Esta es tu habitación, ¿sí?
This is your room, okay?
A guest is shown around the house, and the tour ends at the room where the guest will sleep, which is why habitación often means bedroom.
From Son como niños · Spanish audio
Spanish vocabularyA1 · Beginner
How to say "room" in Spanish
la habitación
nounfeminineplural: las habitaciones
"Room" in Spanish is la habitación, the word for a bedroom at home and for a hotel room. In Latin America people also say el cuarto. Room in the sense of space is sitio or espacio.
Hear "habitación" in real movie scenes
Showing someone a room, and not believing it. Each video starts and stops on that line.
¿Mi habitación?
My room?
Two words are enough to sound doubtful: this is how you ask back when you can't believe what you're being shown.
From La raíz del miedo · Spanish audio
Habitación, cuarto or sitio?
The right word depends on the country and on what kind of room you mean.
| Spanish | English | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| la habitación | room, bedroom | The general word. At home it usually means a bedroom. |
| el cuarto | room, bedroom | Very common in Latin America, and heard in Spain too. |
| el dormitorio | bedroom | Common in apartment ads: piso de tres dormitorios. |
| la recámara | bedroom | Mexico. |
| el salón / la sala | living room | El salón in Spain, la sala in Latin America. |
| No hay sitio. | There's no room. | Room meaning space is sitio or espacio. |
Tip: At a hotel, una habitación individual is for one person and una habitación doble for two.
Grammar: la habitación, las habitaciones
Four points for a long word.
Feminine, like other -ción words
la habitación. Nouns ending in -ción are feminine: la estación, la canción.No accent mark in the plural
la habitación, las habitaciones. The extra syllable puts the stress in its regular place, so the mark goes.Silent h
The h is silent, so la and ha run together: lah-ah-bee-tah-SYOHN. In most of Spain the c sounds like th.In and out
Salgo de la habitación. I leave the room. Entro en la habitación. I go into the room. In Latin America: entro a la habitación.Example sentences
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Salgo de la habitación.
I'm leaving the room.
No me gusta fumar en la habitación.
I don't like smoking in the room.
Esta es tu habitación, ¿sí?
This is your room, okay?
¿Tiene una habitación libre?
Do you have a room available?
Common mistakes
Mistakes learners make with this word, and how to fix them.
✗No hay habitación (meaning there's no space)
✓No hay sitio
Habitación is a room with walls. For space, say sitio or espacio.
✗las habitaciónes
✓las habitaciones
The plural loses the accent mark.
✗ha-bee-tah-SHUN (pronunciation)
✓ah-bee-tah-SYOHN
The h is silent, and -ción never sounds like English -tion.
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How to remember it
Habitación looks like habitat. Your room is your own small habitat, where you sleep and keep your things.
Questions about "room" in Spanish
How do you say room in Spanish?
La habitación. In Latin America people also say el cuarto.
How do you say bedroom in Spanish?
At home, la habitación usually means the bedroom. You'll also hear el dormitorio, and la recámara in Mexico.
How do you say "there's no room" in Spanish?
No hay sitio or No hay espacio. Habitación is only for a room with walls.
How do you ask for a room at a hotel in Spanish?
¿Tiene una habitación libre? For two people, ask for una habitación doble.
