Spanish Sport & Leisure Vocabulary

Spanish Sport & Leisure Vocabulary: the list

Gender: m. masculine · f. feminine · n. neuter · c. common

Tips

• Most of the sport and leisure verbs here end in -ar (bailar, entrenar, acampar, escalar, patinar, cabalgar, pescar, esquiar, nadar), so the regular -ar endings will carry you a long way; note that correr is an -er verb and that jugar changes its stem (juego, juegas).
• Many nouns in this topic end in -o and are masculine: equipo, juego, boxeo and columpio. El patinaje shows that other endings exist too, so learn the article together with the noun.
• Borrowed words keep their foreign look but still need a Spanish article: el hobby and el baseball are both masculine, so store the article with the word rather than guessing from the ending.
• Practise verbs and related nouns as pairs instead of in isolation: jugar with juego and jugador with equipo, so you can build whole sentences rather than recalling single words.
• Type the accent on bailarín even though Vocab Voyage forgives accents — knowing exactly where the stress falls helps your pronunciation and your spelling when you write by hand.
• Group the activity verbs by setting to make recall easier: acampar, pescar, escalar and cabalgar for the outdoors, nadar, patinar and esquiar for the pool and the ice or snow.

Frequently asked questions

What level is the Spanish Sport & Leisure vocabulary list suitable for?

It works well from A2 upward, since the words are common and often appear early in general Spanish courses. More advanced learners up to C1 can use it to fill gaps and speed up recall of everyday sport and leisure terms they only half-know.

How do I remember the gender of Spanish sport nouns like equipo or bola?

Lean on the common patterns first: nouns like equipo and juego are masculine, while bola and pesas are feminine. For borrowed words such as hobby and baseball, memorise the article alongside the word from the start (el hobby, el baseball).

Do I need to learn all 100 words before I can use this list well?

No — start with the words that match what you actually talk about, such as jugar and equipo if you follow team sports, or bailar and acampar if your free time is more social or outdoors. Vocab Voyage's spaced repetition keeps resurfacing the words you're still shaky on, so there's no need to work through the list in order.

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