recámara
Mexico, everyday
In Mexico a bedroom is most often called recámara. People also say cuarto in casual speech and habitación in hotels or in more neutral language.
Meaning: room where you sleep (noun)
Ways to say it
| Spanish | Note |
|---|---|
| recámara | Mexico, everyday |
| cuarto | casual |
| habitación | neutral |
Recámara is the word you hear in real estate listings and at home in Mexico, for example casa de tres recámaras.
Which one should you use?
Dormitorio is the standard word in Spain and much of South America and is understood in Mexico, but it sounds less natural in daily talk. Cuarto is flexible and can mean any room.
How does it change in a sentence?
Recámara is feminine: la recámara, una recámara.
Did you know?
- Mexican property ads count size in recámaras and baños, as in 2 recámaras, 1 baño.
Examples in context
- La recámara de mis papás está arriba.My parents' bedroom is upstairs.
- Busco un departamento de dos recámaras.I am looking for a two-bedroom apartment.
- Voy a mi cuarto a descansar.I am going to my room to rest.
Example conversation
Sofía shows her friend Daniela around her new apartment in Mexico City.
- Daniela¿Cuántas recámaras tiene el departamento?How many bedrooms does the apartment have?
- SofíaTiene dos. Esta es mi recámara.It has two. This is my bedroom.
- DanielaEstá muy bonita.It is very nice.
