Listening to Music in Free Time | Learn Spanish in English

Spanish lesson set in a contemporary Madrid everyday setting: At home, two adults talk about listening to slow music and playing a quiet track..

EN → ES / Level: A1

About This Lesson

Use Listening to Music in Free Time to practice Spanish conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.

Dialogue

A

¿Escuchas música?

es-koo-CHAR MOO-see-kah? Do you listen to music?
B

Escucho música en mi tiempo libre.

es-KOO-choh MOO-see-kah en mee TYEM-poh LEE-breh. I listen in my free time.
A

¿Qué tipo de música te gusta?

keh TEE-poh deh MOO-see-kah teh GOOS-tah? What kind of music do you like?
B

Me gustan las canciones lentas.

meh GOOS-tahn lahs kahn-SYOH-nehs LEN-tahs. I like slow songs.
A

¿Usas auriculares?

OO-sahs ow-ree-koo-LAH-rehs? Do you use headphones?
B

Los uso cuando quiero relajarme.

lohs OO-soh KWAHN-doh KYEH-roh reh-lah-HAR-meh. I use them when I want to relax.
A

¿Puedo escuchar algo?

PWEH-doh es-koo-CHAR AHL-goh? Can I hear something?
B

Pondré una canción tranquila.

pohn-DREH OO-nah kahn-SYOHN trahn-KEE-lah. I'll play a quiet track.

Word by Word

Escuchas Escuchas asks one person whether they listen, as in “¿Escuchas música?”. It is used with an activity or object after it; a new example is “¿Escuchas la radio?”.
música Música means music in “¿Escuchas música?” and “Escucho música en mi tiempo libre.” It commonly follows escuchar when talking about listening to music.
Escucho Escucho means I listen in “Escucho música en mi tiempo libre.” It is used before the thing or activity being listened to; a new example is “Escucho la radio.”
en En means in in the time expression “en mi tiempo libre.” It is commonly placed before a time or place expression, such as “en casa” in a new example.
mi Mi means my and appears before the noun in “mi tiempo libre.” It shows that the free time belongs to the speaker; a new example is “mi música”.
tiempo Tiempo means time in “mi tiempo libre.” Together with “libre”, it forms the expression “tiempo libre”, used for time when a person is not occupied.
libre Libre means free in the expression “tiempo libre”, referring to time available for personal activities. The reusable expression is “en mi tiempo libre”, meaning during my free time.
Qué Qué means what in the question “¿Qué tipo de música te gusta?”. It appears with a noun in “Qué tipo de música” to ask which kind of music someone likes.
tipo Tipo means kind or type in “¿Qué tipo de música te gusta?”. The reusable pattern is “¿Qué tipo de ...?”, used to ask about a category or kind.
te Te means to you in “te gusta”, marking the person whose preference is being asked about. It appears before “gusta” in the question “¿Qué tipo de música te gusta?”.
gusta Gusta is used with “te” to ask what kind of music is pleasing to you in “¿Qué tipo de música te gusta?”. The reusable question pattern is “¿Qué tipo de música te gusta?”.
Me Me means to me in “Me gustan las canciones lentas”, marking the speaker as the person who has the preference. It appears before “gustan” in this expression.
gustan Gustan is the form used in “Me gustan las canciones lentas” because the liked thing, “las canciones lentas”, is plural. The reusable pattern is “Me gustan” followed by a plural thing the speaker likes.
las Las means the before the plural noun “canciones” in “las canciones lentas”. It identifies the songs being discussed; a new example is “las películas”.
canciones Canciones means songs in “Me gustan las canciones lentas.” It is used after “las” here and can be followed by an adjective such as “lentas”.
lentas Lentas means slow and describes the songs in “las canciones lentas.” Its form matches the plural feminine noun “canciones”; the reusable pattern is noun plus adjective, as in “canciones lentas”.
Usas Usas asks one person whether they use something, as in “¿Usas auriculares?”. It is commonly followed by the thing being used; a new example is “¿Usas esta aplicación?”.
auriculares Auriculares means headphones in “¿Usas auriculares?”. It is the object after “usas”, so the question asks whether someone uses headphones.
Los Los means them and refers back to “auriculares” in “Los uso”. As an object pronoun, it comes before “uso”; a new example is “Los necesito” when referring to known plural objects.
uso Uso means I use in “Los uso cuando quiero relajarme.” It follows the object pronoun in “Los uso” and can be followed by a time clause introduced by “cuando”.
cuando Cuando means when and introduces the situation in which the speaker uses the headphones: “cuando quiero relajarme”. It commonly comes before a clause describing the time or condition for an action.
quiero Quiero means I want in “quiero relajarme”, introducing an action the speaker wants to do. It is commonly followed by an infinitive, as in the exact pattern “quiero relajarme”.
relajarme Relajarme means to relax, with “me” attached to the infinitive, so the speaker is the one relaxing. It follows “quiero” in “quiero relajarme” to express what the speaker wants to do.
Puedo Puedo means can I in “¿Puedo escuchar algo?”. It is followed by an infinitive in the reusable pattern “Puedo escuchar” to ask for permission or possibility.
escuchar Escuchar means to listen to or hear in “¿Puedo escuchar algo?”. It follows “Puedo” and can be followed by what is being heard, here “algo”.
algo Algo means something in “¿Puedo escuchar algo?”. It is the unspecified thing the speaker wants to hear; the reusable pattern is “escuchar algo”.
Pondré Pondré means I will play or put on here, in “Pondré una canción tranquila.” It introduces what the speaker plans to do next and is followed by the thing to be played or put on.
una Una means a before the singular noun “canción” in “una canción tranquila.” It introduces one unspecified feminine singular thing; a new example is “una película tranquila”.
canción Canción means song in “Pondré una canción tranquila.” It is the thing the speaker will play, and it appears before the adjective “tranquila”.
tranquila Tranquila means quiet or calm and describes the song in “una canción tranquila.” Its form matches the feminine singular noun “canción”; the reusable pattern is noun plus adjective.

Grammar Points

gustar + noun: Me gusta / Me gustan

Me gusta la música.

meh GOOS-tah lah MOO-see-kah.

I like music.

With gustar, the liked thing is the grammatical subject: gusta for singular nouns and gustan for plural nouns.

querer + infinitive

Quiero relajarme.

KYEH-roh reh-lah-HAR-meh.

I want to relax.

Use querer followed by an infinitive to express what you want to do. The pronoun can attach to the infinitive.

Spanish Vocabulary

auriculares noun
ow-ree-koo-LAH-rehs headphones

¿Usas auriculares?

canción noun
kahn-SYOHN song canciones

Me gustan las canciones lentas.

escuchar verb
es-koo-CHAR to listen escuchas

¿Escuchas música?

gustar verb
goos-TAR to like gusta

¿Qué tipo de música te gusta?

lento adj
LEN-toh slow lentas

Me gustan las canciones lentas.

música noun
MOO-see-kah music

Escucho música en mi tiempo libre.

poder verb
poh-DEHR can; to be able to puedo

¿Puedo escuchar algo?

querer verb
keh-REHR to want quiero

Los uso cuando quiero relajarme.

relajarse verb
reh-lah-HAR-seh to relax relajarme

Los uso cuando quiero relajarme.

tiempo libre phrase
TYEM-poh LEE-breh free time

Escucho música en mi tiempo libre.

tipo noun
TEE-poh kind; type

¿Qué tipo de música te gusta?

usar verb
oo-SAR to use usas

¿Usas auriculares?

Quiz

Word Order

Arrange the words in the correct order.

Do you listen to music?

Show Answer¿Escuchas música?

I listen in my free time.

Show AnswerEscucho música en mi tiempo libre.

What kind of music do you like?

Show Answer¿Qué tipo de música te gusta?

Spelling

Tap the letters to spell the word.

to use

Show Answerusas

to like

Show Answergusta

slow

Show Answerlentas

music

Show Answermúsica