• 24 parts
  • Checked September 2026

Parts of a Car Spanish

A part of the car lights up: pick its Spanish word, such as el capó, from four.

Parts of a Car Spanish

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What is this part called in Spanish?

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Write the name of each numbered part.Answer key

  1. la puerta
  2. la rueda
  3. la ventanilla
  4. el faro
  5. el capó
  6. el maletero
  7. el parabrisas
  8. el parachoques
  9. la matrícula
  10. el neumático
  11. el retrovisor
  12. el limpiaparabrisas
  13. el volante
  14. el asiento
  15. el cinturón de seguridad
  16. el freno
  17. el acelerador
  18. la bocina
  19. el velocímetro
  20. la guantera
  21. el embrague
  22. el freno de mano
  23. la palanca de cambios
  24. el salpicadero

Original drawing made for this site in 2026 from plain geometry: a small model of a car drawn in a parallel projection, and a flat view of the cabin. Licence: own work.

Each numbered ring is a button. Use the arrow keys to move between them and Enter to choose. Names are read out in Study, and once a part is answered.

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The car from outside 12

  1. la puerta door Door. A car door is also la portezuela.
  2. la rueda wheel Wheel: the metal center and the rubber around it, together.
  3. la ventanilla window Car window. It is the small form of ventana, a house window.
  4. el faro headlight Headlight. El faro is also a lighthouse.
  5. el capó hood Hood, the lid over the engine. Mexico says el cofre.
  6. el maletero trunk Trunk. Mexico says la cajuela; Argentina and Colombia say el baúl.
  7. el parabrisas windshield Windshield. One parabrisas, two parabrisas: the word never changes.
  8. el parachoques bumper Bumper. Mexico says la defensa; Argentina says el paragolpes.
  9. la matrícula license plate License plate. Also la placa; Chile and Argentina say la patente.
  10. el neumático tire Tire. Latin America says la llanta; in Spain that is the rim.
  11. el retrovisor side mirror Side mirror. The mirror on the windshield has the same name.
  12. el limpiaparabrisas windshield wiper Windshield wiper. Limpia, it cleans, joined to parabrisas.

Inside, at the front 12

  1. el volante steering wheel Steering wheel. Cuba, Colombia and Peru also say el timón.
  2. el asiento seat Seat. The word comes from asentar, to seat.
  3. el cinturón de seguridad seat belt Seat belt, word for word the belt of safety.
  4. el freno brake pedal Brake pedal, in the middle. Frenar is to brake.
  5. el acelerador gas pedal Gas pedal, on the right. Acelerar is to speed up.
  6. la bocina horn Horn. Spain says el claxon.
  7. el velocímetro speedometer Speedometer: the dial that shows how fast the car is going.
  8. la guantera glove compartment Glove compartment. Un guante is a glove.
  9. el embrague clutch pedal Clutch pedal, on the left. Mexico says el clutch.
  10. el freno de mano handbrake Parking brake, word for word the brake of hand.
  11. la palanca de cambios gear stick Gear stick, word for word the lever of changes.
  12. el salpicadero dashboard Dashboard. On a carriage it was the board that stopped mud splashes.

How this list was compiled: Every label was read again on 2026-09-30 in two dictionaries: the Spanish-English dictionary of WordReference (https://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen= followed by the word) and SpanishDict (https://www.spanishdict.com/translate/ followed by the word). Both give the gender and the car meaning of all 24 labels; both mark el salpicadero as the word of Spain. The countries of each regional word: Diccionario de americanismos of the Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010, read live on 2026-09-30 (https://www.asale.org/damer/ followed by the word): baúl, bonete, bómper, cajuela, caucho, chapa, cloche, clutch, cofre, corneta, croche, defensa, farol, foco, gaveta, guía, limpiabrisas, llanta, maletera, paragolpes, patente, pizarra, tablilla, timón. The label of each part is also the word the dictionary of the Real Academia Española (DLE) defines the part under. dle.rae.es refuses automated reading (HTTP 403), so Internet Archive copies were read (https://web.archive.org/web/2025/https://dle.rae.es/ followed by the word): on 2026-09-30 asiento, bocina, capó, claxon, limpiaparabrisas, maletero, matrícula, neumático, retrovisor and salpicadero; on 2026-09-20 also acelerador, cinturón, embrague, faro, freno, guantera, llanta, parabrisas, parachoques, placa, rueda, tablero, velocímetro, ventanilla and volante. La palanca de cambios has no DLE entry of its own and rests on WordReference and SpanishDict. Licence: own work

The drawing: Original drawing made for this site in 2026 from plain geometry: a small model of a car drawn in a parallel projection, and a flat view of the cabin. Nothing was traced, no real model is shown, and the plate and the dials are blank. Licence: own work

How it works

Here are 24 parts of a car in Spanish: 12 on the car from outside and 12 around the driver. A part lights up, and you pick its word, such as el capó, from four. Regional words like el cofre count when you type.

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How a round goes

A part lights up and you pick its Spanish word, such as el volante, from four. After a miss the right word is shown. The first round is 12 parts of the car from outside, la puerta and el limpiaparabrisas among them. The second is 12 parts inside, at the front: the steering wheel, the pedals, the dashboard.

Type the Spanish word instead

Open More options and choose Type it. Accents are forgiven and el or la can be left out, so capo counts for el capó. Find it runs the other way: a Spanish word is given and you tap or click that part. The same menu switches every word to English.

  • Every word comes with el or la, because that is how its gender is learned.
  • Press Show me the labels first, then tap a part to read its regional words, such as la cajuela.
  • Print blank makes a numbered worksheet of both views. The other print button makes its answer key.

Questions and answers

Is the hood el capó or el cofre?

Both are right. El capó is the word the Real Academia Española's dictionary defines. El cofre is what Mexico says, and Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico say el bonete, according to the Diccionario de americanismos. All three count when typed.

How do you say trunk in Spanish?

El maletero in the Real Academia Española's dictionary. Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras say la cajuela, Argentina, Colombia and the Caribbean say el baúl, and Peru, Chile and Venezuela say la maletera. The type-in box accepts all four.

Is a tire la llanta or el neumático?

El neumático is the general word, and la llanta is the tire from Mexico to Argentina. In Spain la llanta is the metal rim the tire sits on, so this quiz asks for the rubber only. Colombia and Venezuela also say el caucho.

Is a car el coche, el carro or el auto?

All three. WordReference marks el coche as the word of Spain, and el carro and el auto as Latin American. El automóvil is the formal word everywhere.

Where were the Spanish words checked?

Every label was read in two dictionaries, WordReference and SpanishDict, and is the word the Real Academia Española's dictionary defines the part under. The countries of each regional word come from the Diccionario de americanismos of 2010.

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