Spanish is a great language because many people know how to speak it, even in the U.S. It's spoken all over the world. Hey, the subject here is hobbies. Lets say you were in Spain and you wanted to play soccer with your friends but you didn't know how to ask them because you didn't know the word for soccer. Now you do! Here's the place to be!

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BAILAR dancing	FOTOGRAFÍA photograghy	VIAJAR traveling	LEER reading
FÚTBOL soccer	NATACIÓN swimming	ESCRIBIR writing	ALPINISMO rock climbing
CANTAR singing	PINTURA painting	HACER CAMPING camping	COMPUTADORAS computers
PELÍCULAS movies	JUEGOS DE VÍDEO video games	CARTAS cards	OBSERVACIÓN DE PÁJAROS bird watching
TEJER knitting	COLECCIONAR SELLOS stamp collecting	AGARRAR LANGOSTAS lobstering	FÚTBOL AMERICANO football
BÉISBOL baseball	BALONCESTO basketball	BOXEO boxing	HOCKEY SOBRE HIELO ice hockey
PATINAJE SOBRE RUEDAS rollerskating	MONOPATÍN skateboard	SURFIAR surfing	VOLEIBOL volleyball
LIMPIAR cleaning	MONTAR A CABALLO horseback riding	TELEVISIÓN television	LLEVAR EL PERRO AL PASEO walking the dog

 

Tips

1. lobster-langosta

If you are from Maine you say 'lobsta'. If you are from Spain you say langosta. Use a rhyme to link the two.

2. videogames-juegos de vídeo

There is video in both.

3. photography-fotografía

One starts with 'ph' and the other with 'f', but you can see they are pretty similar.

4. traveling-viajar

When traveling take a viaJAR of water.

5. pintura-painting

You might use a pint of paint to paint something. Pintura has the word pint in it.

6. swimming-natación

Swimming has two 'm's. Natación has two 'n's.

7. cards-cartas

They both have 'car' at the beginning.

Quiz Time

Unscramble these words!

1. eelr

2. jraiva

3. tarnac

4. gosjue ed deovi

5. tancoina

6. raibla

Answers

1. leer

2. viajar

3. cantar

4. juegos de vídeo

5. natación

6. bailar