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Stages of Life in Spanish

The stages of life named in Spanish on one timeline; press Quiz me to place each word.

Stages of Life in Spanish

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  1. el nacimiento
  2. la niñez
  3. la adolescencia
  4. la juventud
  5. la madurez
  6. la vejez
  7. la muerte
  8. el cumpleaños
  9. la graduación
  10. la boda
  11. la jubilación

Original drawing made for this site on 2026-10-03 from plain geometry. Licence: own work.

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  1. el nacimiento birth Birth. The only masculine word among the seven stages.
  2. la niñez childhood Childhood. La infancia means the same.
  3. la adolescencia adolescence Adolescence. It follows la niñez.
  4. la juventud youth Youth. The stage just before la madurez.
  5. la madurez maturity Maturity. After la juventud and before la vejez.
  6. la vejez old age Old age. The last stage of a life.
  7. la muerte death Death. The bar where the line ends.

Along the way 4

  1. el cumpleaños birthday Birthday. It keeps its s even for one birthday.
  2. la graduación graduation Graduation. The day a degree or title is handed over.
  3. la boda wedding Wedding. The ceremony, and the party after it.
  4. la jubilación retirement Retirement. Leaving working life.

How this list was compiled: Every word was read on 2026-10-03 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 meaning used here for nacimiento (birth), niñez (childhood), adolescencia (adolescence), juventud (youth), madurez (maturity), vejez (old age), muerte (death), cumpleaños (birthday), graduación (graduation), boda (wedding), jubilación (retirement) and infancia (childhood). WordReference marks cumpleaños as invariable, the same word for one birthday and for several, and the English Wiktionary gives its plural as cumpleaños. WordReference glosses niñez as infancia and infancia as the period of la niñez, graduación as the handing over of a degree or title, boda as the ceremony and the party, and jubilación as leaving working life. The order of the stages: the Internet Archive copies of the Diccionario de la lengua española (adolescencia, the period that follows la niñez and precedes la juventud, https://web.archive.org/web/20220119161509/https://dle.rae.es/adolescencia; juventud, the period that immediately precedes la madurez, https://web.archive.org/web/20230928160913/https://dle.rae.es/juventud; madurez, the period in which a person has reached full development and has not yet reached la vejez, https://web.archive.org/web/20210509021704/https://dle.rae.es/madurez; niñez, from birth to puberty, https://web.archive.org/web/20241218022423/https://dle.rae.es/ni%C3%B1ez; vejez, https://web.archive.org/web/20240619210754/https://dle.rae.es/vejez), read 2026-10-03; dle.rae.es itself refuses automated reading. A second reading of the order the same day: the Spanish definitions of WordReference (https://www.wordreference.com/definicion/ followed by the word: adolescencia follows la niñez, madurez comes before la vejez, vejez is the last period of life) and the Spanish Wiktionary (madurez: the age after la juventud and before la vejez; adolescencia: between la niñez and adult age), read through the shared reader. Those two let la adolescencia and la juventud overlap (WordReference starts la juventud at puberty); the line follows the academies' dictionary, which sets one before the other, and the page says so. Licence: own work

The drawing: Original drawing made for this site on 2026-10-03 from plain geometry. Nothing was traced, and no real person is shown. Licence: own work

How it works

This timeline shows the stages of life in Spanish, from el nacimiento to la vejez, with four events along the way. To label the stages of life on the timeline, read a word and tap or click its place.

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How a round goes

The prompt names a stage in Spanish, such as la juventud. Tap or click its figure or its empty box. A wrong tap shows you the right place.

The order on the line

The academies' dictionary puts la adolescencia after la niñez and before la juventud, and la madurez before la vejez. The line ends at la muerte, a bar with no picture.

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In More options, pick Name it. A place lights up and you choose its Spanish name from four, or type it. Niñez alone counts for la niñez, and so does la infancia.

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Questions and answers

What are the stages of life in Spanish?

Las etapas de la vida: el nacimiento (birth), la niñez (childhood), la adolescencia (adolescence), la juventud (youth), la madurez (maturity), la vejez (old age) and la muerte (death).

Is childhood la niñez or la infancia?

Both mean childhood, and one dictionary defines each by the other. This timeline writes la niñez, and la infancia counts when typed.

What is the difference between la adolescencia and la juventud?

The academies' dictionary calls la adolescencia the period that follows la niñez and comes before la juventud, and la juventud the period just before la madurez. Other dictionaries let the two overlap.

How do you say birthday, graduation, wedding and retirement in Spanish?

El cumpleaños, la graduación, la boda and la jubilación. Only el cumpleaños is masculine.

What does la madurez mean?

Maturity: the period of life in which a person is fully grown and has not yet reached old age, la vejez.

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