Daily Routine in Spanish

Describe your day in Spanish from morning to night, with audio for every sentence.

In the morning

Spanish	English
Me despierto a las siete.	I wake up at seven.
Me levanto.	I get up.
Me ducho.	I take a shower.
Me visto.	I get dressed.
Desayuno.	I have breakfast.
Me cepillo los dientes.	I brush my teeth.
Salgo de casa a las ocho.	I leave home at eight.
Voy al trabajo en coche.	I go to work by car.

During the day

Spanish	English
Trabajo de nueve a cinco.	I work from nine to five.
Almuerzo a mediodía.	I have lunch at noon.
Tomo un café por la tarde.	I have a coffee in the afternoon.
Vuelvo a casa a las seis.	I return home at six.
Hago ejercicio.	I exercise.
Hago la compra.	I do the grocery shopping.
Preparo la cena.	I make dinner.
Ceno con mi familia.	I have dinner with my family.

In the evening

Spanish	English
Veo la tele.	I watch TV.
Leo un rato.	I read for a while.
Me acuesto a las once.	I go to bed at eleven.
Me duermo rápido.	I fall asleep quickly.

How often

Spanish	English
siempre	always
normalmente	normally
a menudo	often
a veces	sometimes
casi nunca	almost never
nunca	never
todos los días	every day
los fines de semana	on weekends

Why so many verbs start with me

Many routine verbs are reflexive: the action is done to yourself. In the yo form the pronoun is me, and it goes before the verb. For another person the pronoun changes: te for tú, se for él and ella, nos for nosotros.

The same verb with different people

The pronoun and the ending both change.
Me levanto temprano. (I get up early.)
Te levantas temprano. (You get up early.)
Se levanta temprano. (She gets up early.)
Nos levantamos temprano. (We get up early.)

Common mistakes to avoid

Each meal has its own verb

Spanish has one verb for each meal, so you do not need comer.
Desayuno a las ocho. (I have breakfast at eight.)
Cenamos tarde. (We have dinner late.)

A la una, a las dos

Use a la for one o'clock and a las for every other hour.
Almuerzo a la una. (I have lunch at one.)
Me levanto a las seis. (I get up at six.)

Practice: say it in Spanish

Say each sentence in Spanish, then open it to check your answer.

1. I get up at six.

Me levanto a las seis.

2. I have breakfast at home.

Desayuno en casa.

3. I always take a shower in the morning.

Siempre me ducho por la mañana.

4. We have dinner at eight.

Cenamos a las ocho.

5. She goes to bed late.

Ella se acuesta tarde.

6. I sometimes read at night.

A veces leo por la noche.

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