Beach Holidays in Spain: Learn Spanish (A1)
Read about summer holidays in Spain in simple A1 Spanish. Learn vacation and beach vocabulary with translation.
Las vacaciones en la playa
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What you'll learn
holiday vocabulary, beach, sea, summer, family, free time
The article describes how Spanish people spend their summer holidays at the beach in August. The text is adapted for A1 level students. You will learn words related to summer, sea holidays, and family activities.
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La familia entera va a la playa
newThe whole family goes to the beach
Verb ir in third person singular: va.
Useful for family activities.
Los niños no tienen escuela
newThe children dont have school
Negation with no. Verb tener: tienen.
Basic sentence for vacation.
Hace mucho calor
newIts very hot
Impersonal expression hacer calor.
Phrase for weather.
Por la noche
newAt night
Por la noche means at night.
For parts of day.
La cena es muy tarde
newDinner is late
In Spain dinner is at 10 PM.
For culture understanding.
A la hora de comer
newLunchtime
A la hora de means at the time of.
For schedule understanding.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
beach
la playa
beach
La playa means beach.
Basic vocabulary.
summer
el verano
summer
El verano means summer.
For seasons.
sand
la arena
sand
La arena means sand.
For beach description.
nap
la siesta
nap
La siesta is a nap.
For culture.
beach bar
el chiringuito
beach bar
El chiringuito is a beach bar.
For beach culture.
sunset
el atardecer
sunset
El atardecer is sunset.
For evening description.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Present tense
Los españoles llegan a la playa con muchas cosas
the spaniards arrive
Verb llegar in present tense.
For describing actions.
Reflexive verbs
Los niños se acuestan tarde
the children go to bed
Reflexive pronoun se.
For daily routine.
Frequency and time
siempre, a veces, mucho
frequency expressions
Frequency: siempre, a veces.
For habits.
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