Quick answer
En mi tiempo libre me gusta leer.
In my free time I like reading. After me gusta Spanish uses the infinitive, not a form ending in -ing.
The words
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| el tiempo libre | the free time |
| la afición | the hobby |
| el ocio | the leisure |
| el libro | the book |
| la pintura | the painting |
| la foto | the photo |
| el juego de mesa | the board game |
| la cocina | the cooking |
| el baile | the dancing |
| el jardín | the garden |
| la costura | the sewing |
| el ajedrez | the chess |
| el senderismo | the hiking |
| coleccionar | to collect |
| aprender | to learn |
The phrases you will actually say
Worth knowing
The useful verb here is quedar, which in Spain means to arrange to meet: quedamos a las ocho is how plans are made, and me quedo en casa with the reflexive means to stay in, a different thing entirely. Games take jugar a with the article, so jugar al ajedrez and jugar a las cartas, while instruments take tocar. Say mi afición es la fotografía rather than translating "hobby" literally; el hobby is understood but sounds imported. Two false friends: el ocio is leisure, not idleness in the negative sense, and la lectura is reading while la conferencia is a lecture. In Latin America quedar in the meeting sense is far less common, so nos vemos a las ocho travels better.
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