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Describe and understand daily routines in Spanish

Here you will learn the key Spanish words for a typical daily routine: waking up, getting up, personal hygiene, meals, work or school, and the evening and bedtime.

The morning

A typical morning starts with despertarse (to wake up) and levantarse (to get up): Me despierto a las siete. (I wake up at seven.) Me levanto a las siete. (I get up at seven.)

Next comes personal hygiene: ducharse (to shower), lavarse (to wash oneself), vestirse (to get dressed) and cepillarse los dientes (to brush one's teeth): Me ducho. Me visto. Me cepillo los dientes.

Finally there is el desayuno (breakfast): Desayuno por la mañana. (I have breakfast in the morning.)

During the day

During the day, many people ir a clase (go to class) or trabajar (work): Trabajo por la mañana. At midday there is la comida (lunch): Como a las dos. (I eat at two.) In the afternoon many people estudiar (study) some more: Estudio por la tarde.

Evening and night

In the evening there is la cena (dinner): Ceno por la noche. Many people leer (read) a little: Leo por la noche. Finally it is time to acostarse (go to bed) and dormir (sleep): Me acuesto temprano. (I go to bed early.) Duermo por la noche.

Time expressions and habits

With por la mañana, por la tarde and por la noche you say when something happens. With todos los días (every day), normalmente (normally), siempre (always) and a veces (sometimes) you describe habits: Todos los días trabajo. Normalmente desayuno por la mañana. A veces leo por la noche.

Reflexive verbs - a short note

Some daily-routine verbs are reflexive verbs (a verb whose action relates back to the person doing it), for example levantarse or ducharse. So when we talk about our own daily routine, we come across forms like Me levanto or Me ducho. Reflexive verbs will be explained in more detail later, in their own grammar lesson.

Examples

  • Me despierto a las siete.
  • Desayuno por la mañana.
  • Trabajo por la mañana.
  • Me acuesto temprano.

Exercises

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Exercise 1 of 10

Picture memory: daily routine

Find the matching pairs.

Match each image with the correct Spanish verb. (Generative AI, 2026: Just to be safe, we shower fully dressed.)

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Exercise 2 of 10

Match the meanings

Choose the matching meaning for each word.

Daily-routine vocabulary.

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Exercise 3 of 10

Connect two actions

Drag the words into the correct order.

Say: I have breakfast and go to class.

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Exercise 4 of 10

Morning, afternoon or evening?

Sort each activity into the matching time of day.

When does this typically happen?

despertarse
desayunar
ir a clase
comer
estudiar
cenar
dormir
acostarse

In the morning

In the afternoon

In the evening

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Exercise 5 of 10

desayunar, comer or cenar?

Choose the correct verb.

Por la mañana, .
Por la tarde, .
Por la noche, .
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Exercise 6 of 10

me levanto, me ducho, me acuesto

Choose the correct form.

a las siete.
por la mañana.
temprano.
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Exercise 7 of 10

How often and when?

Choose the matching meaning for each word.

Time and frequency expressions.

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Exercise 8 of 10

Write about your daily routine

Write one complete sentence.

Write that you have breakfast in the morning and work in the afternoon:
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Exercise 9 of 10

Flashcards: daily routine

Look at the meaning and think of the matching Spanish word before revealing the solution.

Review the daily-routine vocabulary

to wake updespertarse
to get uplevantarse
to showerducharse
to wash oneselflavarse
to get dressedvestirse
to brush one's teethcepillarse los dientes
to have breakfastdesayunar
to eatcomer
to have dinnercenar
to go to bedacostarse
to sleepdormir
to go to classir a clase
the classla clase
the breakfastel desayuno
the lunchla comida
the dinnerla cena
the job/workel trabajo
to worktrabajar
to studyestudiar
to go outsalir
to arrivellegar
to readleer
to restdescansar
in the morningpor la mañana
in the afternoonpor la tarde
in the eveningpor la noche
earlytemprano
latetarde
every daytodos los días
normallynormalmente
alwayssiempre
sometimesa veces
the weekendel fin de semana
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Exercise 10 of 10

Flashcards: write the words

Read the meaning, write the Spanish word and check your answer.

Write the daily-routine vocabulary

to wake updespertarse
to get uplevantarse
to showerducharse
to wash oneselflavarse
to get dressedvestirse
to brush one's teethcepillarse los dientes
to have breakfastdesayunar
to eatcomer
to have dinnercenar
to go to bedacostarse
to sleepdormir
to go to classir a clase
the classla clase
the breakfastel desayuno
the lunchla comida
the dinnerla cena
the job/workel trabajo
to worktrabajar
to studyestudiar
to go outsalir
to arrivellegar
to readleer
to restdescansar
in the morningpor la mañana
in the afternoonpor la tarde
in the eveningpor la noche
earlytemprano
latetarde
every daytodos los días
normallynormalmente
alwayssiempre
sometimesa veces
the weekendel fin de semana