🧼 Hygiene
In this section you will learn useful Spanish vocabulary and expressions for daily hygiene, grooming, and personal care routines.
🟢 Basic Hygiene Items
🧼 Soap → Jabón
🪥 Toothbrush → Cepillo de dientes
🦷 Toothpaste → Pasta de dientes
🧴 Shampoo → Champú
🧴 Conditioner → Acondicionador
🧴 Deodorant → Desodorante
🪮 Comb → Peine
🪥 Hairbrush → Cepillo para el cabello
🟡 Daily Personal Care
🚿 To shower → Ducharse
✋ To wash your hands → Lavarse las manos
🦷 To brush your teeth → Cepillarse los dientes
🪮 To comb your hair → Peinarse
🪒 To shave → Afeitarse
🧴 To put on deodorant → Ponerse desodorante
💧 To wash your face → Lavarse la cara
🧻 To dry yourself → Secarse
🧠 Useful Grammar Tip
Many personal care actions use reflexive verbs because the action is done to yourself.
Me ducho.
I shower.
Te duchas.
You shower.
Se ducha.
He / She showers.
Me ducho.
I shower.
Te duchas.
You shower.
Se ducha.
He / She showers.
When talking about body parts in personal care routines, Spanish usually uses el, la, los, or las instead of possessive words like my or your.
Me lavo las manos.
I wash my hands.
Me cepillo los dientes.
I brush my teeth.
Me lavo las manos.
I wash my hands.
Me cepillo los dientes.
I brush my teeth.
🌅 Morning & Evening Routines
🚿 Me ducho por la mañana.
I shower in the morning.
I shower in the morning.
🦷 Me cepillo los dientes después del desayuno.
I brush my teeth after breakfast.
I brush my teeth after breakfast.
💧 Me lavo la cara antes de acostarme.
I wash my face before going to bed.
I wash my face before going to bed.
🧴 Me pongo desodorante después de ducharme.
I put on deodorant after showering.
I put on deodorant after showering.
💬 Common Hygiene Phrases
✋ Me lavo las manos antes de comer.
I wash my hands before eating.
I wash my hands before eating.
🦷 Me cepillo los dientes dos veces al día.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
🚿 Me ducho con agua caliente.
I shower with hot water.
I shower with hot water.
🪮 Me peino antes de salir de casa.
I comb my hair before leaving the house.
I comb my hair before leaving the house.
💬 Everyday Conversations
Getting ready:
A: ¿Ya te cepillaste los dientes?
B: Sí, ahora voy a peinarme.
A: Did you brush your teeth already?
B: Yes, now I'm going to comb my hair.
A: ¿Ya te cepillaste los dientes?
B: Sí, ahora voy a peinarme.
A: Did you brush your teeth already?
B: Yes, now I'm going to comb my hair.
Morning routine:
A: ¿Te duchas por la mañana o por la noche?
B: Normalmente me ducho por la mañana.
A: Do you shower in the morning or at night?
B: I normally shower in the morning.
A: ¿Te duchas por la mañana o por la noche?
B: Normalmente me ducho por la mañana.
A: Do you shower in the morning or at night?
B: I normally shower in the morning.
📝 Example Sentences
🪮 Ella se peina rápidamente antes de salir.
She combs her hair quickly before leaving.
She combs her hair quickly before leaving.
🪒 Mi padre se afeita todas las mañanas.
My father shaves every morning.
My father shaves every morning.
🧴 Uso champú y acondicionador para lavarme el pelo.
I use shampoo and conditioner to wash my hair.
I use shampoo and conditioner to wash my hair.
💧 Siempre me lavo la cara antes de dormir.
I always wash my face before going to sleep.
I always wash my face before going to sleep.
✋ Los niños se lavan las manos antes de cenar.
The children wash their hands before dinner.
The children wash their hands before dinner.
🦷 Es importante cepillarse los dientes todos los días.
It is important to brush your teeth every day.
It is important to brush your teeth every day.
🏆 Final Practice
Try saying each phrase before pressing play.
- Me ducho por la mañana.
- Me lavo las manos.
- Me cepillo los dientes.
- Me lavo la cara.
- Me peino antes de salir.
- Me pongo desodorante.