Spanish Crochet Terms and English Translations
Do you have a crochet pattern you would like to make but it includes Spanish Crochet Terms? Browse our available English Translations for some of the more common Spanish Crochet Terms below. This is part of our Crochet Translation Project.
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Spanish Crochet Terms and English Translations
Thank you to: Viviana Meza, Ezra Frida, Lizette Caballero and Tekkla Creations for their help with these translations.
Please remember this is a work-in-progress and if you have any suggestions, corrections or terms to add – please send me a message or leave a comment so we can update the chart! When we have received more than one translation they will be separated by a / . For example we have received three for BEGINNING: comienzo / inicio / principio
To make the page a bit easier to search using the [CTRL F] here are the terms below:
| U.S. Crochet Terms | Spanish Crochet Terms |
| back Loop | Anillos a la detras del trabajo / Lazo trasero |
| back loop only | Anillos a la detras del trabajo |
| back post | punto alto triple en relieve por detras de la labor / Parte posterior |
| back post single crochet | Punto bajo por el poste de atras / punto bajo poste trasero / Punto sencillo parte posterior |
| back post half double crochet | punto medio alto poste trasero / Medio punto parte posterior |
| back post double crochet | Punto alto por el poste de atras / punto alto poste trasero |
| back post triple (treble) crochet | punto alto doble o vareta doble / Triple punto largo parte posterior |
| before | antes |
| beginning | comienzo / inicio / principio |
| between | Entre |
| chain | cadeneta (cad / pc) / cadena / Punto al aire (CAD) |
| chain space | Espacio de cadena / Espacio en cadeneta / Espacio |
| cluster | puntos altos cerrados en el mismo punto / grupo / racimo |
| continue | Se continuan / continuar |
| crochet | tejer |
| decrease | disminucion / Se disminuen/ Disminuyendo / Disminuir (D) |
| double crochet | punto alto doble (pad) / punto alto / Punto largo / Vareta doble (P) |
| double triple (treble) crochet | Punto alto doble doble / Doble punto largo triple |
| fasten off / bind off | desmontar / cerrar o desmontar / cortar / Fije apagado / cerrar punto |
| follow / follows / following | Seguir / Siguiendo / Siguiente / sigue |
| front loop | Anillos al frente del trabajo / Lazo / punto delantero |
| front loop only | – |
| front post ( sc , hdc , dc ) | punto alto triple en relieve por delante de la labor |
| front post single crochet | Punto bajo por el poste de la frente / punto bajo poste de enfrente |
| front post half double crochet | Â punto medio alto poste de enfrente |
| front post double crochet | Punto alto por el poste de la frente |
| front post triple (treble) crochet | Punto alto doble por el poste de la frente |
| gauge | – |
| half double crochet | punto alto / medio punto alto / Media vareta (MP) |
| increase | aumento / se aumenten / Aumentar (A) |
| insert hook | Insertar aguja / meter gancho / Insertar crochet |
| join / join into ring | juntar / unir / unir formando anillo / Unir en un aro |
| last | ultimo / final |
| loop | hebilla(s) / Boucle(s) / Hebilla(s) |
| magic ring (MR) | Anillo / Anillo mágico (AR) |
| next | proximo / siguiente |
| pattern | Patron |
| picot | piquito / pico |
| place marker | poner marcador / Marcador / marcadores |
| remaining | restante |
| repeat | repetir / se repiten (REP) |
| repeat from * to * | Se repiten ** a ** |
| reverse single crochet | punto cangrejo |
| right side (correct side) | Lado derecho / Lado correcto / el derecho |
| right side (opposite of left) | – |
| round | Ronda(s) |
| row | vuelta / fila |
| single crochet | punto bajo |
| skip | saltear / rematar / saltarse o pasarse / saltar |
| slip stitch | punto enano (pe) / punto deslizado / punto raso / punto falso |
| space (s) | Espacio(s) |
| stitch | punto |
| stitches | punto |
| times | – (V) |
| together | Juntos |
| triple ( or treble ) crochet | Triple punto alto doble |
| turn the work | Girar el trabajo / darle la vuelta al tejido |
| work / make | – |
| wrong side | Lado a la izquierda / Lado equivocado / el reverso |
| yarn over | lazada /crecido o basta a lanzada / Hilo adelante /Hebra sobre ganchillo / Hilo por arriba / Pasar hilo sobre |
sc – single crochet (US Term) pb – punto bajo (Spanish Term)
st – stitch (US Term) pto – punto (Spanish Term)
sl st – slip stitch (US Term) pr – punto raso (Spanish Term)
hdc – half double crochet (US Term) mpa – medio punto alto (Spanish Term)
dc – double crochet (US Term) pa – punto alto (Spanish Term)
rev sc – reverse single crochet or crab stitch (US Term) punto cangrejo (Spanish Term)
If you have a pattern you are translating with Google Translate here are some helpful examples:
Punto is directly translated as point, or as we know it stitch
Punto alto is directly translated as High Stitch, or as we know it double crochet
Punto bajo is directly translated as low point, or as we know it single crochet
Punto raso is directly translated as satin stitch or satin point. We know it as slip stitch
Punto cangrejo is directly translated as crab point or as we know it reverse single crochet (crab stitch)
Great List of Terms with Symbols can be found here too! Patrones Para Crochet
The Beginner Crochet Stitches and Symbols You Need to Know.(Opens in a new browser tab)
The Beginner Crochet Stitches You Need to Know.(Opens in a new browser tab)
together = Juntas
Vareta = crochet
crochet together or join together makes sense 🙂
Hi!
Does anyone know what this is supposed to mean?:
V= Vareta
Vj= Varetas juntas
I think Vj is join together but I am not quite sure. Please help!!!!
Hi Lori, I’m not familiar with carr for Spanish but carr means row in Portuguese.
row (R) carreira (carr)
Help! I ordered a crochet kit and the instructions are in Spanish! I’ve figured out all but the abbreviation of “carr”! Do you know what this refers to? Thank you!!!!
Hi Shauna, I hope this helps!
Tejemos 6 mp en una anilla magica que cerramos con 1 pe. Subimos con 2 pc y luego, 5 var y 2 pc Cerramos con pe.
Tiramos de la Hebra para formar la orejita
Tejemos is ‘to crochet’
medio punto alto (MP) is ‘half double crochet’
en una anilla magtico is ‘magic ring”
punto enana (pe) is ‘slip stitch’
Crochet 6 half double crochet in a magic ring finish off with a slip stitch.
Subimos con 2 pc y luego, 5 var y 2 pc Cerramos con pe.
subimo means ‘we go up’
2 pc is ‘chain 2’
y luego means ‘and next’
5 var means ‘5 stitches’
y 2 pc means ‘and then chain 2’
cerramos con pe ‘finish off with a slip stitch’
Chain 2 and make the next 5 stitches, chain 2 and finish off with a slip stitch.
Tiramos de la Hebra para formar la orejita
Tiramos is “pull”
de la is ‘on/of the’
Hebra ‘yarn’
para la orejita ‘to make the ear’
Pull on the yarn to make the ear. … this might to pull the yarn tail be to close the magic ring?
Trabajmos con tepid o lineal
trabajmos is ‘we work’
o lineal is ‘linear’
Work in a straight line.
I am going to post the whole paragraph that I am trying to translate.
(Trabajmos con tepid o lineal) I think means to stitch in a line or across instead of spiral? But I think the next line says to use a magic ring joined with a sl st? But the next part I don’t understand and google translate doesn’t have any suggestions for some of it.
(Tejemos 6 mp en una anilla magica que cerramos con 1 pe. Subimos con 2 pc y luego, 5 var y 2 pc Cerramos con pe.
Tiramos de la Hebra para formar la orejita) I would appreciate any help or suggestions you have to offer with this Spanish pattern.
Thank you so much for your consideration.
I believe that would be decrease or disminucion / Se disminuen/ Disminuyendo / Disminuir
What does dism symbol mean in Spanish translate to English?
Very welcome! I’m happy it helped!
thank you so much the translation i am glad you are there
Hi Rhonda 🙂 Very welcome! I’m happy it is helpful 🙂
Hi Rhondda, I want to thank you and the others for putting this together.
Hi Rose, I do not know what the 5 K means. Is there maybe a special stitch in the pattern that they are using and have abbreviated to “K”?
Thank you Rose 🙂 I appreciate your help with these!
Here are some abbreviations I’m working with.
AM- magic ring
Pb- single crochet.
A- increase
D- decrease
Mp-half double crochet
P- double crochet.
Cad- chain stitch
Rep- repeat
V- times
Does anyone know what 5 K means? I’m crocheting from a pattern written in Spanish.
Hi Kawthar, can you please give me an example of the sentence the “aut” was used in? Also, is this already translated by google? or was this the actual word in Spanish? Thank you
Hi Kawthar, can you give that to me in an example please? I’m not sure – it could be “corresponding”.
Hey, can you tile me what does mean of” corr”
In English patterns please?
Hi , just I want to ask what dose the mean of the shortcut of the “ aut ” in the Spanish pattern pleas ?
Hi Emily, I am not sure what that means.
cerrar means to fasten off
vareta is used to refer to the type of stitch like vareta o punto alto is double crochet and could be shortened to “V” depending on who is writing the pattern
Hello. Can you please help me. What does this mean, “cereal la V con pd”?
I don’t know what V is. TIA!
Hi Gillian, I’m not sure. Did they have any words listed with the abbreviations in the pattern? MV might be Media vareta which is hdc but I don’t know for certain.
What does mv and v in Spainish mean
Hi Sandy, slip stitch in Spanish is: punto enano (pe) / punto deslizado / punto raso / punto falso
single crochet is punto bajo, double crochet is punto alto doble (pad) / punto alto / Punto largo / Vareta doble,
chain is: cadeneta (cad / pc) / cadena / Punto al aire
I’m not sure why pr is shown as pr when sc is being shown already translated? Perhaps they have terms or abbreviations at the beginning of the pattern and the pr means something? like popcorn, bobble or puff stitch?
9 sc + (5 sc + 2 sc) times 3 = 30 sc
and 3 sc (1 pr + 5 sc) times 3 + 9 sc = 30 sc
so a total of 60 sts in total but I don’t know what that pr is. Inc means make 2 sts in one stitch and if they didn’t specify I would assume 2 sc.
It seems like some of the instructions have already been written in English except that one term? It makes me think it is referring to a special stitch.
Can anyone tell me exactly what this means? I can not get this row to add up to 60 stitches, what am I doing wrong? I am 3 stitches off. I though the pr stood for slip stitch. 9 sc (5sc, inc) * 3 (pr 5sc) 3 * 9 sc (60)
mpa = medio punto alto = half double crochet
cad al air = chain
I think it means chain 6 and work 2 half double crochets.
Hope this helps!
Can anyone help me translate
(2) 6 cad al air 2 medio pto alto
I don’t quite understand what the translation it,
Hi Tjode, do you have the untranslated words for the past point? That sounds like a google translation attempt. I’m pretty sure it will be ponto baixissimo which is slip stitch. Hope this helps, Rhondda
Can you tell me what “begin withan air chain( I assume that means chain), but it then says end with a past point” could you help me with that? Thanks tons.
Tjode
vuelta = row
puntos medios / punto medio = half double crochet (hdc) – U.S. Terms
cadena = chain
Cerramos y deiamos hilo para cose = finish off leaving an end for sewing
Anillo = into
Anillo mágico = into magic ring
pico = picot
I’m not sure what p y 1 is – did they have it as a full written term rather than the abbreviation anywhere?
What does the terms mean?
au por la vuelta.
1 p y 1Au por la vuelta.
2 p y 1Au por la vuelta.
10 vueltas de punto medio.
2p y 1Dis por la vuelta.
Colocos los oios antes de cerrar y rellenar.
1 p y 1Dis Poe la vuelta.
Disminuimos haste cerrar por completo.
Pico:
Cadena de 6p.
Patitas ( 2 Amarillas y 2 Azules) Anillio magico de 4p.
Colita:
Anillo de 4p.
Au por la vuelta.
1 p y 1Au la vuelta.
Vuelta de puntos medios.
1p y 1Dis por la vuelta.
2 vueltas do punto medio.
Cerramos y deiamos hilo para coser.
cerradas = cluster
juntas = together
MV might be Media vareta and media vareta = half double crochet
Hope this helps,
Rhondda
How do you do this: how to 3 MV
cerradas juntas crochet
Muchas gracias!!! Esta conversión de abreviaciones me ha tenido muy confundida. Su página es excelente y se nota que está hecha con cariño. Saludos desde Costa Rica 🙂
sc – single crochet (US Term) pb – punto bajo (Spanish Term)
Hope this helps!
Hi! Can anyone tell me what this means please? 3 pb to?
Hi Katie, There are Spanish terms that have been donated in the post for you to cross check against your patterns – I cannot translate actual patterns for you – I only speak English. The translations have been donated by other Crocheters to help people understand patterns they find online. Best of luck translating your design, All the best, Rhondda
I have a snoooy im trying to crochet i need help translating some the pattern
Hi Kate, medio punto alto is half double crochet. I suspect they shortened that to medio punto. Hope this helps! Rhondda
Thank you soooooo much! I’m working on a project for my husband’s birthday and the only pattern I could find for it was in Spanish. I did have a question I didn’t see answered here. What is mp = medio punto? Is that the same as your translation above: half double crochet? Or is it a slip stitch? I’m very confused by it, and it makes up the majority of the pattern.
Hi do you have translations for Dutch to US spelling or Uk
Hi Maria, I am not sure what that means – it almost sounds like it was translated by Google – which does not always change the words for Crochet and Knitting patterns to the correct terms. If you have the original pattern in Spanish it may be easier to understand what they are asking? Thanks, Rhondda
I have a Pebbles pattern that was translated from spanish to english. Was doing fine with the head until I got to the hair and problem started here is what it says=”hair tip 1 grain (with 25 sc)1:25 sc, 25 SC will remain as the BLO(50)
2-5: we continue without breaking the 50sc rope.the next 14sc li recipe,20sc recipe,16sc recipe will be made
Hi Andy, pb is single crochet
sc – single crochet (US Term) pb – punto bajo (Spanish Term)
I’m not sure what that (Ala3) bit means. The 9 pb + 11 pb + 21 pb + 10 pb + 8 pb = 59 single crochet in total
Did the row or round before have more than 59 stitches – I am wondering if maybe it is meaning skip 3, skip 2 skip 1 skip 2 and skip 3? So the row/round before might have had 70 stitches in total?
Hope this helps,
Rhondda
9pb (Ala3), 11pb (Ala2), 21pb (Ala1), 10pb (Ala2), 8pb (Ala3) (59)
Lap 2-8: 59pb
Please what does this mean?????
The terms provided were submitted by volunteers 🙂 I do not speak Spanish. If you have any corrections to submit, please let me know 🙂 Thank you, Rhondda.
What exactly is cs and vta and I’m confused with you using “cucharada” which means a spoonful as if cooking food.
You can try using Print Friendly 🙂 It is linked at the end of the post. Hope this helps, Rhondda
Thank you so much for this translation tool. Is there a way to download it in a compact document? I’d like to have a printed copy on one sheet but can’t seem to find a way to do that.
Thanks so much!
Hi!
Do you know how to translate to Spanish, when in an instruction it says:
Chain one.
I mean, it should be “Teje la cadena uno”, or simply “cadena uno”.
Ex:
Chain one and work three dc into the ring.
I need help translating these two Spanish crochet lines:
Rnd 35: * cs2jun, sc en siguiente 1 cucharada and
Vta 10: *2 cs en el siguiente cs, cs en los siguientes 2 cs; repetir desde * hasta el final de la vta (16)
Hi Randi 🙂 This might help:
Punto is directly translated as point, or as we know it stitch
Punto alto is directly translated as High Stitch, or as we know it double crochet
Punto bajo is directly translated as low point, or as we know it single crochet
Punto raso is directly translated as satin stitch or satin point. We know it as slip stitch
Punto cangrejo is directly translated as crab point or as we know it reverse single crochet (crab stitch)
I’ve added it to the post above too.
All the best, Rhondda
I watched a video in Spanish where she did a stitch so fast with small yarn that I couldn’t tell whether it was a double or a treble crochet, and the caption kept calling it a “high point”. Does anyone know what it is?
Thank you so much for your work for all of us who can’t seem to get some of these languages
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Hi Lizette, Which were these for?
Punto alto doble relieve tomado por atras/punto vareta doble tomado por atras? Thx!
remaining – restante
i made a mistake earlier in on of my post, sorry for that…..the treble is known as punto alto doble o vareta doble..
no short form
Punto alto doble relieve tomado por atrás/ Punto Vareta doble tomado por atrás
let me find it
place marker – poner marcador
gauge – tensión
Hi Lizette , Thank you!! Is there a short form for BPtr in Spanish? Rhondda
back post triple (treble) crochet BPtr
punto alto triple por el poste de atras
beginning is comienzo/inicio in spanish
Hi, im just trying to help you in your charts, the correct definition to before in spanish is antes (atras in english is back)