A2 Spanish Vocabulary Lesson
3 Words for Clothes
La ropa
2:12 min video · 9 sentences · 3 key words
Transcript with English
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About this lesson
Three useful clothing words in Spanish, each with example sentences to repeat and a common mistake English speakers make.
How to practise
- Learn each word on its card: the word and what it means.
- Repeat every example out loud in the Te toca · Your turn pause, then check the Don't say card: how not to use the word.
- At the end, take the quick quiz on the theme's words.
La ropa Clothes
| Word | Meaning | Don't say |
|---|---|---|
| la chaqueta | the jacket feminine noun, ponerse la chaqueta | Llevo una chaquetа de dormir. ✗ · Llevo una chaqueta de lana. ✓ Chaqueta is a jacket you wear over other clothes; for sleeping, say pijama. |
| los pantalones | trousers plural masculine noun, unos pantalones | Mi pantalón son nuevos. ✗ · Mis pantalones son nuevos. ✓ In Spanish trousers are usually plural, like in English, so the verb is plural too. |
| las zapatillas | trainers feminine plural noun, ponerse las zapatillas | Voy a correr con los zapatos. ✗ · Voy a correr con las zapatillas. ✓ Zapatos are formal shoes; for sport you need zapatillas. |
Key words
| Spanish | English | Level |
|---|---|---|
| la chaqueta | the jacket | |
| los pantalones | trousers | |
| las zapatillas | trainers |
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