🌅 Daily Routine Verbs
Daily routine verbs describe the activities people do from morning until bedtime. Many of these verbs are reflexive verbs, meaning the action is done to yourself. Learning these verbs will help you talk about your schedule, habits, and everyday life in Spanish.
🟢 Morning Routine Verbs
⏰ To wake up → Despertarse
🛏️ To get up → Levantarse
🚿 To take a shower → Ducharse
🪥 To brush your teeth → Cepillarse los dientes
👕 To get dressed → Vestirse
🍳 To eat breakfast → Desayunar
🟡 Daytime Activities
💼 To work → Trabajar
📚 To study → Estudiar
🍽️ To eat lunch → Almorzar
🍳 To cook → Cocinar
🛒 To shop → Comprar
🧹 To clean → Limpiar
🔵 Evening & Night Routine
🍽️ To eat dinner → Cenar
📺 To watch TV → Ver televisión
📖 To read → Leer
😌 To relax → Descansar
💤 To go to bed → Acostarse
😴 To sleep → Dormir
🧠 Useful Grammar
Reflexive verbs
Many daily routine verbs are reflexive. They describe actions you do to yourself.
Despertarse = to wake up
Vestirse = to get dressed
Many daily routine verbs are reflexive. They describe actions you do to yourself.
Despertarse = to wake up
Vestirse = to get dressed
Time expressions
Use a las when saying what time something happens.
Me levanto a las siete.
Use a las when saying what time something happens.
Me levanto a las siete.
Parts of the day
Por la mañana = in the morning
Por la tarde = in the afternoon
Por la noche = at night
Por la mañana = in the morning
Por la tarde = in the afternoon
Por la noche = at night
💬 Common Daily Routine Phrases
⏰ Me despierto a las siete.
I wake up at seven.
I wake up at seven.
🍳 Desayuno con mi familia.
I eat breakfast with my family.
I eat breakfast with my family.
💼 Trabajo de lunes a viernes.
I work from Monday to Friday.
I work from Monday to Friday.
💤 Me acuesto temprano.
I go to bed early.
I go to bed early.
❓ Useful Questions
⏰ ¿A qué hora te despiertas?
What time do you wake up?
What time do you wake up?
💼 ¿Dónde trabajas?
Where do you work?
Where do you work?
📚 ¿Qué estudias?
What do you study?
What do you study?
💤 ¿A qué hora te acuestas?
What time do you go to bed?
What time do you go to bed?
💬 Everyday Conversation
My Daily Routine
A: ¿A qué hora te despiertas?
B: Me despierto a las siete.
A: ¿Qué haces después?
B: Me ducho, desayuno y voy al trabajo.
A: What time do you wake up?
B: I wake up at seven.
A: What do you do afterward?
B: I shower, eat breakfast, and go to work.
A: ¿A qué hora te despiertas?
B: Me despierto a las siete.
A: ¿Qué haces después?
B: Me ducho, desayuno y voy al trabajo.
A: What time do you wake up?
B: I wake up at seven.
A: What do you do afterward?
B: I shower, eat breakfast, and go to work.
📝 Example Sentences
🚿 Ella se ducha por la mañana.
She showers in the morning.
She showers in the morning.
📚 Estudiamos español por la tarde.
We study Spanish in the afternoon.
We study Spanish in the afternoon.
🍽️ Ceno con mi familia todas las noches.
I eat dinner with my family every night.
I eat dinner with my family every night.
📺 Mi padre ve televisión por la noche.
My father watches TV at night.
My father watches TV at night.
🪥 Siempre me cepillo los dientes antes de dormir.
I always brush my teeth before going to sleep.
I always brush my teeth before going to sleep.
😴 Los fines de semana duermo más.
I sleep more on weekends.
I sleep more on weekends.
🏆 Final Practice
Practice saying these sentences before pressing play.
- Me despierto a las siete.
- Me levanto temprano.
- Desayuno con mi familia.
- Trabajo de lunes a viernes.
- Ceno con mi familia todas las noches.
- Me acuesto temprano.