Solve this jigsaw puzzle and discover an animal that begins with the letter A in Spanish, the first letter of the alphabet. If you complete it correctly, you will be able to download the puzzle image in the biggest size, and save it in your device if you want. You can try as many times as you need!
This is the model.
Click on the Play button to see the puzzle.
Spanish has five vowels: a, e, i, o, u.
Three of them are strong vowels (a, e, o), and the remaining two are weak vowels (i, u).
In Spanish the strong vowels are often called “vocales abiertas”, and the weak ones, “vocales cerradas”. But they are also called “vocales fuertes” and “vocales débiles (which is the translation of strong vowels and weak vowels)
It is important to have this distinction clear and to know which group each vowel belongs to, because the combination of the vowels indicates how a word is separated into syllables. See this:
In this online exercise you have to drag and drop the names of different family members in the sentences. If you don’t know enough the vocabulary about the family in Spanish, you can learn or review it with this online family tree in Spanish.
You must look carefully at the family tree connections and the family members (see the numeric list on the right to see the name of each member) and then drag the names of the family members from the list on the left and put them in the correct gap in each sentence.
When you have completed the gaps, click on the button with the ✔ symbol to check whether it is correct or not. If it is incorrect you can try again.
Learn the names of the family members in Spanish and their pronunciation with this interactive online family tree in Spanish with audio. Click on the family members to read and hear their names in Spanish, as well as the written translation in English. To understand the distribution of the family members in the family tree, you have to take as a reference the family member surrounded by a green circle (the woman that says “Yo”).
Here you can see the list of the members of the family in Spanish that appear in the previous family tree:
la abuela: grandmother
el abuelo: grandfather
los abuelos: grandparents
la madre: mother
el padre: father
los padres: parents
la hermana: sister
el hermano: brother
el tío: uncle
la tía: aunt
la sobrina: niece
el sobrino: nephew
la mujer, la esposa: wife
el marido, el esposo: husband
la hija: daughter
el hijo: son
la nieta: granddaughter
el nieto: grandson
los nietos: grandchildren
el yerno: son-in-law
la nuera: daughter-in-law
la suegra: mother-in-law
el suegro: father-in-law
el padrastro: stepfather
la madrastra: stepmother
el hijastro: stepson
la hijastra: stepdaughter
Here are some other family member names in Spanish. Although they do not appear in this family tree, they are equally useful for describing families.
padrastro: stepfather
madrastra: stepmother
hijastro: stepson
hijastra: stepdaughter
Learning Spanish verbs can be confusing if you are a beginner and you don’t really know where to start. For that reason, a list of basic verbs can help you get started with your learning. Here we have gathered 100 basic Spanish verbs that are widely used in this language. The verbs you can find on this list are regular and irregular.
ser: to be
estar: to be
poder: can, to be able to
hacer: to do, to make
tener: to have
saber: to know
conocer: to know
ir: to go
llegar: to arrive
venir: to come
volver: to go back, to come back
traer: to bring
ver: to see, to watch
oír: to hear
escuchar: to listen
vivir: to live
morir: to die
nacer: be born
preguntar: to ask
entender: to understand
empezar, comenzar: to begin
acabar, finalizar: to finish
terminar: to end, to finish
poner: to put
hablar: to speak, to talk
decir: to say, to tell
querer: to want
comer: to eat
dormir: to sleep
beber: to drink
dar: to give
regalar: to give
necesitar: to need
disfrutar: to enjoy
esperar: to expect, to wait, to hope
ayudar: to help
elegir: to choose
encontrar: to find
coger*, agarrar, tomar: to catch, to take
tomar: to take, to have
costar: to cost
soñar: to dream
sentir: to feel
prohibir: to forbid
olvidar: to forget
conseguir: to get
aprender: to learn
asistir: to attend
responder, contestar: to answer
doler: to hurt
guardar: to keep
marcharse: to leave
abrir: to open
cerrar: to close
pagar: to pay
leer: to read
pensar: to think
intentar: to try, to attempt
evitar: to avoid
llamar: to call
llevar: to carry
comprobar: to check
confundir: to confuse
preocupar: to concern
continuar: to continue
besar: to kiss
cantar: to sing
bailar: to dance
suceder, pasar: to happen
imaginar: to imagine
explicar: to explain
estar de acuerdo: to agree
no estar de acuerdo, estar en desacuerdo: to disagree
cocinar: to cook
limpiar: to clean
quejarse: to complain
ducharse: to take a shower
cepillarse: to brush
peinarse: to comb
aburrirse: to bore
descubrir: to discover
gustar: to like
no gustar: to dislike
odiar: to hate
dudar: to doubt
ganar: to win, to earn
animar: to encourage
entrar: to enter, to get in, to come in
salir: to leave, to exit, to go out
hacer ejercicio: to exercise
abrazar: to hug
mejorar: to improve
aprobar: to pass
suspender: to fail
apetecer: to fancy
reír: to laugh
sonreír: to smile
llorar: to cry
seguir: to follow
escribir: to write
comprar: to buy
*The verb coger is used in Spain with the meaning “to catch”, but in other Spanish speaking countries this verb has a sexual meaning and they use other verbs like agarrar o tomar
In this activity, the first thing you have to do is to look at the key word, cafetería. With the letters of this word and the written clues, you must guess four different words that have eight, seven, six and five letters respectively. After reading these clues, if you do not know the word, you can try different combinations of letters or to look for words in a dictionary, but if you are in doubt, you can see the additional clue (click on the star button), where you will see some of the letters of the word and also a picture.
Level: intermediate
In this Word Pyramid in Spanish you have to guess seven words in Spanish from the clues you see in the blue box on the left.
Each word of the pyramid is a scrambled form of the above word but without one letter.
We are going to see in which cases we must use the capital letter in Spanish, and we’ll also see in which cases we shouldn’t use it. The capital letter in Spanish is called mayúscula. Although sometimes it is not given the importance it deserves, this is a relevant topic because not all languages follow the same rules when it comes to capitalization. Sometimes it is assumed that the rules for capitalization in Spanish are the same as in English, but there are several differences.
We use the capital letter in the following cases:
We will use the capital letter in the names of people, and also in the names of animals that have a proper name.
✏ Me llamo Ana Gutiérrez.
✏ Mi perro se llama Toby.
We use the capital letter in titles.
✏ Sr., Sra.
✏ Dr., Dra.
We use the capital letter at the beginning of a sentence o a letter.
✏ Hoy es mi cumpleaños.
✏ Estimado Sr.
Le comunico que…
We use the capital letter in the first word after period/full stop.
✏ Esta es mi hija. Se llama Gloria.
We use capital letters in the names of continents, countries, cities, islands, seas, lakes, oceans…
✏España
México
Uruguay
Estados Unidos
Madrid
Los Ángeles
Mar Mediterráneo
Ibiza
Lago Tahoe
Océano Atlántico
✏ Museo del Louvre
✏ Universidad de Harvard
✏ La metamorfosis
✏ The New York Times
✏ Su sueño es tener un Lamborghini.
We have seen the main uses of the capital letters in Spanish. Now you may wonder, what about the days of the week? Or the months of the year? Aren’t they on this list? Exactly, they are not, because they are not capitalized in Spanish, unlike English.
So now we are going to see in which cases you must not use the capital letter in Spanish.
❌ Days of the week. Do not use capital letters in the days of the weeks in Spanish. Use lower case: lunes, martes, miércoles, jueves, viernes, sábado y domingo.
❌ Months of the year in Spanish are also in lower case: enero, febrero, marzo, abril, mayo, junio, julio, agosto, septiembre, octubre, noviembre y diciembre.
❌ And seasons with lower case too… primavera, verano, otoño e invierno.
❌ The cardinal points: norte, sur, este y oeste. And also their combinations: noroeste, sureste and so on.
❌ Religions also in lower case, e.g. Ella es musulmana y él es budista.
❌ Use lower case in languages: español, inglés, italiano, chino… e.g. Mi hermano habla cuatro idiomas: francés, inglés, español e italiano.
❌ Nationalities, e.g. Mi hermano es mexicano, pero vive en Canadá.
In this page we are going to see vocabulary about vegetables in Spanish. You can see an interactive image of a greengrocery, verdulería in Spanish. Choose a vegetable from the store and place it on top of the scale to see and hear its name. Below this, you will find a list with more names of vegetables in Spanish.
In this list you can find the names of different vegetables in Spanish with their English translation. You’ve already seen many of them at the greengrocery.
la patata: potato
la coliflor: cauliflower
la alcachofa: artichoke
la cebolla: onion
el pimiento: pepper
el ajo: garlic
la berenjena: aubergine, eggplant
el tomate: tomato
el tomate cherry: cherry tomato
la zanahoria: carrot
el boniato: sweet potato
la calabaza: pumpkin
los guisantes: peas
el champiñón: mushroom
el pepino: cucumber
el calabacín: courgette, zucchini
el maíz dulce: sweetcorn
el apio: celery
el nabo: turnip
la remolacha: beetroot
la lechuga: lettuce
la espinaca: spinach
la acelga : Swiss chard
el brócoli: broccoli
la col: cabbage
el puerro: leek
la col de Bruselas: Brussels sprout
la col rizada: kale
la escarola: escarole, endive
la guindilla: chilli pepper
los brotes de soja: bean sprouts
el berro: watercress
el colinabo: kohirabi
el rábano: radish
el ñame: yam
el rábano picante: horseradish
el chalote: shallot
la chirivía: parsnip
la trufa: truffle
la endibia: chicory
los palmitos: palm hearts
el hinojo: fennel
la haba: broad bean
la judía verde: green bean
el bambú: bamboo
la berza: spring greens, collard greens
los espárragos: the asparagus
