Leisure Vocabulary

The topic of leisure activities brought out lots of interesting vocabulary in our NI1 sessions

1. Tiempo de ocio = leisure time (free time, spare time)
2. hacerse socio de un club = sign up for a club, join
3. mantenerse en forma = keeping fit
4. patinar sobre hielo = ice skating
5. practicar deporte = play sport (tennis, football)
6. bricolaje = DIY (do it yourself)
7. hacer ejercicio = do exercise
8. meterse en clases de spinning = take up spinning
9. abandonar clases = give up classes
10. dibujar = draw
11. jugador = player
12. arbitro = referee
13. cancha de tenis = tennis court
14. piscina = swimming pool
15. barco de vela = sailing-boat (yacht, ship)
16. campo de futbol = football pitch (UK) field (US)
17. coleccionista de sellos = stamp collector (philatelist)
18. natación = swimming
19. pesca = fishing
20. lucha libre = wrestling
21. boxeo = boxing
22. voley playa = beach volleyball
23. lectura = reading
24. patchwork = quilting
25. jardinería = gardening
26. caminar, senderismo = walking
27. hacer caminatas = hiking
28. escalar = climbing mountains
29. paracaidismo = sky-diving
30. playing the lute = tocar el laúd (o timple)
31. ciclismo = cycling
32. esnorkeling de tubo = snorkeling
33. buceo = scuba diving
34. ver la tele = watch TV
35. ir al cine = go to the cinema
36. esquiar = skiing
37. esqui acuatico = water skiing
38. snow boarding
39. surfismo = surfing
40. baile = dancing