Learn 33 Basic Spanish Body Parts from Head to Toe
This post includes:
- 3 amazing infographics
- 3 vocabulary videos
- Practical exercises
- Useful and also rude expressions with body parts in Spanish
Table of Contents
- 15 Human Body Parts in Spanish
- 5 Parts of the Face in Spanish
2.1 Practical Exercises - 13 Internal Body Organs in Spanish
- Spanish Grammar Rules Related to Body Parts
4.1 Verb DOLER
4.2 Verb TENER dolor de - Spanish Expressions with Body Parts
5.1 Idioms with Body Parts
5.2 Rude Expressions with Body Parts - ¡Practica! – Learning Body Parts in Spanish with Vocabulary Videos, Games & Exercises
- ¡Practica más! – External Resources to Extend Your Learning
15 Human Body Parts in Spanish
| SPANISH | ENGLISH |
|---|---|
|
el cuerpo humano |
human body |
|
la cabeza |
head |
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el cuello |
neck |
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el hombro |
shoulder |
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el pecho |
chest |
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el codo |
elbow |
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el brazo |
arm |
|
la muñeca |
wrist |
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la mano |
hand |
|
el dedo |
finger |
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la pierna |
leg |
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la rodilla |
knee |
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el tobillo |
ankle |
|
el pie |
foot |
|
la espalda |
back |
|
el culo |
ass |
5 Parts of the Face in Spanish
| SPANISH | ENGLISH |
|---|---|
|
el pelo |
hair |
|
el ojo/los ojos |
eye/eyes |
|
la oreja/las orejas |
ear/ears |
|
la nariz |
nose |
|
la boca |
mouth |
13 Internal Body Organs in Spanish
| SPANISH | ENGLISH |
|---|---|
|
el estómago |
stomach |
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el cerebro |
brain |
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el hígado |
liver |
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el intestino |
intestine |
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los pulmones |
lungs |
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los huesos |
bones |
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la piel |
skin |
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el oído |
(inner) ear |
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la lengua |
tongue |
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la garganta |
throat |
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los riñones |
kidneys |
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la vejiga |
bladder |
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el corazón |
heart |
Spanish Grammar Rules Related to Body Parts
There are masculine and feminine body parts.
| ♂ MASCULINO | ♀ FEMENINO |
|---|---|
|
el cuello |
la cabeza |
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el dedo |
la rodilla |
|
el brazo |
la pierna |
|
el codo |
la muñeca |
|
el hombro |
la mano |
|
el pecho |
la espalda |
|
el culo |
|
|
el pie |
|
|
el tobillo |
|
Adjectives agree with the noun:
♂ El cuello largo. El dedo pequeño.
♀ La pierna larga. La cabeza pequeña.
But there are also invariable adjectives:
♂ El brazo fuerte. El hombro grande.
♀ La espalda fuerte. La mano grande.
In Spanish, we use the verbs tener and ser to describe physical appearance:
Tener + number/noun
Proftrox tiene el pelo corto y liso.
Él tiene tres ojos negros.
Doctrex tiene el pelo largo y liso.
Ella tiene cuatro orejas azules.
Ser + adjective
Él es pelirrojo.
Ella es rubia.
In Spanish, nouns and adjectives are masculine and feminine.
| ♂ MASCULINO | ♀ FEMENINO |
|---|---|
|
el pelo corto |
la nariz pequeña |
|
el ojo negro |
la oreja roja |
|
|
la boca grande |
ATTENTION
There are invariant adjectives. That means they don’t change to masculine or feminine (grande, azul, verde, marrón):
♂ El ojo grande. El pelo azul. El ojo verde.
♀ La nariz grande. La boca azul. La oreja verde.
Verb DOLER
We use this verb to talk about symptoms.
The verb DOLER is irregular. It is conjugated like the verb GUSTAR and APETECER. Look:
- Buenos días, señora López. ¿Qué le duele?
- Buenos días, doctor. Me duele la garganta.
- ¡Qué dolor! Me duelen mucho los riñones.
- ¡Tienes que ir al médico!
TENER dolor de
We also use this verb to talk about symptoms. See the conjugation:
- ¿Qué te ocurre, Marta?
- Tengo dolor de oído.
- Mis hijos tienen dolor de espalda porque hacen mucho deporte.
- Ellos necesitan descansar.
Don’t write the article:
– Tengo dolor de el oído.
– Mis hijos tienen dolor de la espalda porque hacen mucho deporte.
ATTENTION!
Don’t write the article:
Tengo dolor de el oído.
Mis hijos tienen dolor de la espalda porque hacen mucho deporte.
Spanish Expressions with Body Parts
Idioms with Body Parts
| LA CARA | |
|---|---|
|
Al mal tiempo, buena cara. Hoy estoy triste. Pero al mal tiempo, buena cara. |
You have to look on the bright side. (or: If life gives you lemons, make a lemonade.) It means that when there is a negative situation we have to be positive. |
| EL OJO | |
|---|---|
|
No pegar ojo. El bebé llora mucho. No pegamos ojo. |
To not sleep a wink (to not get any sleep). It means that a person has not rested. |
| LA BOCA | |
|---|---|
|
Hacerse la boca agua. ¡La comida huele muy bien! Se me hace la boca agua. |
My mouth is watering. We use this expression to say that we really like the food and we feel like eating it. |
| LA NARIZ | |
|---|---|
|
Estar hasta las narices. ¡Estoy hasta las narices! ¡Eres un inmaduro! |
To be be fed up of something or someone; to be sick of doing [smth] or someone. We use this expression to indicate that we are tired of a situation. |
| EL CUELLO | |
|---|---|
|
Estar con el agua al cuello. |
To be in it up to one’s neck. It means that a person does not have enough money to pay his or her debts. |
| EL CODO | |
|---|---|
|
Hablar por los codos. Luca es muy hablador, ¡habla por los codos! |
Talk a blue streak; to be a chatterbox. It means that a person talks a lot. |
| LA MANO | |
|---|---|
|
Echarle una mano (a alguien). Tengo muchos problemas con las Matemáticas, ¿me echas una mano? |
To lend a hand to someone, to help somebody out. We use this expression to ask/offer help to someone. |
| EL CULO | |
|---|---|
|
Culo veo, culo quiero. Siempre compras la ropa igual que yo. Culo veo, culo quiero. |
Monkey see, monkey do; It means that a person wants something because someone else does. |
|
Partirse el culo. Inés es muy simpática, me parto el culo con ella. |
Laughing my freaking ass off; laughing out loud. We use this expression to say that a person makes us laugh a lot. |
| EL PIE | |
|---|---|
|
Levantarse con mal pie / con el pie izquierdo. ¡Nada me sale bien hoy! Creo que me he levantado con mal pie / Creo que me he levantado con el pie izquierdo. |
To wake up with the wrong foot; to wake up on the wrong side of the bed. It means that a person is not having a good day.
|
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No dar pie con bola. Estoy muy cansada. Hoy no doy pie con bola. |
Can’t seem to get anything right. We use this expression to say that a person is not doing things right because he/she is tired or not concentrating.
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¡El español de la calle! Rude Expressions with Body Parts
| EL PIE | |
|---|---|
|
Importar un coño. Eso no es importante. Me importa un coño. |
Don’t give a shit / fuck. |
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Estar hasta el coño / los cojones. Lidia está hasta el coño de su trabajo.
|
To be pissed off with something; To be fed up to the back teeth with something. It means that a person is very tired of a situation. |
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Tocarse el coño / los cojones. Mi compañera tiene mucho trabajo pero se toca el coño.
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Idle; bum around. It means that a person is not doing anything. |
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Tocarle los cojones (a alguien). Lidia está enfadada, no le toques los cojones. |
Get in somebody’s face; get on somebody’s nerves; piss somebody off. It means that one person annoys another. |
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No salirle de los cojones (a alguien). No me sale de los cojones ayudar a Maribel. No quiero. |
Say what one damn like. We use this expression as an argument to say that we do not want to do something. |
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Importarle tres cojones (algo a alguien). Tus problemas me importan tres cojones. No quiero escuchar tus problemas. |
Don’t give a shit / fuck. It means that something does not matter at all. |
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Ser la polla. ¡Esta película es la polla! ¡Me encanta! |
To be awesome/exceptional. It means that something is very good or surprising. |
How Do You Remember Body Parts in Spanish?
Using lists to learn and retain vocabulary is an outdated method. We learn vocabulary through context. Whenever a new word is used in a context you know or find interesting, you are more likely to remember it. Simple phrases or dialogues that contain several words you’d like to learn work best.
In the following section, you will find videos that explain the body parts words in Spanish in context of phrases, small stories, and dialogues.
When you have to write these words down, you learn them better. You do exactly this in our word writing games.
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¡Practica! - Learning Body Parts in Spanish with Vocabulary Videos, Games & Exercises
¡Practica más! - External Resources to Extend Your Learning
Extensive list of spanish/english body parts divided between body, organs, head & face and skeleton. With audio (pronunciation).
Interactive games with Spanish text and audio (pronunciation). Loads quite slowly but overall it’s quite good.
Song to learn the Parts of the body in Spanish – for kids.
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