Healthy Living: Vocabulary and Estar for States
Talk about healthy living in Spanish. Learn the words for food, sport and health, and how to say how you feel using estar, such as estoy cansado for I am tired.
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Talking about health in Spanish 🍎
This module builds your Spanish for a healthy lifestyle: the words for food, sport and health, and how to say how you feel. You will also meet a key piece of grammar. To say how you feel or the state you are in, Spanish uses the verb estar.
Words for healthy living 🔑
Start with four core words. Each Spanish word is shown with its English meaning.
Healthy or unhealthy? ⚖️
It helps to sort the words into healthy choices and unhealthy ones.
Match the Spanish to the English 🔗
- ejercicio
- deporte
- fruta
- verdura
- Exercise
- Sport
- Fruit
- Vegetable
Which word? 🎯
Which Spanish word means health?
- salud
- ejercicio
- fruta
- deporte
How do you feel? Use estar 💬
To say how you feel or the state you are in, Spanish uses the verb estar. estoy means I am. So you say estoy cansado for I am tired, estoy enfermo for I am ill, estoy en forma for I am fit, and estoy estresado for I am stressed. Use estar for these temporary states.
Match the estar phrase 🔀
- estoy cansado
- estoy enfermo
- estoy en forma
- estoy estresado
- I am tired
- I am ill
- I am fit
- I am stressed
Healthy choices ✅
Select the TWO words that are healthy choices.
- fruta
- nadar
- fumar
- azúcar
A healthy day 🪜
An interactive activity.
Complete the sentences 🧩
In Spanish, health is _____ and healthy is _____. Fruit is _____. To say I am tired, you say estoy _____. To smoke is _____.
Spot the estar phrases 🖍️
An interactive activity.
Say how you feel 🩺
How do you say I am tired in Spanish?
- estoy cansado
- estoy enfermo
- estoy en forma
- estoy estresado
Which estar phrase? 🧭
An interactive activity.
Describe a healthy lifestyle ✍️
An interactive activity.