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Marriage and partnerships

An Indian wedding ceremony

Marriage and partnership is something that a lot of people will think about at some point in their lives. Here are some key verbs to help get you started on this topic:

casarseto get married
comprometerseto get engaged
divorciarseto get divorced
enamorarseto fall in love
estar enamorado/ato be in love
separarseto separate
tener hijosto have children
casarse
to get married
comprometerse
to get engaged
divorciarse
to get divorced
enamorarse
to fall in love
estar enamorado/a
to be in love
separarse
to separate
tener hijos
to have children

Use the verb estar (to be) to describe marital status:

estar comprometido/ato be engaged
estar casado/ato be married
estar divorciado/ato be divorced
estar separado/ato be separated
estar soltero/ato be single
ser viudo/ato be a widower/widow
estar comprometido/a
to be engaged
estar casado/a
to be married
estar divorciado/a
to be divorced
estar separado/a
to be separated
estar soltero/a
to be single
ser viudo/a
to be a widower/widow

Here are some more key words to get you talking about marriage and partnership:

el anillo (de compromiso)(engagement) ring
el amorlove
la boda/el casamientowedding
la esposa/mujerwife
el esposo/maridohusband
el estado civilmarital status
la felicidadhappiness
la luna de mielhoneymoon
el matrimoniomarriage/married couple
el noviogroom/boyfriend
la noviabride/girlfriend
la parejacouple/partner
el/la prometido/afiancée
el divorciodivorce
el compromisoengagement
el anillo (de compromiso)
(engagement) ring
el amor
love
la boda/el casamiento
wedding
la esposa/mujer
wife
el esposo/marido
husband
el estado civil
marital status
la felicidad
happiness
la luna de miel
honeymoon
el matrimonio
marriage/married couple
el novio
groom/boyfriend
la novia
bride/girlfriend
la pareja
couple/partner
el/la prometido/a
fiancée
el divorcio
divorce
el compromiso
engagement

Question

Translate these sentences about this topic into English.

  1. Mis abuelos están separados y no viven juntos.
  2. En el futuro quisiera casarme y tener una familia muy grande.
  3. Mi hermano mayor no está casado, pero creo que va a comprometerse con su novia el año que viene.
  4. En mi opinión, el amor es más importante que un anillo.
  5. Mi tía se casó el verano pasado y la boda costó mucho dinero.

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