🇬🇧🇪🇸 hobby - pasatiempo : English Lesson

Meaning of "hobby" ("pasatiempo"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A hobby is something you choose to do just for fun when you don’t have to work or do homework. It’s an activity you enjoy so much that you want to do it again and again, like drawing, playing soccer, reading, dancing, or collecting shiny rocks. A hobby is not a job or a chore; it’s something that makes you happy and relaxed in your spare time.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

Our teacher says her hobby is drinking tea, probably to survive our class.

My uncle’s hobby is juggling, and now we own exactly zero unbroken eggs.

My brother’s hobby is practicing the same drum beat until the neighbors learn it too.

Dad tried cooking as a hobby, but the smoke alarm is the only thing that clapped for him.

My sister’s hobby is talking, and she practices 25 hours a day, somehow.

Anna has one hobby: she paints. Her hobby makes her smile. Her friend asks, "Is painting your hobby?" Anna says, "Yes, my hobby and my dog make me happy." At the park she gives a painted card to a child. The child says, "I like this hobby too!" They smile.

This word is at the A1 level, which means it is one of the first words you learn when starting English. It’s commonly used in everyday conversations and helps you communicate basic ideas like greetings, family, or daily activities.

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