English-Spanish Glossary: Toys for Babies & Children

Babies' Toys

blocks: cubos apilables
educational toys: juguetes educativos
inflatable toy: juguete inflable
mobile: móvil para bebé
rattle: sonajero
rubber duck: patito de goma
stuffed animal (also plushie): animalito de peluche
teddy bear: osito de peluche

Children's Toys

bow and arrow: arco y flecha
bucket and spade: balde y palita de playa
collectible: juguete de colección
chemistry set: juego de química
chess set: juego de ajedrez
construction set / Lego bricks: juguete para armar
doll: muñeca/muñeco
doll's house: casa de muñecas
hobby horse: caballito de juguete
jenga: jenga
jigsaw puzzle: rompecabezas
kendama: balero
marbles: bolitas
Play-Doh: masa para modelar
rocking horse: mecedora con forma de caballito
spinning top: trompo
toy box / toy chest: juguetero
toy soldier: soldado de juguete
train model: tren para armar
yo- yo: yo-yo
Wendy house (also cubby house or play house): casita de juguete desarmable

The Cubic Toy: Rubik's Cube

Rubik's Cube (or Rubik Cube) is a type of toy consisting of a cube with nine smaller coloured cubes on each side. The small cubes must be turned so that each side of the toy shows one colour only. Solving a Rubik's Cube requires logic and thinking. Rubik's Cube was a very popular toy in the 1970s.
The Rubik's cube was invented by Hungarian sculptor and architect Ernő Rubik in 1974. In 1975 a Hungarian toy-maker started to make it in large numbers but it was originally called the "Magic Cube". In 1977 it got sold to Ideal Toys Corporation who renamed it Rubik’s cube. The Spanish for Rubik's Cube is cubo mágico.