This week’s Spanish word of the week is hogar.
Hogar is a masculine noun that means home or household. You can listen to the pronunciation of hogar in the audio clip below:
You’ll already know that casa is a common word for home. There is another word which can also translate as home, hogar.
Ana recordaba el hogar de su niñez. Ana remembered her childhood home.
un hogar feliz a happy home
Hogar can refer to where you live in a very physical sense:
productos para el hogar household products, products for the home
labores del hogar housework
But hogar is also used to talk about the people that live in a particular dwelling, the household:
el número de hogares que gastan más del 50% de sus ingresos en alquiler y comida the number of households spending more than 50% of their income on rent and food
In ads and formal documents you may see the phrase empleada del hogar, meaning home help.
Se busca empleada del hogar, preferible fija. Habitación y baño independiente. Home help required, preferably permanent. Separate room and bathroom provided.
Come back next week for another insight into Spanish vocabulary!
