biografía
/bjoɡɾaˈfia/
The English word 'bio' translates to Spanish as biografía.
The term is used to refer to a biographical sketch.
Meaning: biographical sketch (noun)
Which one should you use?
While biografía is the standard term, the English-derived abbreviation bio is also commonly used in Spanish within digital contexts like social media. If you are referring to a user's profile on social media, the informal term Perfil is often used. In specialized formal settings, different terms are preferred: Reseña Biográfica is used for academic or professional summaries of qualifications and Historial Personal is used for a person's history in medical or legal documents.
How does it change in a sentence?
The plural form of biografía is biografías.
How do you pronounce it?
/bjoɡɾaˈfia/
Did you know?
- While biografía refers to a life story, Spanish uses the word semblanza for a brief, evocative biographical sketch that focuses more on the essence of a person than a chronological list of facts.
- In Spanish, the word bio can also be a prefix meaning 'life' used in words like biodiversidad or biología, creating a potential pun in digital marketing.
- Spanish has a specific term, autobiografía, but when someone tells their life story orally in a casual setting, it is often called a relato de vida rather than a biografía.
Examples in context
- No sé qué más quiera mi banda que ponga en esta biografía, así que voy a hacer un cuestionario para que todos los lectores lo llenen y nos lo envíen.I don't know what else my band wants me to put in this bio, so I'm going to make a questionnaire for all those reading to fill out and send to us.This sentence shows how to use the word biografía when discussing a band's biographical information.Tatoeba #4461821 by cueyayotl, translation #3277950 by Kary
- He escrito una biografía muy corta sobre el artista.I have written a very short biography about the artist.
- ¿Podrías revisar mi biografía para el sitio web?Could you check my biography for the website?
Example conversation
Daniel and Lucía are updating their social media profiles.
- DanielLucía, ¿ya escribiste tu biografía para Instagram?Lucía, did you already write your bio for Instagram?
- LucíaTodavía no, Daniel. No sé qué poner.Not yet, Daniel. I don't know what to put.
- DanielPuedes poner tus pasatiempos en la biografía.You can put your hobbies in the bio.
- LucíaTienes razón, voy a hacer eso ahora.You're right, I'm going to do that now.
Sources
- Pronunciation: Wiktionary entry biografía, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
