🏠 House Vocabulary in Spanish: Vocab, Grammar, Exercises

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One of the first things we learn to talk about when attending a Spanish language school is our house. It doesn’t matter if yours is small or if you live in a castle, you’ll need the same basic Spanish vocabulary to talk about it. Are you ready to do it in Spanish?

In this blog post, we’ve gathered the most essential things you might need. But don’t worry, we have four additional specific house vocabulary posts to learn all those words related to the most important rooms of every house: the kitchen, the bedroom, the bathroom, the living and dining room.

The house in Spanish

Let’s start with the basics because, as we say in Spanish, you cannot start building a house at the roof. In the infographic below, you’ll learn the most important vocabulary of the house in Spanish and you can also learn their pronunciation by clicking on the speaker icon of each word. 

Now it’s time to practice all these new words. Are you ready?

Essential grammar for house vocabulary in Spanish

We know that grammar can be intimidating sometimes, but don’t worry we’re here to guide you through this learning road. You only have the essential things here, but if you’re want to keep learning we have plenty of content in our learner’s blog.

Locating things in Spanish with ESTAR

We use the verb ESTAR to locate things, animals, people, and places. It’s a very important verb that you’re going to use constantly in Spanish. So you need to learn it by heart. Here you have the conjugation of the verb ESTAR:

ESTAR

yo

estoy

estás

él, ella (usted)

está

nosotros, nosotras

estamos

vosotros, vosotras

estáis

ellos, ellas (ustedes)

están

Now that you’ve learned the verb, it’s time to learn some key words and expressions that you’ll need to place things. 

PRACTICE!

ESTAR or HABER? That's the important question

After learning about ESTAR the next step is understanding the difference between ESTAR and HABER. It’s very simple, we use HAY (the present form of the verb HABER) to talk about unknown or new things: 

This is new information for the person we’re talking to. 

This is no longer new information or something unknown. 

If you want to learn when to use HAY or ESTAR, have a look at the chart down bellow:

HAY ESTAR

un(a), unos(as) – a, a few

el, la, los, las – the

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6…

mi(s), tu(s), su(s)… my, your, his/her…

mucho(a), muchos(as), poco… – much, many, few/little…

este(as), ese(a), estos(as)… – this, that, these…

nouns without an article: hay baños, hay vino, etc. – there are bathrooms, there’s wine, etc.

proper nouns: María, Rosa, París, Madrid…

Adjectives to describe the house in Spanish

Adjectives are those words that we use to describe people, objects, animals or places. In order to talk about someone’s house in Spanish, you need to expand your vocabulary and learn some of the most used for house description. 

Are you curious to know what are the adjectives that describe the house in Spanish? Let’s start!

Let’s see a few examples first:

As you have already seen, adjectives in Spanish must agree in number (singular or plural) and gender (masculine or feminine) with the noun they’re with.  

SINGULAR PLURAL

-o (masculine)

moderno: El dormitorio es moderno.

+s 

modernos: los dormitorios son modernos.

-a (feminine)

moderna: La casa es moderna.

+s

modernas: Las casas son modernas.

Here are some examples where you can also listen the pronunciation in Spanish and check the differences of gender and number:

[mp3j track=”https://letsspeakspanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Mi-casa-es-moderna..mp3″ title=”” ind=”n” volslider=”n” flow=”y”]Mi casa es moderna. 

[mp3j track=”https://letsspeakspanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Mi-dormitorio-es-pequeno.-.mp3″ title=”” ind=”n” volslider=”n” flow=”y”] Mi dormitorio es pequeño. 

[mp3j track=”https://letsspeakspanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Las-puertas-son-bonitas.-.mp3″ title=”” ind=”n” volslider=”n” flow=”y”] Las puertas son bonitas. 

[mp3j track=”https://letsspeakspanish.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Los-banos-son-feos.mp3″ title=”” ind=”n” volslider=”n” flow=”y”] Los baños son feos.

Want to learn more?

Check this blog post about Masculine and feminine, singular and plural in Spanish! Explained by our beloved teachers 😉

In the chart below you can find a list with the most common adjectives to describe a house in Spanish.

Spanish English

grande – big

pequeño(a) small

antiguo(a) – old

moderno(a)modern

viejo(a) – old

nuevo(a) new

feo(a) – ugly

bonito(a) – beautiful

cómodo(a) – comfortable

incómodo(a) – uncomfortable

luminoso(a) – bright

oscuro(a) – dark

estrecho(a) – narrow

ancho(a) wide

ruidoso(a) – noisy

tranquilo(a) – quiet

We use these words with the verb SER. This irregular verb is the one you need for describing a house in Spanish. Let’s have a look at the conjugation of the verb SER: 

SER

yo

soy

eres

él, ella (usted)

es

nosotros, nosotras

somos

vosotros, vosotras

sois

ellos, ellas (ustedes)

son
PRACTICE!

Let’s practice the adjectives with these two exercises!

Asking about quantity in Spanish

  • To ask about quantity in Spanish we use ¿Cuánto?
  • The most frequent answer is a number or a word that expresses quantity (dos, tres millones, mucho, bastantes, pocas…)
  • This interrogative pronoun has a masculine and a feminine form, and it must also agree with the noun in plural or singular.  

✍🏼 We use ¿Cuántos? ¿Cuántas? in plural with countable nouns:

✍🏼 We use ¿Cuánto? ¿Cuánta? in singular with uncountable nouns:

✍🏼 We use ¿Cuánto? – (only in this form) with verbs:

♂ MASCULINO ♀ FEMENINO

Singular

¿Cuánto…?

¿Cuánta…?

Plural

¿Cuántos…?

¿Cuántas..?

PRACTICE!

Spanish idioms with the word HOUSE

Spanish language is very rich in idiomatic expressions. If you want to master the language you’ll find this final section very useful. Try using them in your exchanges with native speakers, they’ll be really impressed!

LET’S PRACTICE!

Now, as you know quite a lot practice your comprehension skills by listening to our podcast that talks about the house in Spanish!

Talking about Your House in Spanish

– Spanish vocabulary in the house: rooms and location
– The different uses of the verbs “ser” and “estar”

Specific rooms of the house in Spanish

Follow these links below to learn and practice specific house vocabulary!

The kitchen in Spanish
The living and dining room in Spanish
The bedroom in Spanish
The bathroom in Spanish

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