Hogar, dulce hogar.
Home, sweet home.
A ready-made, warm phrase for the place you're always glad to get back to. Dulce goes in the middle, just as sweet does in English.
Spanish vocabularyA1 · Beginner
How to say "home" in Spanish
el hogar
nounmasculineplural: los hogaressilent h
"Home" in Spanish is el hogar when you mean the place you belong: Es nuestro hogar. For daily plans Spanish switches to casa, so en casa is at home and me voy a casa is I'm going home. Hogar is masculine, and the h is silent: oh-GAHR.
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Hogar or casa?
Both can mean home. The phrase decides which one sounds natural.
| Spanish | English | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| el hogar | home, the place you belong | Warm and a little formal. Ads and shop signs use it a lot. |
| la casa | house, home | The everyday word for the building and for your own place. |
| en casa | at home | No article: Hoy ceno en casa. |
| a casa | home, after a verb of motion | Me voy a casa. (I'm heading home.) |
| sin hogar | homeless | una persona sin hogar, a homeless person |
| artículos para el hogar | home goods | The sign over the household aisle in a store. |
Tip: Wordy teaches el hogar for home as a feeling. When you talk about going home or staying in, Spanish speakers reach for casa.
Grammar: el hogar, los hogares
Four points about a short word with a silent first letter.
Masculine, ending in -r
el hogar, un hogar, nuestro hogar. The -r ending gives no clue, so learn it with the article.Plural with -es
Add -es after the r: los hogares. The stress stays on GA.Start with the vowel
The h is silent, so begin with o: oh-GAHR. The g between two vowels is softer than the g in go.Belonging or location
Hogar carries a sense of belonging: Es nuestro hogar. For the building, or for plain at home, it's casa: Estoy en casa.Example sentences
Sentences from the Wordy Spanish course. Tap to listen.
Es nuestro hogar.
It's our home.
Nuestro hogar no es esta casa.
This house isn't our home.
Hogar, dulce hogar.
Home, sweet home.
Vuelvo a casa a las seis.
I get back home at six.
Common mistakes
Mistakes learners make with this word, and how to fix them.
✗la hogar
✓el hogar
Hogar is masculine, even though its ending doesn't show it.
✗HOH-gar with an English h (pronunciation)
✓oh-GAHR
Skip the h and put the stress on the second syllable.
✗Voy a mi hogar (leaving work at the end of the day)
✓Voy a casa
Hogar sounds too solemn for heading home. The everyday phrase uses casa.
Real conversation: a first visit
A short dialog at Carmen's front door on a summer day.
You're visiting Carmen's home for the first time on a warm summer day. She meets you at the door and proudly shows you around.
Mira, es nuestro hogar.
Look, this is our home.
¿Hace calor en verano?
Does it get hot here in the summer?
Sí, mucho. Pero en primavera es perfecto.
Yes, very. But in spring it's perfect.
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How to remember it
Hogar comes from the Latin word for fireplace, focus, the same word that gave English focus. Picture a home built around a warm fire.
Questions about "home" in Spanish
How do you say home in Spanish?
El hogar for home as the place you belong, and casa in everyday phrases like en casa, at home.
How do you say "at home" in Spanish?
En casa, with no article: Hoy ceno en casa. Hogar doesn't work in this phrase.
How do you say "home sweet home" in Spanish?
Hogar, dulce hogar. It follows the English word for word.
How do you say "welcome home" in Spanish?
Bienvenido a casa, or bienvenida a casa when you greet a woman.
