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Gentle Little Requests in Spanish

This guide helps parents use gentle commands in Spanish to guide their children's actions during daily routines like dressing, eating, and playing.

What you'll learn

Abre la boca, por favor.
Open your mouth, please.
Use this during mealtime or brushing teeth.
Dame la mano, por favor.
Give me your hand, please.
Spanish speakers often use 'the' (la) instead of 'your' (tu) for body parts.
Levanta los brazos, por favor.
Lift your arms, please.
Helpful when changing clothes.
Mírame, por favor.
Look at me, please.
Used to get your child's attention.
Ven aquí, por favor.
Come here, please.
'Ven' is a short, irregular command from 'venir'.
Siéntate, por favor.
Sit down, please.
The 'te' at the end means you are telling the child to sit themselves down.
Dame la taza, por favor.
Give me the cup, please.
A useful phrase for cleaning up after a snack.
Toca suave, por favor.
Touch gently, please.
Used when teaching a child to be careful with pets or toys.

Tildi plays every phrase out loud, tests you in five-minute lessons and builds them into bedtime stories from your own picture books.

Boca

Mouth

Feminine noun (la boca).

Mano

Hand

Exceptions: ends in 'o' but is feminine (la mano).

Brazos

Arms

Plural masculine noun (los brazos).

Suave

Soft/Gently

Commonly used to describe gentle physical contact.

To give a gentle command to your child, usually use the same form as the 'he/she' present tense.

¡Dame los cinco!

Give me five!

A fun variation of the 'give me' command.

Abre la puerta, por favor.

Open the door, please.

Uses the same command structure as opening the mouth.