Spanish Bingo for Kids: Numbers and Colors (Free Printable)
This free Spanish bingo set has eight boards and 31 call cards: four boards for the numbers uno to veinte (1 to 20) and four for colors like rojo and celeste. The caller reads the Spanish word, players cover the match, and the first full row wins.
Below: what’s on each page, how to play, the Spanish phrases to call with, and how to make it work for a four-year-old and a nine-year-old at the same table.
Spanish bingo cards: numbers and colors, page by page
Page 1
How to play + calling phrases
The rules in English and the short Spanish phrases the caller uses, with meanings.
Pages 2–3
Four number boards
Two boards per page. Each is a 4×4 grid of numerals from 1 to 20, with the Spanish word under each numeral.
Pages 4–5
Four color boards
Two boards per page. Each is a 3×3 grid of color swatches with the Spanish word under each swatch.
Pages 6–7
31 call cards
20 number cards and 11 color cards, 16 to a page, with cut lines. Shuffle and draw.
Spanish number bingo: 1 to 20
- 1uno OO-no
- 2dos DOS
- 3tres TRES
- 4cuatro KWA-tro
- 5cinco SEEN-ko
- 6seis SAYS
- 7siete SYE-te
- 8ocho O-cho
- 9nueve NWE-ve
- 10diez DYES
- 11once ON-se
- 12doce DO-se
- 13trece TRE-se
- 14catorce ka-TOR-se
- 15quince KEEN-se
- 16dieciséis dye-see-SAYS
- 17diecisiete dye-see-SYE-te
- 18dieciocho dye-see-O-cho
- 19diecinueve dye-see-NWE-ve
- 20veinte VAYN-te
In Latin American Spanish soft c and z sound like s. See the numbers page for the patterns behind 16 to 19.
The 11 bingo colors
- rojo red
- azul blue
- amarillo yellow
- verde green
- naranja orange
- violeta purple
- rosa pink
- marrón brown
- blanco white
- gris gray
- celeste sky blue
Each 3×3 board uses nine of these eleven. Celeste (sky blue) gets its own swatch, as it does on our colors chart.
How to play the Spanish bingo game
Any parent can be the caller: the pronunciation for every number is on this page. Picture Manuel calling numbers while Lola covers them with her crayons, then the two switching places. That swap is the whole method.
- 1
Pick numbers or colors. Start with colors for a child under five, numbers for older kids, or give each child the board that fits them.
- 2
The caller reads the Spanish word. Draw a call card and say it twice: siete… siete. Only Spanish, no English, unless someone is stuck.
- 3
Players cover the match. The numeral 7 or the swatch for verde. Beans, buttons or coins all work.
- 4
First full row shouts ¡Bingo! Across, down or corner to corner. The winner reads the row back in Spanish, then becomes the caller for the next round.
For classrooms, ACTFL, the US association of language teachers, sets a goal of 90% or more of class time in the new language. Your kitchen table isn’t a classroom, but a round where every call is in Spanish gets close to that without anyone trying. And because the child already knows what a 7 or a green square looks like, every word they hear is one they can understand, which is the core of Stephen Krashen’s influential input hypothesis.
The Spanish phrases to call bingo with
—El número siete.
Number seven. · The plainest call. Say it twice, slowly.
—¿Quién tiene el doce?
Who has twelve? · Turns the call into a question the players answer.
—¿Tienes el siete?
Do you have seven? · Tienes means do you have.
—Busca el rojo.
Look for red. · Busca is a command: look for.
—Tapa el número.
Cover the number. · Tapa means cover it, with a bean, a button or a coin.
—¡Bingo!
Bingo! · Same word, same shout, in Spanish.
—¡Ganaste!
You won! · What everyone else says to the winner.
Is this lotería?
No, and it isn’t trying to be. Mexican lotería is a picture-card game with its own traditional deck of illustrated cards, and it deserves to be played with those cards. In some Spanish-speaking families, lotería can also mean a numbers game played on cartones, close to bingo. Ours is simpler than both: a numbers-and-colors bingo made for young children.
Get the free Spanish bingo PDF
Seven pages: how to play with the calling phrases, four number boards, four color boards, and 31 call cards to cut apart. Use it at home or in a classroom without signing up for anything. It’s a sample of the games in our Foundations Pack, which isn’t for sale yet.
Download Spanish Bingo (Free PDF)Questions parents ask
How do you play bingo in Spanish?
The caller draws a card and reads the word in Spanish, like siete or rojo. Players look for the matching numeral or color on their board and cover it with a bean or button. The first to cover a full row shouts ¡Bingo! Then the winner becomes the caller for the next round.
What do you say when you win bingo in Spanish?
You shout ¡Bingo!, the same word as in English. Everyone else can tell the winner ¡Ganaste! (you won).
Is lotería the same as bingo?
Not quite. Mexican lotería is a picture-card game with its own traditional deck of illustrated cards. In some Spanish-speaking families, lotería can also mean a numbers game played on cartones (bingo cards). This set is neither of those traditions: it's a simple numbers-and-colors bingo made for young children.
What age is this Spanish bingo game for?
The color boards work from about age 4, because the child only matches a word to a swatch. The number boards suit ages 5 to 8. Older kids enjoy being the caller, which means reading the Spanish word out loud for everyone.
Do I need to speak Spanish to call the game?
No. This page lists every number with a simple pronunciation guide, and our numbers and colors pages have the full pronunciation lists. Say the words with confidence; your child will learn more from a brave caller than from a perfect one.
After bingo: where the words go next
Bingo makes numbers and colors fast; a story makes them mean something. In our free starter story, Manuel tiene un perro, Max has una pelota azul and Manuel has una pelota roja.
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24 draw-it-yourself cards, including eight colors and uno to ocho.
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Get the Free Starter Story Pack
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Sources
- ACTFL: Use of the Target Language in the Classroom (position statement)
- Stephen D. Krashen: Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition (1982)