tareas escolares
/taɾeas eskolaɾes/from spelling rules
The English phrase 'school work' can be translated into Spanish as tareas escolares.
tareas escolares refers to assignments given by teachers to be completed by students, often at home. If you want to say 'to do homework' or 'to do school work', you use the phrase hacer la tarea, combining the verb hacer (to do/make) with la tarea.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase tareas escolares is composed of tareas, meaning tasks or assignments and escolares, meaning school-related.
Which one should you use?
While tareas usually refers to routine daily assignments, trabajo escolar is often used to refer to a specific project or a larger body of work. For more intensive academic work or assignments that require significant research and effort, such as at a university level, you might use trabajos académicos. For a broader term that encompasses assignments and overall educational activities performed by students, use labores educativas.
How does it change in a sentence?
The singular form tarea escolar is used when referring to a single specific assignment.
How do you pronounce it?
/taɾeas eskolaɾes/
Did you know?
- The term escolares comes from the Latin schola, which originally referred to a place of leisure or a shaded porch where philosophers gathered to talk.
- In Spain, the word deberes is used for homework, which comes from the verb deber, meaning 'to owe' or 'to be obliged'. This implies that the work is a moral or legal obligation rather than just a task.
- While tarea means 'homework' in a school context, in many Spanish-speaking countries it also refers to a 'chore' or a household task.
Examples in context
- ¡Buena suerte con tus tareas escolares!Good luck with your school work!
- Tengo muchas tareas escolares esta semana.I have a lot of school work this week.
- ¿Ya terminaste tus tareas escolares?Did you finish your school work already?
- Las tareas escolares son muy difíciles.The school work is very difficult.
Example conversation
Javier and Sofía are talking after class.
- JavierSofía, ¿ya hiciste las tareas escolares?Sofía, did you already do the school work?
- SofíaNo, todavía no he empezado.No, I haven't started yet.
- JavierYo también tengo muchas tareas escolares.I also have a lot of school work.
- SofíaVamos a la biblioteca a estudiar.Let's go to the library to study.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
