Leisure: Intermediate Spanish vocabulary

6 Spanish words about leisure at intermediate level. Each entry links to the full meaning, a real example sentence, and usage notes written for English speakers.

• entradanounticket for an event
• novelanounnovel — a long prose fiction work; NOT 'news'
• disfrutarverbto enjoy something
• entretenerseverbto amuse oneself
• ocionounleisure, free time — time not occupied by work or obligations; recreational time for cultural and personal activities
• entretenidoadjectiveentertaining, enjoyable — used with ser to describe content as having the inherent quality of being entertaining; estar entretenido = being absorbed/occupied