El día a día- Talk About Your Daily Activities

There’s a reason Spanish classes teach vocabulary about daily activities early on. It helps you describe your routine, connect with others, and practice common verbs and vocabulary.

In this article, you’ll learn essential words and phrases to describe a typical day step by step. Each section includes vocabulary categories that will help you expand your language skills and speak with confidence!

Morning Routine (La rutina de la mañana)

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Most daily conversations begin with describing what you do when you wake up. Several of the following words are reflexive verbs, which are verbs that shows that the subject does the action to itself. You can recognize these verbs because they end in “-se” in their infinitive form. Here are some common morning routine activities:

• Despertarse – to wake up
• Levantarse – to get up
• Ducharse – to take a shower
• Vestirse – to get dressed
• Desayunar – to have breakfast

Meals and Food (Las comidas y la comida)

Talking about meals is an important part of daily life in Spanish-speaking cultures. Remember these useful words:

• El desayuno – breakfast
• El almuerzo – lunch
• La cena – dinner
• Comer – to eat
• Beber – to drink

Work and Study (El trabajo y el estudio)

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Whether you work or study, these verbs and nouns will help you express your daily responsibilities:

• Trabajar – to work
• Estudiar – to study
• Ir a la oficina – to go to the office
• Asistir a clases – to attend classes
• Hacer tareas – to do homework

Free Time and Hobbies (El tiempo libre y los pasatiempos)

After work or school, you can describe how you relax or enjoy your free time:

• Leer – to read
• Ver la televisión – to watch TV
• Salir con amigos – to go out with friends
• Hacer ejercicio – to exercise
• Escuchar música – to listen to music

Evening and Night Routine (La rutina de la noche)

Finally, here are some expressions to describe the end of your day:

• Preparar la cena – to prepare dinner
• Relajarse – to relax
• Acostarse – to go to bed
• Dormirse – to fall asleep

Practicing these words and phrases will help you confidently describe your daily routine in Spanish. Try using them in sentences about your own day to make the vocabulary more memorable. ¡Buena suerte!