Leisure time activities (What do you do in your free time / spare time.

My hobbies include …(playing football) Mis hobbies son…

to take up a hobby (I´ve taken up photography) Empezar un hobby. He comenzado fotografía.

to relax relajarse

to watch TV mirar TV

to play on the computer jugar juegos de computadora / electrónicos

to surf the net navegar en Internet

to read ( a book, a magazine) / do a lot of reading leer (libro, revista) / leer mucho.

to listen to music escuchar música

to do sports hacer deportes

to play football, handball, tennis, golf, rugby… jugar al fútbol, handbol, tenis, golf…

to do gymnastics, judo, hacer gimnasia, judo

to go hiking, skiing, swimming, sailing, skating ir de caminata, nadar, navegar, andar en skate

to go for a run (in the morning) correr por la mañana

to play a musical instrument tocar un instrumento musical

to play the guitar,the piano, the trumpet, the tocar la guitarra, el piano, la trompeta, la

flute, the clarinet, the violin, the drums… flauta, el clarinete, el violín, el tambor…

to go fishing ir de pesca

to spend time with (friends / the family) pasar el tiempo con amigos/familia

to meet friends / hang around with friends encontrarse con amigos/salir con amigos

to go out salir

to go to a coffe shop / a pub with friends ir a un café / a un pub con amigos

to go to the cinema ir al cine

to go to the opera / a theater ir al teatro/ a la opera

to go to a nightclub salir a bailar

to dance / go dancing

to go (window) shopping ir de compras

to collect sth. coleccionar

to learn a new language aprender un nuevo idioma

to play card / board games jugar a las cartas/ a un juego de mesa

to play chess jugar ajedrez

to do crossword puzzles hacer crucigramas