hobby

/ˈoβi/

el noun B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
hobbies

Meaning

  1. hobby

    • Mi hobby es leer.

      My hobby is reading.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

afición

afición and hobby are close synonyms for "hobby"; afición is the more native, traditional term, hobby the English loanword.

Similar in other languages

German

Hobby

Hobby is the German word for the same thing — both mean "hobby."

Portuguese

hobby

hobby is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "hobby."

Practice

1 What does hobby mean?

2 Fill the gap: Mi ___ es leer.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches hobby?

noun

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