Spanish Vocabulary - In The Classroom

Beginning Spanish: A basic course in the Spanish language


 
This page lists the Spanish words for things you might find in a Spanish classroom and Spanish words that relate to taking a class.

Note: In the Spanish language, nouns have gender: either masculine (el) or feminine (la). The Spanish nouns on this page are preceded by their associated definite articles.
 

Spanish classroom-related nouns
 
la clase se español 
Spanish class

el cuaderno
notebook

el ejercicio
exercise

el escritorio
desk

el estudiante
student (male)

la estudiante
student (female)

el alumno
student (male)

la alumna
student (female)

el lápiz
pencil

la lección
lesson

el libro
book

la mesa
table

la oración
sentence
la palabra
word

el papel
paper

la pizarra
blackboard

la pluma
pen

la pregunta
question

el profesor
teacher, professor (male)

la profesora
teacher, professor (female)

la puerta
door

la respuesta
reply, answer

la silla
chair

la tarea
assignment

la tiza
chalk

la ventana
window

 
Spanish instructional phrases:
Note: The Spanish words with the n are directed to more than one person.
 

abra or abran
open

cierre or cierren
close, shut

conteste or contesten
answer

escriba or escriban
write

estudie or estudien
study
lea(n) en voz alta
read out loud

repita or repitan
repeat

siénte(n)se
sit down

traduzca or traduzcan
translate

vaya a or vayan a
go to
 

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