Quick answer
¿Cuántos años tiene tu hija?
How old is your daughter? Age uses tener, so a child "has" years rather than "is" them.
The words
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| el niño | the boy |
| la niña | the girl |
| el bebé | the baby |
| el hijo | the son |
| la hija | the daughter |
| el juguete | the toy |
| el parque | the park |
| el columpio | the swing |
| el pañal | the nappy |
| el carrito | the pushchair |
| la guardería | the nursery |
| el cuento | the story |
| la merienda | the afternoon snack |
| jugar | to play |
| cuidar | to look after |
The phrases you will actually say
Worth knowing
La merienda has no real English equivalent: it is the late-afternoon snack around five or six, usually bread with chocolate or fruit, and it exists because dinner will not appear until nine or ten. That late schedule explains why you see small children in restaurants at eleven at night without anyone blinking. Grammar to get right: age is tener, so tiene seis años, and estar embarazada means pregnant while estar embarazado is a classic false friend trap for "embarrassed", which is avergonzado. The mixed plural is masculine, so los hijos can mean sons or children of both sexes. Diminutives do heavy lifting with children: un ratito, un besito, despacito. In Spain nursery is la guardería; in parts of Latin America you will hear el jardín infantil or el kínder.
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