How to Say ‘Make yourself at home.’ in Mexican Spanish
Siéntete en casa.
SYEN-teh-teh en KAH-sah
[SYEN-teh-teh en KAH-sah]
💬 Usage Tip: [Siéntete] is the [tú] form with [te] attached at the end: think [siéntate], [ponte], [quédate]. When the pronoun gets added, written Spanish often adds an accent mark to keep the stress in the same place.
🇲🇽 In Mexico: [Siéntete en casa] is friendly and common when welcoming someone into your home. With in-laws, it sounds warm rather than overly intimate.
Phrase Breakdown
Siéntete
[SYEN-teh-teh]
Make yourself
Used to warmly invite someone to relax and be comfortable in the home.
Al entrar con un postre, mi suegro me dice: «Siéntete» en casa.
As I walk in with a dessert, my father-in-law tells me: "Make yourself" at home.
En casa
en KAH-sah
At home
Used idiomatically to mean 'make yourself at home.'
Pasa, siéntete en casa.
Come in, make yourself at home.
Words in this phrase
en
[en]
at
Here en means at, forming part of the fixed expression en casa.
Todos sonríen para que estés «en» casa desde el primer momento.
Everyone smiles so that you feel "at" home from the very first moment.
casa
[KAH-sah]
home
In the phrase siéntete en casa, casa means home and suggests warmth and comfort.
Con su hospitalidad, de verdad me siento en «casa».
With their hospitality, I truly feel at "home."
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