Rodina – The Family

• rodičia – parents
• otec – father (formal)
• ocinko, oco, oci, tatinko, tato, tati – father, dad (colloquial)
• matka – mother (formal)
• mamička, maminka, mama, mami – mother, mom (colloquial)
• súrodenci – siblings
• brat – brother
• sestra – sestra
• dieťa (n.) – child
• syn – son
• dcéra – daughter
• stará mama, babka, babička – grandmother
• starý otec, dedko, deduško – grandfather
• vnuk – grandson
• vnučka – granddaughter
• teta – aunt (mother’s sister)
• ujo – uncle (mother’s brother)
• stryná – aunt (father’s sister)
• strýko – uncle (father’s brother)
• bratranec – male cousin
• sesternica – female cousin
• synovec – nephew
• neter – niece
• manžel – husband
• muž – man, also colloquial for ‘husband’
• manželka – wife
• žena – woman, also colloquial for ‘wife’
• snúbenec – fiancé (male)
• snúbenica – fiancée (female)
• zať – son-in-law
• nevesta – daughter-in-law (also means ‘bride’)
• svokra – mother-in-law (the butt of many Slovak jokes)
• svokor – father-in-law
• švagor – brother-in-law
• švagriná – sister-in-law
• krstný otec – godfather
• krstná mama – godmother
• priateľ – good male friend, or boyfriend
• priateľka – good female friend, or girlfriend
• frajer – boyfriend (colloquial, and always romantic)
• frajerka – girlfriend (colloquial, and always romantic)
• kamarát – male friend
• kamarátka – female friend