How would you say [home] in Spanish; but home as in a website..? I’m stumped!

Question

I’m working on a new site, and I’ve been put in charge of the translation; and I can’t for the life of me figure out how you say HOME in Spanish. I mean I know its casa, but is there a different meaning when you refer to “go home” in a website. Which basically means the main page….? HELP!

Welcome lush :) - 00494d19, SEP 15, 2009

Answer 1

Hi Princess. Welcome to the forum.

I'm sure others with more experience will come along and give you the exact translation, but here's what it says in our dictionary:

home page (informática) = portada (f) de página Web, página (f) inicial or de inicio

Thanks Marianne! - LushPrincess, SEP 15, 2009

most of the time i see it as just "inicio" - cheeseisyummy, SEP 15, 2009

Answer 2

I usually use the word "Inicio" to refer to the home page. (As a link)

By the way... casa is house, hogar is home.

Thanks Nathaniel! You guys are super proper; I hardly ever use hogar… - LushPrincess, SEP 15, 2009

Nathaniel - Have you ever seen "portada" used on its own. I thought I once saw this suggested but cannot find my reference. - Moe, SEP 15, 2009

Answer 3

I have seen portada used check 20minutos.es I have also seen inicio and my start button says inicio so here it transulates as start and when my computor is starting up it says iniciando.

As for casa, voy a ir a la casa de mi hijo is what one would say altough he lives in a flat(piso). y mi casa es un barco= my home is a boat..

Muebles para el hogar= furniture for the home.

Answer 4

Set your computer to the Spanish language. Go to (Tools/Internet Options/Languages). Now all your email and web commands will be is Spanish. This is a killer way to learn computer/internet commands and terms.

Answer 5

On firefox it says:

Mostrar mi página de inicio

As one of the options.

We simply use inicio