English–Spanish

“homework” in Spanish

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA/taˈɾea/

Example

¿Ya hiciste la tarea?

Have you done the homework yet?

Illustration for tarea (homework)

How to say “homework” in Spanish

“Homework” in Spanish is tarea.

A school assignment to complete at home.

Full entry for tarea: usage tips, similar words and word origin

Example sentences with tarea

Necesito terminar la tarea pendiente hoy.

I need to finish the pending task today.

Tips for using tarea

  • In Spain both hacer la tarea and hacer los deberes are used, and in everyday speech tareas in plural often refers to household chores rather than school homework.

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