Describing Your Home in Spanish

Grade 6 · Spanish · Study Guide

Learn vocabulary and phrases to describe the rooms, furniture, and features of a home in Spanish.

Being able to describe where you live is one of the most practical skills in any language. In Spanish, the word for house is la casa and for apartment is el apartamento. A home has many rooms (habitaciones or cuartos) and describing them helps you talk naturally about daily life.

Common rooms include: la cocina (kitchen), el baño (bathroom), la sala or el salón (living room), el dormitorio or la habitación (bedroom), and el comedor (dining room). Many homes also have el jardín (garden) or el garaje (garage).

Furniture and objects in a home include: la cama (bed), el sofá (sofa), la mesa (table), la silla (chair), el escritorio (desk), la ventana (window), and la puerta (door).

To describe where things are located, Spanish uses prepositions: en (in/on), encima de (on top of), debajo de (under), al lado de (next to), delante de (in front of), and detrás de (behind).

You can describe your home using the verb estar for location: La cocina está al lado del baño (The kitchen is next to the bathroom). Use hay to say what exists: Hay tres dormitorios en mi casa (There are three bedrooms in my house). Adjectives must agree in gender and number with the noun they describe: La casa es grande (The house is big); Los cuartos son pequeños (The rooms are small).

Key terms

la habitación / el cuarto
Room — the two most common words for a room in a home.
hay
There is / there are — used to describe what exists in a place.
estar
To be — used in Spanish to describe location (where something or someone is).
preposition
A word that shows the relationship between objects, such as al lado de (next to) or encima de (on top of).
adjective agreement
In Spanish, adjectives must match the gender (masculine/feminine) and number (singular/plural) of the noun they describe.
el piso
Floor or story of a building; also means apartment in some Spanish-speaking countries.

Flashcards

la casa
House.
el apartamento
Apartment.
la cocina
Kitchen.
el baño
Bathroom.
la sala / el salón
Living room.
el dormitorio / la habitación
Bedroom.
el comedor
Dining room.
hay
There is / there are — expresses the existence of something.
al lado de
Next to.
encima de
On top of / above.
debajo de
Under / beneath.
la cama
Bed.
el sofá
Sofa / couch.

Questions

  1. What does 'la cocina' mean in English?

    1. bathroom
    2. bedroom
    3. kitchen
    4. living room
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    Answer: kitchen

    'La cocina' means kitchen. El baño = bathroom, el dormitorio = bedroom, la sala = living room.

  2. The word 'hay' is used to describe the location of something in Spanish.

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    Answer: False

    'Hay' means 'there is / there are' and expresses existence. Location is expressed with 'estar,' e.g., 'El sofá está en la sala.'

  3. ______ tres dormitorios en mi casa. (There are three bedrooms in my house.)

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    Answer: hay

    'Hay' is used to say there is/are something. It comes from the verb 'haber' and does not change form for singular or plural.

  4. Which preposition means 'next to' in Spanish?

    1. encima de
    2. debajo de
    3. al lado de
    4. detrás de
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    Answer: al lado de

    'Al lado de' means next to. 'Encima de' = on top of, 'debajo de' = under/below, 'detrás de' = behind.

  5. In Spanish, adjectives must agree in gender and number with the noun they describe.

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    Answer: True

    Spanish adjectives are inflected for gender and number. 'Grande' (big) works for both genders but 'pequeño' becomes 'pequeña' for feminine nouns.

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