¡Vente a la biblioteca!
Did you know that 24 October is International Libraries Day? 📚
What better way to celebrate than by exploring libraries and other community spaces in Spanish?
We’ll start at a community centre, where you’ll discover the activities and facilities on offer, before heading to the library, where some changes are getting users talking.
You’ll also build useful vocabulary for talking about community spaces and the services they provide.
By the end, you’ll have plenty of new Spanish vocabulary to talk about the places in your community, what they offer and what you can do there.
¡Celebra el Día de las Bibliotecas aprendiendo español! 📚✨🌍
Read along with us
Bilingual text with audio
Improve your Spanish while enjoying an engaging story! 📖 In this bilingual reader, you’ll visit a centro cívico and discover the activities, facilities and services you can find in this important community space.
A1 En el centro cívico
Remember we have lots of free reading activities.
Mind the Gap “___”
En la biblioteca
Practise choosing between the indicative and the subjunctive as library users share their opinions about some upcoming changes.
B2 En la biblioteca
What other places bring people together in your neighbourhood? 📚🏘️
Take a look at our community spaces vocabulary list to learn useful words for places and facilities in the local community.
Amigo falso
Librería: does it really mean “library”?
What does librería really mean? Do you know?
Did you think it meant “library”? It certainly looks like it! But no, librería means something quite different: “book shop”:
Compro libros interesantes en la librería.
I buy interesting books at the bookshop.
Esta librería vende libros de segunda mano.
This bookshop sells second-hand books.
And how do you say “library” in Spanish? ¡biblioteca!
Estudio a menudo en la biblioteca.
I often study at the library.
Hay una biblioteca cerca de mi casa.
There is a library near my house.
Do you want to learn about other lookalikes?
False Friends
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This week’s theme is Community spaces.
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