Free-Time Activities: Vocabulary and Interesar-Type Verbs
Talk about your free time in Spanish. Learn the words for sports and hobbies, and the verbs that work like gustar, such as me gusta, me encanta and me interesa, for saying what you like.
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Free time in Spanish
This module builds your Spanish vocabulary for free-time activities, and teaches the verbs used to say what you like. Each Spanish word is shown with its English meaning. Verbs like gustar work in a special way: the thing you like is the subject, and a small word such as me shows that you are the one who likes it.
Free-time words in Spanish
Start with four common words and phrases. Each is shown with its English meaning.
Words or verbs?
It helps to sort what you learn into activities and the verbs that give an opinion.
Grammar tip
With verbs like gustar the thing you like is the subject. Use me gusta for one thing or an activity, and me gustan for more than one thing. The small words me, te and le mean to me, to you and to him or her. So me gusta el fútbol means football is pleasing to me.
Match the activity
- el deporte
- el fútbol
- leer
- bailar
- Sport
- Football
- To read
- To dance
Which is football?
Which Spanish word means football?
- el fútbol
- el deporte
- leer
- bailar
Match the opinion verb
- me gusta
- me interesa
- me encanta
- le gusta
- I like
- It interests me
- I love it
- He or she likes
Spot the activities
Which TWO of these are free-time activities? Choose all that apply.
- leer
- bailar
- me gusta
- me interesa
Build a sentence
Order these Spanish words to say I like to play football.
- me
- gusta
- jugar
- al fútbol
Free time, and saying you like it
Free time in Spanish is el tiempo _____. To say you like something you use me _____, and to say you love it you use me _____. To say something interests you, you use me _____. If you like more than one thing, you change gusta to _____.
Spot the activities
Tap the TWO free-time activities.
- leer
- me gusta
- bailar
- me encanta
- el tiempo libre
Which means I love it?
Which Spanish phrase means I love it?
- me encanta
- me gusta
- me interesa
- el fútbol
Choose the verb
For each meaning, choose the correct Spanish verb form.
- You want to say you like one sport. Which form?
- You want to say you like two sports. Which form?
- You want to say that music interests you. Which form?
Write about your free time
Write two or three sentences in Spanish about your free time. Use me gusta and me encanta to say what you like.
- Name a free-time activity you like
- Use me gusta or me encanta
- Add one more activity with your opinion