Leisure Time Related Spanish Phrases

Listen To Leisure Time Spanish Phrases

This list of Spanish sentences and phrases has topics of leisure. We all have a certain amount of leisure time in our lives. And of course we fill up this time with the things we enjoy. A lot of the fun of speaking Spanish with your friends can be in talking about your favorite leisure and free-time activities in Spanish.

The phrases on this page will help you know the way to talk about spending leisure time in Spanish. Just below you'll find phrases that talk about favorite hobbies, sports activities, games, dancing, concerts, and all kinds of leisure activities you'd like to talk about in Spanish. Learn to say you'd like to go for a stroll, your in the mood for quiet time reading a book, interested in the sunny, sandy beach. Something wild and exciting like a night out dancing or concert going, or something calm like a board game or a night in with a movie on TV. Also gardening, going out for a boat ride, or a swim in the pool.

Tengo ganas de ir a caminar.

I feel like going for a walk.

Tengo ganas is a really useful Spanish phrase for saying you feel like doing some activity like going for a walk. It is also a way to say you feel like having a certain type of food for dinner. Or use the phrase tengo ganas to express a preference for the movie you want to see at the theater.

Si quieres, a las ocho vamos al teatro.

If you'd like, lets go to the movies at eight.

Tengo una lista de tres libros que he querido leer.

I have a list of three books I've been wanting to read.

En la mañana fui en la bicicleta por dos horas.

This morning I went for a two-hour bike ride.

Es un dia bonita -- vamos a la playa.

It's a beautiful day -- let's go to the beach.

¿No te gustaria jugar un juego de monopoly?

Wouldn't you like to play a game of monopoly?

Esta noche voy a ver una pelicula en la tele.

Tonight I'm going to watch a movie on TV.

Practice making up your own sentences using this powerful combination of "voy a" with the infinitive form of whatever verb you need. For example: I'm going to walk is voy a caminar; I'm going to read is voy a leer; I'm going to run is voy a correr. As you begin learning Spanish this is a quick way to know how to say a lot of things that'll happen in the future without the work of learning all the verb conjugations.

Este fin de semana voy a salir a bailar.

This weekend I'm going out dancing.

Tengo dos boletos de un concierto.

I have two tickets to a concert.

Casi todo los dias toco el piano por una hora.

Almost every day I play the piano for about an hour.

En el verano juego basketball todo los dias.

In the Summer I play basketball every day.

Voy en mi barco cada fin de semana.

I go out on my boat every weekend.

Cuando esta caliente afuera siempre vamos en la piscina.

When it's warm out we always go in the pool.

Si no esta lloviendo, voy a trabajar en mi jardin.

If it's not raining I'm going to work in my garden.