Games to learn Spanish
Playing and learning goes well together. Games are used to help us learn and practice almost any topic. In school, teachers use games because they contribute to the development of certain skills in students and provide relevant and enjoyable learning experience. Games also motivate them to move forward and engage actively in the learning process.
Here you have four lists of games in Spanish. The first one provides options of games to learn Spanish. From board games to card games, these options will help you practice what you learned in class.
The second list includes Bingo games. Bingo or lotería (lottery) games are also a popular learning tool. There are many options available!
Games in Spanish for Entertainment
By default, playing a game with friends and family is fun. There are classic games that are available in Spanish, these are the ones featured in the third list. You will find Spanish versions of popular board games such as Monopoly, Twister and Scrabble.
The fourth and last list includes other options of games in Spanish.
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1. Spanish Learning: Games to Learn Spanish
GAME | DESCRIPTION | VIDEO (IF AVAILABLE) |
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Spot It! Basic Spanish After many requests from teachers over the years, Spot it! has been adapted as an educational tool. Spot it! Basic Spanish boosts learning and reading while having fun. The 55 cards in this game feature universal images and Spanish words. It’s perfect for both foreign language learners and Spanish-speaking emergent readers. | ||
Spanish Bananagrams A game that needs no pencil, paper, or board. Fast and fun. Players race against each other to build crossword grids and use all their letter tiles first. Great for travel. With Spanish alphabet letters. Fun and instructive in the interactive language classroom. | ||
Fluxx en español: El juego de las reglas cambiantes - Fluxx en español has the same rule-changing goal-shifting gameplay of the original Fluxx card game, plus a few new cards including La fiesta and La siesta. - Two to six players. - Contains 56 cards and instructions. - Level: Intermediate-Advanced levels. Middle School, High School. | ||
Cuéntame: 286 Spanish Conversation Cards - Easy conversation practice for all levels. - Each playing-card-sized card contains a personal conversation-starting question. Pairs or small groups have cards with the questions for students to ask and answer. - Use the cards at any time and for as short or long a time as you wish. - The cards can also be used to provide topics for writing and role playing. - Teacher's guide included "Tons of Spanish questions, great for warm-ups, journal prompts, or when there are a few minutes left. I love that they are coded from easier questions to more difficult." - Customer review | ||
Oraciones Divertidas: Un juego para formar oraciones This unique sentence-building game will help the Spanish-speaking child learn about Spanish sentence construction and basic grammar. "I teach high school Spanish. This is a super game for expanding Spanish vocabulary and teaching parts of speech and sentence structure." - Customer review | ||
Oraciones Divertidas: Un juego para formar oraciones This unique sentence-building game will help the Spanish-speaking child learn about Spanish sentence construction and basic grammar. "I teach high school Spanish. This is a super game for expanding Spanish vocabulary and teaching parts of speech and sentence structure." - Customer review | ||
Mar de Sílabas: Un juego de construcción de palabras - Mar de Sílabas helps your child build Spanish words by combining the syllables they land on with the syllables in the sea. "This is a super game for beginning and intermediate Spanish learners. I let them use a dictionary to search for new words too. This game reinforces old vocabulary and teaches new vocabulary." - Customer view | ||
Juego de Palabras: Construcción de palabras - Using all 4 sides of their Reading Rods, players build as many words as they can in 2 minutes. | ||
¡Mézclalas!: Un juego para identificar las palabras con el mismo sonido inicial - Children learn to recognize letters and sounds at the beginning of simple Spanish words with this fun game for native Spanish-speaking children. | ||
Spanish Kloo Card Game: Play the Game. Speak the Language. (Deck 1 and 2) Spanish Kloo Card Game: Play the Game. Speak the Language. (Deck 3 and 4) - Players make sentences and learn words in Spanish to score points. The longer the sentence and the more words you learn, the faster you score. "An awesome card game to learn Spanish whether you are alone or a bigger group since there are many different games you can play with the same cards." - Customer review | ||
Quiz 4 You Card Deck: Spanish-English Translates words correctly to win cards and collect five parts Science4you symbol. The first to get it will be the winner! You will have many hours of fun and learning with more than 300 words. | ||
Dice Off: Learn Spanish for Kids - Four colorful, different playing boards resemble Flight Manuals found aboard commercial airlines as they serve to guide the “flyers” as they learn. - Includes 4 levels of play as players build their Spanish vocabulary with 48 useful verbs and descriptive words as they act them act in creative and fun combinations. |
2. Spanish Learning: Bingo Games in Spanish
GAME | DESCRIPTION | VIDEO |
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Auténtica Lotería: Mexican Bingo Mexican Lotería is a wonderful traditional card game similar to Bingo. However, it is also a form of folk art, as each of the colorful cards has an image of popular Mexican figures. The game is played in a similar way to bingo, except that Mexicans use beans as place markers, and the name of each card is called out during the game. In Mexican homes everywhere, you can hear the game being played. | ||
Bilingual Zingo: English-Spanish A fast-paced, energetic variation of Bingo. Kids get a kick out of pulling the Zinger forward to reveal two mystery tiles and attempting to be the first to call out the tiles that match the images on their cards. The first player to fill his or her card wins! Cards and picture tiles are in English and Spanish. Ages 4 to 8. From 2 to 8 players. Also educational: - image/word recognition - image/word matching - spelling vocabulary - concentration - memory verbalization | ||
Basic Spanish Bingo Board Game: Español Básico Practice basic Spanish vocabulary with this fun BINGO game! It covers 50 Spanish words with photos and includes 36 game cards, bingo chips, calling cards, answer mat and comprehensive game guide in English and Spanish. For 3 to 36 players, learning Spanish vocabulary has never been more fun! | ||
Eeboo Spanish Bingo: Lotería en Español This Spanish Bingo version promotes vocabulary enrichment and hones perceptual skills. The themes are: nature, vehicles, market, animals, clothing, and colors. The object is to be the first player to fill a card with tiles by matching the pictures. The names under the pictures are in Spanish. Includes a pronunciation key. Great for children ages 3 and up. For 2 to 6 players. | ||
Spanish in a Flash Bingo Set 1 Subject areas: The body, the classroom, colors, days of the week, family, food, numbers and school Spanish in a Flash Bingo Set 2 Subject areas: Clothing, expressions, feelings, the home, months, time and money, the weather and seasons. Spanish in a Flash Bing Set 3 Subject areas: Animals, the city, hobbies, occupations, outside sports, technology and transportation. "I am using this game with my first and second grade Spanish class." - Customer review "These sets are a great way to reinforce/expand Spanish vocabulary." - Customer review It is recommended to use the Spanish in a Flash Card Sets 1, 2 or 3 to learn the vocabulary and these Bingo games as a reinforcing game. | ||
Bingo de Alfabeto (Spanish Alphabet Bingo) - Learners match uppercase and lowercase letter pairs to build letter recognition and learn the Spanish alphabet. - Players can make visual or auditory matches. - Features a 6-way format that adapts to varying skill levels. - Includes caller's mat and cards, answer sheet, 36 game boards, 264 markers, and a sturdy storage box. - Pre-Kindergarten and up (Ages 4 and up) | ||
Bingo de colores y formas (Colors and Shapes Spanish Bingo) - Create matching games to teach young learners basic colors and shapes in Spanish. - Game features a 5-way format that adapts to varying skill levels. - Includes caller's mat and cards, answer sheet, 36 game boards, 264 markers, and a sturdy storage box. - Ages 4 & up. | ||
Bingo de números (Numbers Spanish Bingo Game) - Listen and match numbers to Spanish number words 1 to 20. - Game features a 6-way format that adapts to varying skill levels. - Includes caller's mat and cards, answer sheet, 36 game boards, 264 markers, and a sturdy storage box. - Ages 4 & up. |
Entertainment: Classic Board Games in Spanish
GAME | DESCRIPTION | VIDEO (IF AVAILABLE) |
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Scrabble: Edición en Español Spanish Scrabble plays just like the classic Scrabble, but different letter values on the tiles correspond with Spanish language usage. It's a great way to practice Spanish as a second language. Game board and instructions in Spanish. | ||
Monopoly in Spanish The classic game of buying and selling- bankrupt the other players and dominate the market with your monopoly. Board, property cards, and instructions are all in Spanish. | ||
Guanapolio: The Monopoly Version from El Salvador Award winning game Guanapolio is the Salvadoran version of Monopoly. Highlights cultural values, local Spanish words and expressions. | ||
Operando (Operation Game in Spanish) The classic game for surgeons in the making is now available in Spanish! Carefully remove the problem areas, or your patient's nose will let you know that you have failed! | ||
Vamos de Compras (Mall Madness Game in Spanish) "(It) is like the monopoly of shopping." - Customer review - Electronic talking shopping spree game in Spanish - First shopper to buy six items and to get to their destination wins - For 2 to 4 players | ||
Juegos de Mesa 8 en 1 (Classic Board Games 8 in 1) Includes the following games: - Juego de la oca - Backgammon - Juego del molino - Serpientes y escaleras (Chutes and Ladders) - Parchís (Parcheesi) - Damas (Checkers) - Damas chinas (Chinese checkers) - Ajedrez (Chess) | ||
Twister Game in Spanish This Spanish language version of the time-honored classic game lets you and your friends try to out twist, maneuver and contort each other and stay put on the colored spots without tumbling. Includes spinner, spinner board, base, mat and instructions in English and Spanish. | ||
Batalla de los sexos (Battle of the Sexes game in Spanish) The Battle of the Sexes Game is about defending your gender tooth and nail. It's the perfect game for couples, or groups of couples, who want to have fun and watch the hormones fly while they're at it. As a proponent of your sex, you must test your knowledge of the opposite sex by answering questions from a series of gender-based question cards. |
Entertainment: Fun Games in Spanish
GAME | DESCRIPTION | VIDEO (IF AVAILABLE) |
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Memoria Mexicana | Mexican Memory Game - Memoria Mexicana ia a game for exercising your mind while rediscovering the beautiful traditions of the Mexican people. - The game is also an excellent way for Spanish language learners to learn Spanish words along with Mexcian traditions! - Includes 52 colorful cards. - For 2 or more players ages 5 years and older. | ||
Manzanas con manzanas: El juego de comparaciones graciosas Open the box, deal the cards, and you are ready to play. Select the card from your hand that you think is best described by a card played by the judge. If the judge picks your card, you win that round. Each round is filled with surprising and outrageous comparisons from a wide range of people, places, things and events. The Party Box comes complete with over 1,000 cards. | ||
El Original Turista Mundial (Mexican Version of Monopoly) - All the excitement of traveling the world. Buy or sell countries build houses and hotels, charge rent and mortgage your property. - 8 to 11 years | ||
Turista Mexicano: Viaja, Conoce y Gana - Just like the original Turista game, but based only in Mexico - Learn about Mexico and practice your Spanish as you move around the colorful game board - English/Spanish instructions included | ||
El Chavo Board Game - Based on the all-time favorite TV show El Chavo del 8. - Experience El Chavo's favorite activities and become the first to get to the end and win the game. |
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