Today’s Spanish word of the day is a two for one: “hijo” and “hija”.
These words mean “son” and “daughter” respectively.
If you have at least one son and one daughter, you would refer to them collectively as “mis hijos”, which might appear to mean “my sons”, but would actually translate into English as “my children” in this case.
The words “hijo” and “hija” come from Latin filius and filia, meaning “son” and “daughter” respectively. This is also the source of the English word “filial”, meaning “relating to a son or daughter”.
Example sentences
Mi hijo mayor está en la universidad.
My eldest son is in college/university.
Ella es hija única.
She is an only child.
¿Cuántos hijos tienes?
How many children do you have?
El hijo del vecino toca la batería todas las noches.
The neighbor’s son plays the drums every night.
Adoptaron a una hija hace dos años.
They adopted a daughter two years ago.
