My Favourite Hobby · Mi pasatiempo favorito

My Favourite Hobby · Mi pasatiempo favorito. A Spanish reading passage with English translation and a vocabulary list.

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Original text

Mi pasatiempo favorito es cocinar platos tradicionales. Cada domingo, compro ingredientes frescos en el mercado: tomates, ajo, hierbas y carne. Preparo la receta de mi abuela, mezclo los sabores y espero a que mi familia pruebe. Verlos sonreír al comer me hace sentir feliz y orgulloso.

Parallel translation

Mi pasatiempo favorito es cocinar platos tradicionales.

My favourite hobby is cooking traditional dishes.

Cada domingo, compro ingredientes frescos en el mercado: tomates, ajo, hierbas y carne.

Every Sunday, I buy fresh ingredients at the market: tomatoes, garlic, herbs and meat.

Preparo la receta de mi abuela, mezclo los sabores y espero a que mi familia pruebe.

I prepare my grandmother's recipe, combine the flavours and wait for my family to taste it.

Verlos sonreír al comer me hace sentir feliz y orgulloso.

Seeing them smile as they eat makes me feel happy and proud.

Vocabulary

Mi
my
pasatiempo
hobby
favorito
favourite
es
is; to be
cocinar
to cook
platos
dishes
tradicionales
traditional (plural)
Cada
each; every
domingo
Sunday
compro
I buy
ingredientes
ingredients
frescos
fresh (plural)
en
in; on; by
el
the (masculine definite article)
mercado
market
tomates
tomatoes
ajo
garlic
hierbas
vanilla
y
and
carne
meat
Preparo
I prepare
la
the (feminine definite article)
receta
recipe
de
of; from; by
abuela
grandmother
mezclo
I mix
los
the (masculine plural definite article)
sabores
flavours
espero
I hope
a
to; at; used with certain verbs
que
that; which; what (conjunction or relative pronoun)
familia
family
pruebe
to taste; to savour (subjunctive)
Verlos
to see them
sonreír
smile
al
a + el; to; at
comer
to eat
me
me; myself (reflexive or indirect object)
hace
to do; to make; used in weather expressions
sentir
to feel
feliz
happy
orgulloso
proud