tarea
everyday, Mexico
In Mexico homework is tarea, and students say hacer la tarea for doing it. The word deberes is used in Spain and is not what Mexican kids say.
Meaning: school work done at home (noun)
Ways to say it
| Mexican | Note |
|---|---|
| tarea | everyday, Mexico |
| Deberes | less common in Mexico |
Parents ask ¿Ya hiciste la tarea? and teachers say dejar tarea for assigning it. A single piece is also una tarea.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Spain students have deberes, so a Mexican tarea and a Spanish deberes mean the same thing.
How does it change in a sentence?
Tarea is feminine. The plural las tareas is used when talking about several assignments.
Did you know?
- In Mexico tarea can also mean any task or chore, not only school work.
Examples in context
- Ya hice la tarea.I already did my homework.
- La maestra dejó mucha tarea.The teacher gave a lot of homework.
- No puedo salir, tengo tarea.I cannot go out, I have homework.
Example conversation
Mamá checks on her son Diego at the kitchen table in Toluca.
- MamáDiego, ¿ya hiciste la tarea?Diego, did you do your homework?
- DiegoCasi, me falta matemáticas.Almost, I still have math left.
- MamáTermínala y luego juegas.Finish it and then you play.
