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
