• 26 parts
  • Checked September 2026

Parts of a House in Spanish

A part of the house lights up: pick its Spanish word, such as la cocina, from four.

Parts of a House in 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. el techo
  2. la chimenea
  3. la ventana
  4. el balcón
  5. la pared
  6. el porche
  7. la puerta
  8. el garaje
  9. el jardín
  10. el césped
  11. el buzón
  12. la cerca
  13. la acera
  14. el ático
  15. el dormitorio
  16. el pasillo
  17. el baño
  18. la oficina
  19. la sala
  20. el suelo
  21. la escalera
  22. el comedor
  23. la cocina
  24. el lavadero
  25. el patio
  26. el sótano

Original drawing made for this site in 2026 from plain geometry. 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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Outside (front view) 13

  1. el techo roof Roof. El techo is also the ceiling. That is the same cover seen from inside a room. El tejado is another word for a roof.
  2. la chimenea chimney Chimney. The same word names the fireplace under it. La chimenea can be the stack on the roof or the hearth in the living room.
  3. la ventana window Window. The diminutive is la ventanilla. It is the window of a car and the ticket window at a station.
  4. el balcón balcony Balcony. The stress falls on the last syllable. That gives the o a written accent: bal-CÓN. The plural, los balcones, has no accent mark.
  5. la pared wall Wall, especially the wall of a house or of a room. It is feminine: la pared, las paredes. El muro is also a wall.
  6. el porche porch Porch. A covered space at the entrance of a house.
  7. la puerta door Door. It comes from the Latin porta. The same word is used for a gate.
  8. el garaje garage Garage. Borrowed from French and spelled with a j. La cochera is another word for a garage or a carport.
  9. el jardín garden, yard Garden. The front yard is el jardín delantero. The backyard is el jardín trasero.
  10. el césped lawn Lawn. El césped is the general word. Much of Latin America says el pasto or la grama.
  11. el buzón mailbox Mailbox. The plural, los buzones, loses its accent mark like el balcón. Voice mail is el buzón de voz.
  12. la cerca fence Fence. It is spelled like the adverb cerca (near). This one is a noun: la cerca. La valla is another word for a fence.
  13. la acera sidewalk Sidewalk. Much of South America says la vereda. Mexico and Guatemala say la banqueta. All three count here.

Rooms (cut-away) 13

  1. el ático attic Attic. El desván and la buhardilla name the same space. El ático can also be a penthouse, and la buhardilla can also be a dormer window.
  2. el dormitorio bedroom Bedroom, the room for sleeping. La habitación and el cuarto are also common, and Mexico says la recámara.
  3. el pasillo hallway Hallway or corridor. It is paso plus the ending -illo. El corredor means the same, and on a plane or in a supermarket el pasillo is the aisle.
  4. el baño bathroom Bathroom. El baño is also a bath. In a public place it is the toilet. The full name of the room is el cuarto de baño.
  5. la oficina office Office, a room used for desk work. El despacho is another word for an office.
  6. la sala living room Living room. Also la sala de estar. El salón is the other common word, and Argentina and Chile also say el living.
  7. el suelo floor Floor, the surface you walk on. El piso means the same, and it also means a story of a building. In Spain un piso is an apartment.
  8. la escalera stairs Stairs or staircase. The same word means a ladder. The plural, las escaleras, names the same stairs.
  9. el comedor dining room Dining room. It is comer, to eat, plus the ending -dor. In a school or a workplace, el comedor is the cafeteria.
  10. la cocina kitchen Kitchen. La cocina is also the stove itself. It also means the cooking of a place, as in la cocina mexicana.
  11. el lavadero laundry room Laundry room. It is lavar, to wash, plus the ending -dero. La lavandería is also a laundry, and in town it is a laundromat.
  12. el patio patio, yard Patio or yard. It also means a courtyard. At a school el patio is the schoolyard.
  13. el sótano basement Basement or cellar. The stress is on the first syllable: SÓ-ta-no.

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 house meaning of all 26 labels, and both were read for every other word the quiz accepts: tejado, muro, cochera, pasto, grama, valla, vereda, banqueta, desván, buhardilla, habitación, cuarto, recámara, pieza, corredor, cuarto de baño, despacho, sala de estar, salón, living, piso and lavandería. 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): banqueta, grama, pasto, recámara, vereda; WordReference for la pieza and el living. The dictionary of the Real Academia Española refuses automated reading (HTTP 403); Internet Archive copies of its entries garaje, pasillo, patio and puerta were read on 2026-09-30 (https://web.archive.org/web/2025/https://dle.rae.es/ followed by the word) for the origin of those words. An earlier pass on 2026-09-19 read the Spanish sections of the English Wiktionary and the glossary "Describe your house" of the University of Texas at Austin, COERLL (https://www.laits.utexas.edu/spe/adv07.html). Labels, hints, notes and position lines were written for this site. Licence: own work

The drawing: Original drawing made for this site in 2026 from plain geometry. Nothing was traced, and no real house is shown. Licence: own work

How it works

A part of the house lights up, and you pick its Spanish word, such as la cocina, from four. The drawing carries 26 words: 13 on the front of the house and 13 on a cut-away of the rooms.

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How a round goes

A part of the house lights up and you pick its word, with its article, from four: el sótano, say. A wrong pick shows the right word.

Outside first, then the rooms

The first round is the house from the street, from el techo down to la acera. The second opens it like a dollhouse, from el ático to el sótano.

Type the Spanish word instead

In More options, pick Type it. Accents are optional, so jardin passes, and regional words such as la recámara count. Find it runs the other way: a word is given and you tap or click that part of the house. The same menu switches every word to English.

  • Learn every noun with its article: la pared is feminine and el césped masculine, and both end in d.
  • Look for the verb inside the room: el comedor is built on comer, to eat, and el lavadero on lavar, to wash.
  • El piso catches English speakers: it is the floor, a story of a building and, in Spain, an apartment.

Questions and answers

What are the parts of a house in Spanish?

Outside: el techo (roof), la chimenea (chimney), la ventana (window), la puerta (door), la pared (wall) and el garaje (garage). Inside: la cocina (kitchen), la sala (living room), el comedor (dining room), el dormitorio (bedroom), el baño (bathroom) and el sótano (basement).

Is a bedroom el dormitorio, la habitación, el cuarto or la recámara?

All four are correct, and the quiz accepts each. La habitación and el cuarto mean a room in general and are also used for the bedroom. La recámara is the bedroom in Mexico.

Why does el techo mean both roof and ceiling?

Spanish uses one word for the cover of a house, seen from outside or from inside. La chimenea works the same way: it is the chimney on the roof and the fireplace below. So the drawing has no separate ring for either.

Can I print the house as a Spanish worksheet?

Yes. Print blank gives both views with numbered rings and numbered lines to write on. The other print button gives the same sheet with the Spanish words filled in.

Where were the Spanish words checked?

Every word, its gender and its meaning were read in two dictionaries, WordReference and SpanishDict. The countries of regional words such as la banqueta come from the Diccionario de americanismos of the Association of Spanish Language Academies.

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