School Subjects in Spanish

This free audio lesson is on school subjects in Spanish. Discover how to pronounce all of your school subjects in Spanish and wow your classmates!

Schools in Latin American countries tend to study almost exactly the kinds of school subjects that you are already familiar with. These subjects tend to have names that are very similar to English words, which makes them easy to recall--but don’t get tricked up with all the accents that are added.

If you want to find out what someone’s favorite school subject is, you ask, ¿Cuál es tu curso favorito? The respondent would then say, Mi curso favorite es ______. Pretty straightforward isn’t it? See how easy it is to start using meaningful language structures in Spanish.

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How to pronounce school subjects in Spanish

Here are some of the most basic school subjects in Spanish to get you started. Further on in this lesson we will look at the pronunciation of these and more subjects.

  • Biología - Biology
  • Química - Chemistry
  • Ciencia - Science
  • Física - Physics
  • Arte - Art
  • Deporte / Educación Física - Sport / Physical Education
  • Historia - History
  • Matemáticas - Mathematics
  • Geografía - Geography
  • Música - Music

Talking about School Subjects in Spanish

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El curso es enseñada por la Profesora Ramírez.

The course is taught by Professor Ramirez.

Ella repitió el curso de inglés.

She repeated the English course.

Rocket Spanish, el cual es un curso en línea, enseña español.

Rocket Spanish, which is an online course, teaches Spanish.

How to say School Subjects in Spanish

Biología

Biology

Química

Chemistry

Ciencia

Science

Física

Physics

Arte

Art

Deporte / Educación Física

Sport / Physical Education

Historia

History

Matemáticas

Mathematics

Geografía

Geography

Música

Music

Álgebra

Algebra

Ciencias naturales

Natural sciences

Ciencias sociales

Social sciences

Informática, Computación

Computing

Teatro

Drama

Of course everyone has a couple of subjects that they are not too fond of. So if you want to say that you do not like a subject, then you say, “A mi no me gusta ____.” Revise the school subject words using this structure too and you are quickly expanding your conversational skills. That’s all for this time.

If you want more on Spanish words then check these out!

See you soon! ¡Hasta pronto!

Mauricio Evlampieff: Rocket Spanish

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