Es una camiseta.
It's a T-shirt.
Camiseta is the everyday top you pull on first thing in the morning, and es una camiseta names it.
From Casi famosos · Spanish audio
Spanish vocabularyA1 · Beginner
How to say "shirt" in Spanish
la camiseta
nounfeminineplural: las camisetas
"Shirt" in Spanish is la camisa when it has buttons and a collar, and la camiseta when it's a T-shirt. In Mexico a T-shirt is la playera, and in Argentina la remera. All of them are feminine.
Hear "camiseta" in real movie scenes
One T-shirt named and a few very old ones. Each video starts and stops on that line.
Tengo camisetas más viejas que él.
I have T-shirts older than him.
Some T-shirts sit at the back of the closet for years. In the plural, camiseta just adds an -s.
From Grey's Anatomy · Spanish audio
Camisa, camiseta, playera: shirt words
The top you mean and the country you're in decide the word.
| Word | What it is | Where you'll hear it |
|---|---|---|
| la camiseta | T-shirt, also a team jersey | Spain and many other countries |
| la camisa | shirt with buttons and a collar | Everywhere |
| la playera | T-shirt | Mexico |
| la remera | T-shirt | Argentina, Uruguay |
| la polera | T-shirt | Chile |
Tip: In Spain, el jersey is a sweater, not a sports jersey. For a team shirt, say la camiseta del equipo.
Grammar: la camiseta, las camisetas
Four things to get right when you talk about T-shirts.
Feminine
la camiseta, las camisetas. Colors that change take -a: una camiseta blanca, la camiseta roja.What are you wearing?
¿Qué llevas? Llevo una camiseta azul. Llevar is the usual verb for clothes you have on.Putting it on
With ponerse and quitarse, use the article instead of mi: Me pongo la camiseta. Me quito la camiseta.Our team's shirt
Nuestra agrees with camiseta, not with the people who wear it: Nuestra camiseta es blanca.Example sentences
Sentences from the Wordy Spanish course. Tap to listen.
Es una camiseta blanca.
It's a white T-shirt.
¿Tienes una camiseta por aquí?
Do you have a T-shirt around here?
la camiseta roja
the red T-shirt
La camiseta es blanca.
The T-shirt is white.
Common mistakes
Mistakes learners make with this word, and how to fix them.
✗una camisa (for a T-shirt)
✓una camiseta
A camisa has buttons and a collar. The top you pull over your head is a camiseta.
✗una camiseta blanco
✓una camiseta blanca
Camiseta is feminine, so the color ends in -a as well.
✗Me pongo mi camiseta
✓Me pongo la camiseta
With ponerse, me already shows whose it is, so Spanish uses the article.
Real conversation: it doesn't fit
A short dialog about a gift that's too small.
You just tried on a T-shirt you got as a gift, and it's tight. Your friend Lucía helps you choose.
Bueno, la camiseta es bonita, pero...
Well, the T-shirt is nice, but...
No es mi talla.
It's not my size.
Ya, es pequeña. ¿Y el jersey azul?
Yeah, it's small. And the blue sweater?
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How to remember it
Inside camiseta you can see camisa. Take the collar and buttons off a camisa and you're left with a camiseta.
Questions about "shirt" in Spanish
How do you say shirt in Spanish?
A shirt with buttons is la camisa. A T-shirt is la camiseta in Spain, la playera in Mexico and la remera in Argentina.
What's the difference between camisa and camiseta?
A camisa has buttons and a collar. A camiseta is a T-shirt that you pull over your head.
How do you say T-shirt in Spanish?
La camiseta: una camiseta blanca, a white T-shirt.
How do you say sports jersey in Spanish?
La camiseta: la camiseta del equipo. In Spain, el jersey means a sweater.
