Types of Toys: Vocabulary (Free Spanish Lessons for Kids)
Los juguetes, or toys, are kid-focused objects used to entertain and even educate. It’s through toys that children explore, discover, learn, and interact in situations that teach them problem-solving skills and strengthen their development. What’s more, playing with toys improves fine and gross motor skills, promotes visualizing objectives, and turns your child into a self-directed explorer.
Children have the ability to relate to toys both as objects and means of playing, which encourage expressions and representation of different aspects of their reality. In other words, toys put kids in contact with both human-made and natural reproductions of the world around them.
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Want to learn more about toys, what are the best options for your kids to play with, and how to talk about them in Spanish? Then this blog post is for you.
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A Playful Guide to Toys in Spanish
Los juguetes can be divided into several categories depending on their function, the need they cover, how old they are, who they are targeted for, how they are played, and even the material they are made of!
Toys can be for everyone, from little kids to adults, everyone enjoys their time playing with their favorite toys! And today, you are going to learn how to talk about them in Spanish!
| Spanish | English |
| Los juguetes | Toys |
| Jugar | To play |
| Los juguetes para bebés | Baby toys |
| Los juguetes para niños y niñas | Toys for tots/ Toys for kids |
| Los juegos de mesa | Tabletop games |
| Los juguetes electrónicos | Electronic toys |
| Los juguetes para el exterior | Outdoor toys |
| Los juguetes didácticos | Educational toys |
| Los juguetes de juego de rol | Role-play toys |
| Los juguetes simbólicos | Symbolic toys |
| Los juguetes bélicos | Battling toys |
| Los juguetes para construir | Construction toys |
Let’s practice our new vocabulary with some examples on how to use this words:
Mi hermanito pequeño juega con juguetes para bebé.
My little brother plays with baby toys.
¡Los juguetes electrónicos, como los videojuegos, son muy entretenidos!
Electronic toys, like video games, are so entertaining!
¡Me encanta jugar con juguetes para construir, como los Lego.!
I love to play with construction toys, like Lego!
Los juguetes didácticos son excelentes para enseñar.
Educational toys are excellent to teach.
Juguetes Para Bebes (Baby Toys)
Los juguetes de bebés are those toys considered for kids for ages 0 to 3. Toys for babies are usually brightly colored, easy to observe and follow with the eyes, not heavy, not too hard, easy to move around, and safe to put in the mouth to bite and suck because babies put everything in their mouth!
Baby toys have to be safe for them to play with, and if you want to learn how to talk about them, let’s check out the next list!
| Spanish | English |
| Los juguetes para bebés | Baby toys |
| Los juguetes para niños pequeños | Toddlers toys |
| Los peluches/ Los muñecos de felpa | Stuffed animals |
| Las muñecas de trapo | Rag dolls |
| Los móviles | Mobiles |
| Los juguetes para exprimir | Squeezy toys |
| Los juguetes para la dentición | Teething toys |
| Las sonajas | Rattle |
| Los títeres | Puppets |
| Los cubos de plástico | Plastic cubes |
| El celular de juguete | Toy phone |
| Los animales de juguete | Toy animals |
| Los carruajes de juguete/ Las carreolas de juguete | Toy stroller/carriage |
| Las pelotas | Balls |
Remember that baby toys are huggable and so soft! Some are useful to help babies develop, just like the teething toys! And others are just so they learn to play. But the best thing about baby toys is that you can play with them, even when you are not a baby anymore!
Now, if you think baby toys are not for you, let’s talk about other kinds of toys in Spanish.
Juguetes para niños (Toys for Tots)
At this age, the list of toys is huge! Kids learn to play with almost everything and usually, they begin to express their preferences and interests during this time of their life.
These toys are made for kids ages 3 to 12. At this age, kids have a larger attention span, their motor dexterity is better, they like the social game— after 3 years it is the perfect age to learn about turns and being patient— which benefits the development of the kids and teaches them to not be selfish or egocentric.
For this age, toys that talk are really popular, so are las muñecas, or dolls in Spanish, and las figuras de acción, or action figures. Toys that sing, especially those that resemble popular movies or TV characters are also very popular!
And last, but not least, at this age, technological toys are really popular and useful. Toy computers or tablets like those from Leapfrog or Vtech toys are a great way to introduce kids to technology without exposing them to the internet or risking expensive technology being broken.
Let’s learn about all the kinds of toys you can play with in Spanish!
| Spanish | English |
| Juguetes para niños | Toys for tots |
| Los Megablock/ Los trozos gigantes | Megablock |
| Los Lego | Lego |
| Los carritos | Toy cars |
| Las pistas de carros/carritos | Toy cars tracks |
| Las muñecas | Dolls |
| Las figuras de acción | Action figure |
| Los instrumentos de juguete | Toy instruments |
| Las computadoras de juguete | Toy computers |
| Las tabletas de juguete | Toy tablets |
| La cocinita | Kitchen toy set |
| Los disfraces | Costumes |
| La caja de juguetes | Toy box |
| Los videojuegos | Video Games |
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Los juegos de Mesa (Table Top Games)
Jugar, or play in Spanish, is an action that never ends in the life of a human being. You can be a baby or a 99-year-old person and playing will still be part of your everyday life in different ways and forms.
Los juegos de mesa, or tabletop games in Spanish, are a huge hit with families because they can be played by any member of the family, regardless of their age!
Want to learn some tabletop games in Spanish to play with your family next game night? Check the vocabulary!
| Spanish | English |
| Los juegos de mesa | Tabletop games |
| El dominó | Domino |
| Serpientes y Escaleras | Snakes and Ladders |
| Los rompecabezas | Puzzles/ Brain Teasers |
| Los juegos de memoria | Memory games |
| Los juegos de cartas | Cardgames |
| Uno | Uno |
| Los Naipes | Playing cards |
| Las cartas coleccionables | Trading cards |
| La Jenga | Jenga |
| El ajedrez | Chess |
| Las damas | Checkers |
| Las damas chinas | Chinese checkers |
El Área de Juegos (The Playground)
The playground is not a toy, but is a huge place where you can play with and without toys!
They are normally full of different structures to play with, where you can get up and down, with resbaladeros, pasamanos y toboganes!
Want to learn what those words mean? Let’s learn about them!
| Spanish | English |
| Los juguetes para jugar fuera | Toys to play outside |
| Los juegos/ El área de juegos | Playground |
| La bicicleta | Bicycle |
| Los patines | Skates |
| La patineta | Skateboard |
| Los columpios | Swings |
| El resbaladero/ La resbaladilla | Slide |
| El tobogán | Slide |
| El pasamanos | Monkey bars |
| La caja de arena | Sandbox |
| Los sube y baja | Seesaw |
| El poste de bomberos | Pole |
| La cancha | Sports field |
Latin American Traditional Toys
The food, furniture, architecture, and even candy around the world vary depending on where you are, and toys are not the exception! While some toys can be known worldwide, others are traditional to some places, and that’s the case with traditional Latin American toys.
Los juguetes, las chucherías (this one can also mean snack or candy in Spanish or ), los cachivaches, los trastos are some Spanish slang words for toys that you can find useful if you ever try to buy Latin American toys!
Here are the names of some of the most popular Latin American traditional toys in Spanish, so the next time you travel to a Spanish-speaking country, you know what toy to buy!
| Spanish | English |
| Los juguetes tradicionales/Típicos | Traditional toys |
| Los juguetes artesanales | Craft toys |
| El trompo/ La peonza | Spinning top |
| El capirucho/balero | Capirucho |
| El yoyo | Yo-Yo |
| Las canicas/Los cincos | Marbles |
| Las muñecas de trapo | Rag dolls |
| Los trastecitos de madera o barro | Wooden or mud toy dishes |
| La pelota de tripa de coche | Traditional rubber ball |
And here are some pictures so you have an idea of what these toys look like!
El trompo or la peonza
El capirucho or balero
Pelota de tripa de coche
Trastecitos de madera o de barro
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