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Vocabulary - marriage and partnerships

Marriage and partnerships

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Along with friends and family relationships, marriage and partnership is something that some people may consider in their lives. Here are some key verbs:

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
tener novio/ato have a boyfriend/girlfriend
tener parejato have a partner
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
tener novio/a
to have a boyfriend/girlfriend
tener pareja
to have a partner

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
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

Question

Translate these sentences about the topic of partnership 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. Mi tía se casó el verano pasado y la boda costó mucho dinero.

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