House & home · La casa

20 Spanish words — each with a picture, audio and an example sentence. Rooms, furniture and the things around you right now.

English	Spanish · Español	Notes
house	la casa	En casa — at home; a casa — (to) home. No article.
apartment	el apartamento	🌎 RegionIn Spain: el piso.
living room	la sala	🌎 RegionIn Spain: el salón.
kitchen	la cocina	Also 'cooking, cuisine' — from cocinar (to cook).
bedroom	el dormitorio	🔗 Word familyFrom dormir (to sleep). Also la habitación or el cuarto; in Mexico la recámara.
bathroom	el baño	🌎 RegionIn Spain a public restroom is also el aseo or los servicios.
door	la puerta	Also an airport gate: puerta de embarque.
window	la ventana	🔗 Word familyFrom viento (wind). A car or ticket window: la ventanilla.
wall	la pared	An outdoor wall: el muro.
floor	el suelo	🌎 RegionIn Mexico: el piso. Suelo is also the ground, the soil.
ceiling	el techo	Outer roof: el tejado.
stairs	la escalera	Usually singular: la escalera. Also 'ladder' (escalera de mano).
table	la mesa	Poner la mesa — to set the table. English 'mesa' (the landform) is this word.
chair	la silla	Wheelchair: silla de ruedas; saddle: silla de montar.
sofa	el sofá	⚠️ GenderMasculine despite the -a: el sofá, plural sofás.
bed	la cama	Irse a la cama — to go to bed; guardar cama — to stay in bed (illness).
wardrobe	el armario	🌎 RegionIn Mexico: el clóset. Not 'armory' — that's la armería.
lamp	la lámpara	A light bulb is la bombilla (in Mexico el foco).
mirror	el espejo	Rear-view mirror: el retrovisor.
key	la llave	Also a tap (Latin America); wrench: llave inglesa.