A Rainy Day at Home with Siblings | Spanish A2
A story about creative indoor games during a rainy day. Learn Spanish through reading with instant word translation.
Un día de lluvia en casa con mis hermanos
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What you'll learn
Games vocabulary, cooking terms, construction and crafts, family relationships, creative verbs
This article tells about a day when three siblings must stay home due to rain, but find many ways to have fun: board games, cardboard construction, pizza making, and a theater play. A2 level with description of sequential actions and family interactions.
After reading
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Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.
era mejor quedarnos en casa
newIt was better to stay home
"Era mejor + infinitive" means "it was better to do something". A soft way to express a decision or advice.
Useful for describing safety or comfort decisions.
tuve una idea brillante
newI had a brilliant idea
"Tener una idea" uses "tener" to express having ideas. "Brillante" literally means bright, figuratively brilliant.
Common in storytelling to introduce an interesting proposal.
nos pusimos delantales
newWe put on aprons
"Ponerse" + noun means to put on clothing. "Delantal" is apron. Typical in kitchen contexts.
Useful for describing preparation for cooking.
cada uno hizo su propia pizza personalizada
newEach one made their own personalized pizza
"Cada uno" means each one. "Hizo" is "hacer" in preterite, 3rd person singular. "Personalizada" = personalized.
Demonstrates past tense and possessive structures.
nos reímos mucho
newWe laughed a lot
"Reírse" is a reflexive verb (to laugh). "Nos reímos" is preterite. Note spelling: reír → reímos (with accent).
Useful for describing fun moments in the past.
la lluvia disminuyó un poco
newThe rain decreased a little
"Disminuyó" is "disminuir" in preterite. "Un poco" = a little. Used to describe weather changes in the past.
Useful for describing weather changes in the past.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Torrential rain
la lluvia torrencial
Torrential rain
"Torrencial" means extremely heavy rain. "La lluvia" = rain. Together: "torrential rain".
Useful word for extreme weather descriptions.
Board game
el juego de mesa
Board game
"Juego de mesa" literally means "table game" — a game played on a table like Monopoly or chess.
Essential term for describing typical family activities.
Cardboard house
la casa de cartón
Cardboard house
"Cartón" = cardboard. A "casa de cartón" is a typical children's craft project.
Common in children's stories and home activities.
Camping tent
la tienda de campaña
Camping tent
"Tienda de campaña" literally means "campaign shop" — a tent for camping.
Useful for camping and outdoor trip vocabulary.
To tell scary stories
contar historias de miedo
To tell scary stories
"Contar historias" = to tell stories. "De miedo" = scary. Combined: scary stories.
Useful for describing typical evening activities.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Imperfect for background descriptions
La lluvia torrencial nos mantenía prisioneros
Describing ongoing states with "nos mantenía"
The imperfect tense is used for background descriptions in the past. "Nos mantenía prisioneros" = kept us captive (as a state). Contrast: preterite for completed events.
Enables atmospheric descriptions in narrative writing.
Preterite for completed events
la lluvia disminuyó un poco
Weather change: "disminuyó"
The preterite is used for completed past events. "La lluvia disminuyó" = the rain decreased. Contrast: imperfect "llovía" for ongoing process.
The main way to narrate specific completed events in the past.
"Ponerse a + infinitive" structure
nos pusimos a construir
Starting to do something: "nos pusimos a construir"
"Ponerse a + infinitive" means "to start doing something". Pattern: reflexive + pretérito + "a" + infinitive.
Very useful for describing the start of new actions in a narrative.
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