check your memory.
The words
| 👩 la madre | mother | Mi madre es la mujer de mi padre. My mother is my father's wife. |
| 👨 el padre | father | Mi padre es el marido de mi madre. My father is my mother's husband. |
| 👫 los padres | parents | Mi madre y mi padre son mis padres. My mother and my father are my parents. |
| 👦 el hermano | brother | El hijo de mis padres es mi hermano. My parents' son is my brother. |
| 👧 la hermana | sister | Mi hermana es la hija de mis padres. My sister is my parents' daughter. |
| 👴 el abuelo | grandfather | Mi abuelo es el padre de mi madre. My grandfather is my mother's father. |
| 👵 la abuela | grandmother | La madre de mi padre es mi abuela. My father's mother is my grandmother. |
| el tío | uncle | Mi tío es el hermano de mi padre. My uncle is my father's brother. |
| la tía | aunt | La hermana de mi madre es mi tía. My mother's sister is my aunt. |
| el primo | cousin (male) | Mi primo es el hijo de mi tío. My cousin is my uncle's son. |
| la prima | cousin (female) | La hija de mi tía es mi prima. My aunt's daughter is my cousin. |
| 👶 el hijo | son | Soy el padre de Pablo. Es mi hijo. I'm Pablo's father. He's my son. |
| la hija | daughter | Soy la madre de Ana. Es mi hija. I'm Ana's mother. She's my daughter. |
| 🤵 el marido | husband | Mi marido se llama Juan. My husband's name is Juan. |
| 👰 la mujer | wife (married partner) | Mi mujer trabaja en un hospital. My wife works in a hospital. |
| 💑 el novio | boyfriend | Tengo novio, pero no estoy casada. I have a boyfriend, but I'm not married. |
| 🤝 el amigo | friend | Mi mejor amigo se llama Carlos. My best friend's name is Carlos. |
| 🏠 la vecina | neighbour (female) | La mujer de al lado es mi vecina. The woman next door is my neighbour. |
| 👨👩👧👦 la familia | family | Mi familia es grande: somos ocho. My family is big: there are eight of us. |
| mayor | older | Tengo diez años; mi hermano, quince. Es mayor. I'm ten; my brother is fifteen. He's older. |
| pequeño | little, young | Mi hijo es muy pequeño: tiene un año. My son is very little: he's one year old. |
| 💍 casado | married | Mi mujer y yo estamos casados. My wife and I are married. |
| soltero | single (not married) | No tengo mujer ni novia: estoy soltero. I don't have a wife or a girlfriend: I'm single. |
| tener | to have | Tengo dos hermanos y una hermana. I have two brothers and a sister. |
Draw your family tree
Draw a simple family tree and write a Spanish word under each person: mi madre, mi abuelo, mi prima. Remember: -o is usually for a man and -a for a woman. The masculine plural can mean both: mis hermanos can be brothers, or brothers and sisters.
Practise
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