Spanish Family Vocabulary

“Mi novia es mexicana y me ayuda a mejorar mi español.”

If you are lucky enough to have a boyfriend or girlfriend who is helping you speak Spanish, then you are definitely going to want to brush up on your Spanish family vocabulary before that important family visit.

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List of Family Members in Spanish

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Spanish English
esposa wife	¿Quién es tu esposa? – Esa, la de pelo corto. Who is your wife? – She's the one with short hair.
hijo son	Mi hijo comienza el colegio mañana. My son is starting school tomorrow.
hermano brother	Mi hermano es estudiante en esta universidad. My brother is a student at this university.
madre mother	Vuestra madre es bella. Your mother is beautiful.
abuelo grandfather	Yo hablo italiano porque mi abuelo era italiano. I speak Italian because my grandfather was Italian.
padre father	¿Cómo está tu padre? How is your father?
esposo husband	A mi esposo le encanta pescar al amanecer. My husband loves to go fishing at dawn.
nieto grandson, grandchild	Nuestro nieto es nuestro pequeño rayo de sol. Our grandson is our little ray of sunshine.
sobrino nephew	Mi sobrino es el más reciente campeón de España de patinaje. My nephew is the latest Spanish skating champion.
marido husband	¡Tu marido es todo un caballero! Your husband is an absolute gentleman!
mamá mom	Mi mamá cocina estupendamente. My mom cooks marvellously.
tío uncle	Si mi tío hubiera salido antes de casa, habríamos llegado a tiempo. If my uncle had left home earlier, we would have arrived on time.
casado married	Mario ya lleva cinco años casado: hoy celebra su aniversario. Mario has been married for five years. Today is his anniversary.
novia girlfriend	Mi novia es mexicana y me ayuda a mejorar mi español. My girlfriend is Mexican, and she is helping me improve my Spanish.
cuñado brother-in-law	Mi cuñado es policía. My brother-in-law is a cop.
suegra mother-in-law	No creo que sea muy feliz viviendo con su suegra. I don't think she'll be happy living with her mother-in-law.
papá dad	Juan pasaba la semana con su papá y los fines de semana con su mamá. John spent the week with his dad and weekends with his mom.
viuda widow	La viuda del general donó la casa a niños sin hogar. The widow of the general gave the house to the homeless children.
familia family	Hay cinco niños en mi familia. There are five children in my family.
primo cousin	El príncipe Eduardo es primo de la reina. Prince Edward is a cousin of the Queen

Spanish

English

esposa

wife

¿Quién es tu esposa? – Esa, la de pelo corto.

Who is your wife? – She's the one with short hair.

hijo

son

Mi hijo comienza el colegio mañana.

My son is starting school tomorrow.

hermano

brother

Mi hermano es estudiante en esta universidad.

My brother is a student at this university.

madre

mother

Vuestra madre es bella.

Your mother is beautiful.

abuelo

grandfather

Yo hablo italiano porque mi abuelo era italiano.

I speak Italian because my grandfather was Italian.

padre

father

¿Cómo está tu padre?

How is your father?

esposo

husband

A mi esposo le encanta pescar al amanecer.

My husband loves to go fishing at dawn.

nieto

grandson, grandchild

Nuestro nieto es nuestro pequeño rayo de sol.

Our grandson is our little ray of sunshine.

sobrino

nephew

Mi sobrino es el más reciente campeón de España de patinaje.

My nephew is the latest Spanish skating champion.

marido

husband

¡Tu marido es todo un caballero!

Your husband is an absolute gentleman!

mamá

mom

Mi mamá cocina estupendamente.

My mom cooks marvellously.

tío

uncle

Si mi tío hubiera salido antes de casa, habríamos llegado a tiempo.

If my uncle had left home earlier, we would have arrived on time.

casado

married

Mario ya lleva cinco años casado: hoy celebra su aniversario.

Mario has been married for five years. Today is his anniversary.

novia

girlfriend

Mi novia es mexicana y me ayuda a mejorar mi español.

My girlfriend is Mexican, and she is helping me improve my Spanish.

cuñado

brother-in-law

Mi cuñado es policía.

My brother-in-law is a cop.

suegra

mother-in-law

No creo que sea muy feliz viviendo con su suegra.

I don't think she'll be happy living with her mother-in-law.

papá

dad

Juan pasaba la semana con su papá y los fines de semana con su mamá.

John spent the week with his dad and weekends with his mom.

viuda

widow

La viuda del general donó la casa a niños sin hogar.

The widow of the general gave the house to the homeless children.

familia

family

Hay cinco niños en mi familia.

There are five children in my family.

primo

cousin

El príncipe Eduardo es primo de la reina.

Prince Edward is a cousin of the Queen

Spanish	English
esposa ¿Quién es tu esposa? – Esa, la de pelo corto.	wife Who is your wife? – She's the one with short hair.
hijo Mi hijo comienza el colegio mañana.	son My son is starting school tomorrow.
hermano Mi hermano es estudiante en esta universidad.	brother My brother is a student at this university.
madre Vuestra madre es bella.	mother Your mother is beautiful.
abuelo Yo hablo italiano porque mi abuelo era italiano.	grandfather I speak Italian because my grandfather was Italian.
padre ¿Cómo está tu padre?	father How is your father?
esposo A mi esposo le encanta pescar al amanecer.	husband My husband loves to go fishing at dawn.
nieto Nuestro nieto es nuestro pequeño rayo de sol.	grandson, grandchild Our grandson is our little ray of sunshine.
sobrino Mi sobrino es el más reciente campeón de España de patinaje.	nephew My nephew is the latest Spanish skating champion.
marido ¡Tu marido es todo un caballero!	husband Your husband is an absolute gentleman!
mamá Mi mamá cocina estupendamente.	mom My mom cooks marvellously.
tío Si mi tío hubiera salido antes de casa, habríamos llegado a tiempo.	uncle If my uncle had left home earlier, we would have arrived on time.
casado Mario ya lleva cinco años casado: hoy celebra su aniversario.	married Mario has been married for five years. Today is his anniversary.
novia Mi novia es mexicana y me ayuda a mejorar mi español.	girlfriend My girlfriend is Mexican, and she is helping me improve my Spanish.
cuñado Mi cuñado es policía.	brother-in-law My brother-in-law is a cop.
suegra No creo que sea muy feliz viviendo con su suegra.	mother-in-law I don't think she'll be happy living with her mother-in-law.
papá Juan pasaba la semana con su papá y los fines de semana con su mamá.	dad John spent the week with his dad and weekends with his mom.
viuda La viuda del general donó la casa a niños sin hogar.	widow The widow of the general gave the house to the homeless children.
familia Hay cinco niños en mi familia.	family There are five children in my family.
primo El príncipe Eduardo es primo de la reina.	cousin Prince Edward is a cousin of the Queen

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List of Family Members in Spanish

Spanish

English

esposa

wife

hijo

son

hermano

brother

madre

mother

abuelo

grandfather

padre

father

esposo

husband

nieto

grandson, grandchild

sobrino

nephew

marido

husband

mamá

mom

tío

uncle

casado

married

novia

girlfriend

cuñado

brother-in-law

suegra

mother-in-law

papá

dad

viuda

widow

familia

family

primo

cousin

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