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Saying what you wear

In Spanish, you use the verb llevar to say what we are wearing.

• Llevo una camisa - I wear/I am wearing a shirt
• Llevamos zapatos - We wear/We are wearing shoes

Here is the verb llevar:

Items of clothing

Like all other nouns in Spanish, items of clothing are either masculine or feminine (un or una). They can also be singular or plural just like they are in English, for example shoes or socks.

Here are some useful items of clothing in Spanish:

Describing clothes

To describe clothes in Spanish, we use adjectives. As with other adjectives, we put the colour after the thing that it is describing, for example:

• una camisa blanca - a white shirt
• una falda negra - a black skirt

Make sure the colour (adjective) agrees with the item of clothing (noun) that it is describing. Look at the table below:

Notice that some colours only change spelling when they are plural, and a few don't change at all.

Examples

These sentences use the verb llevar, the item of clothing and the colour:

• Llevo una camiseta roja - I wear a red t-shirt.
• Mi hermano lleva unos pantalones negros - My brother wears black trousers.
• Las chicas llevan una falda gris - The girls wear a grey skirt.
• Pedro lleva una chaqueta amarilla - Pedro wears a yellow jacket.
• Llevamos zapatos blancos - We wear white shoes.

Quiz

Choose the correct translation for each Spanish word in this short quiz on clothing.