The most common word in spanish

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Below are two estimates of the most common words in Modern Spanish. Each estimate comes from an analysis of a different text corpus. A text corpus is a large collection of samples of written and/or spoken language, that has been carefully prepared for linguistic analysis. To determine which words are the most common, researchers create a database of all the words found in the corpus, and categorise them based on the context in which they are used.

The first table lists the 100 most common word forms from the Corpus de Referencia del Español Actual (CREA), a text corpus compiled by the Real Academia Española (RAE). The RAE is Spain’s official institution for documenting, planning, and standardising the Spanish language. A word form is any of the grammatical variations of a word.

The second table is a list of 100 most common lemmas found in a text corpus compiled by Mark Davies and other language researchers at Brigham Young University in the United States. A lemma is the primary form of a word—the one that would appear in a dictionary. The Spanish infinitive tener («to have») is a lemma, while tiene («has»)—which is a conjugation of tener—is a word form.

Real Academia Española[edit]

The list below comes from «1000 formas más frecuentes» (transl. 1000 most frequent word forms)», a list published by the Real Academia Española (RAE) from analysis of more than 160 million word forms found in the Corpus de Referencia del Español Actual (transl. Reference Corpus of Current Spanish), or CREA. CREA is a computerised corpus of texts written in Spanish, and of transcripts of spoken Spanish. It includes books, magazines, and newspapers with a wide variety of content, as well as transcripts of spoken language from radio and television broadcasts and other sources. All the works in the collection are from 1975 to 2004. CREA includes samples from all Spanish-speaking countries.^[1]

The list of «2000 most frequent word forms» comes from an analysis of CREA version 3.2.^[2] Plurals, verb conjugations, and other inflections are ranked separately. Homonyms, however, are not distinguished from one another. CREA 3.2 was published in June 2008.^[1]

Most frequent word forms out of ~160 million words
(RAE 2008)

Rank	Word form	Occurrences	Part of speech	Translation
1	de	9,999,518	preposition	of; from
2	la	6,277,560	article, pronoun	the; third person feminine singular pronoun
3	que	4,681,839	conjunction	that, which
4	el	4,569,652	article	the
5	en	4,234,281	preposition	in, on
6	y	4,180,279	conjunction	and
7	a	3,260,939	preposition	to, at
8	los	2,618,657	article, pronoun	the; third person masculine direct object
9	se	2,022,514	pronoun	-self, oneself (reflexive)
10	del	1,857,225	preposition	from the
11	las	1,686,741	article, pronoun	the; third person feminine direct object
12	un	1,659,827	article	a, an
13	por	1,561,904	preposition	by, for, through
14	con	1,481,607	preposition	with
15	no	1,465,503	adverb	no; not
16	una	1,347,603	article	a, an, one
17	su	1,103,617	possessive	his/her/its/your
18	para	1,062,152	preposition	for, to, in order to
19	es	1,019,669	verb	is
20	al	951,054	preposition	to the
21	lo	866,955	article, pronoun	the; third person masculine direct object
22	como	773,465	conjunction	like, as
23	más	661,696	adjective	more
24	o	542,284	conjunction	or
25	pero	450,512	conjunction	but
26	sus	449,870	possessive	your
27	le	413,241	pronoun	third person indirect object
28	ha	380,339	verb	he/she/it has [done something]; you (formal) have [done something]
29	me	374,368	pronoun	me
30	si	327,480	conjunction	if, whether
31	sin	298,383	preposition	without
32	sobre	289,704	preposition	on top of, over, about
33	este	285,461	adjective	this
34	ya	274,177	adverb	already; still
35	entre	267,493	preposition	between
36	cuando	257,272	conjunction	when
37	todo	247,340	adjective	all, every
38	esta	238,841	adjective	this
39	ser	232,924	verb	to be
40	son	232,415	verb	they are, you (pl.) are
41	dos	228,439	number	two
42	también	227,411	adverb	too, also, as well
43	fue	223,791	verb	was
44	había	223,430	verb	I/he/she/it/there was (or used to be)
45	era	219,933	verb	was
46	muy	208,540	adverb	very
47	años	203,027	noun (masculine)	years
48	hasta	202,935	preposition	until
49	desde	198,647	preposition	from; since
50	está	194,168	verb	is
51	mi	186,360	possessive	my
52	porque	185,700	conjunction	because
53	qué	184,956	pronoun	what?; which?; how adjective
54	sólo	170,552	adverb	only, solely
55	han	169,718	verb	they/you (pl.) have [done something]
56	yo	167,684	pronoun	I
57	hay	164,940	verb	there is/are
58	vez	163,538	noun (feminine)	time, instance
59	puede	161,219	verb	can
60	todos	158,168	adjective	all; every
61	así	155,645	adverb	like that
62	nos	154,412	pronoun	us
63	ni	153,451	conjunction, adverb	neither; nor; no even
64	parte	148,750	noun (masculine / feminine)	part; message
65	tiene	147,274	verb	has
66	él	139,080	pronoun (masculine)	he, it
67	uno	136,020	number	one
68	donde	132,077	preposition	where
69	bien	130,957	adjective	fine, well
70	tiempo	130,896	noun (masculine)	time; weather
71	mismo	130,746	adjective	same
72	ese	127,976	pronoun	that
73	ahora	125,661	adverb	now
74	cada	124,558	determiner	each; every
75	e	123,729	conjunction	and
76	vida	123,491	noun (feminine)	life
77	otro	121,983	adjective	other, another
78	después	121,746	preposition	after
79	te	120,052	pronoun	to you, for you; yourself
80	otros	119,500	pronoun	others
81	aunque	115,556	conjunction	though, although, even though
82	esa	115,377	adjective	that
83	eso	114,523	pronoun	that
84	hace	114,507	verb	he/she/it does/makes
85	otra	113,982	adjective, pronoun	other; another
86	gobierno	113,011	noun (masculine)	government
87	tan	112,471	adverb	so
88	durante	112,020	preposition	during
89	siempre	111,557	adverb	always
90	día	110,921	noun (masculine)	day
91	tanto	110,679	adjective, adverb	so much
92	ella	110,620	pronoun	she, her; it
93	tres	109,542	number	three
94	sí	108,631	noun, pronoun	yes; reflexive pronoun
95	dijo	108,471	verb	said; told
96	sido	107,352	past participle	been
97	gran	106,991	adjective	large, great, big
98	país	104,568	noun (masculine)	country
99	según	104,204	preposition	as; according to
100	menos	103,498	adjective	less; fewer

Mark Davies[edit]

In 2006, Mark Davies, an associate professor of linguistics at Brigham Young University, published his estimate of the 5000 most common words in Modern Spanish. To make this list, he compiled samples only from 20th-century sources—especially from the years 1970 to 2000. Most of the sources are from the 1990s. Of the 20 million words in the corpus, about one-third (~6,750,000 words) come from transcripts of spoken Spanish: conversations, interviews, lectures, sermons, press conferences, sports broadcasts, and so on. Among the written sources are novels, plays, short stories, letters, essays, newspapers, and the encyclopedia Encarta. The samples, written and spoken, come from Spain and at least 10 Latin American countries. Most of the samples were previously compiled for the Corpus del Español (2001), a 100 million-word corpus that includes works from the 13th century through the 20th.^[3]^[4]

The 5000 words in Davies’ list are lemmas.^[5] A lemma is the form of the word as it would appear in a dictionary.^[6] Singular nouns and plurals, for example, are treated as the same word, as are infinitives and verb conjugations. The table below includes the top 100 words from Davies’ list of 5000.^[7]^[8] This list distinguishes between the definite articles lo and la and the pronouns lo and la; all are ranked individually. The adjectives ese and esa are ranked together (as are este and esta) ), but the pronoun eso is separate. All conjugations of a verb are ranked together.

A highlighted row indicates that the word was found to occur especially frequently in samples of spoken Spanish.^[9]

Most frequent lemmas out of ~20 million words
(Davies 2006)

Rank	Lemma	Occurrences	Part of speech	Translation
1	el / la	2,037,803	article	the
2	de	1,319,834	preposition	of, from
3	que	662,653	conjunction	that, which
4	y	562,162	conjunction	and
5	a	529,899	preposition	to, at
6	en	507,233	preposition	in, on
7	un	434,022	article	a, an
8	ser	374,194	verb	to be
9	se	329,012	pronoun	-self, oneself (reflexive)
10	no	257,365	adverb	no
11	haber	196,962	verb	to have
12	por	190,975	preposition	by, for, through
13	con	184,597	preposition	with
14	su	187,810	adjective	his, her, their, your
15	para	126,061	preposition	for, to, in order to
16	como	106,840	conjunction	like, as
17	estar	106,429	verb	to be
18	tener	106,642	verb	to have
19	le	98,211	pronoun	third person indirect object
20	lo	91,035	article	the
21	lo	92,519	pronoun	third person masculine direct object
22	todo	88,057	adjective	all, every
23	pero	82,435	conjunction	but, yet, except
24	más	92,352	adjective	more
25	hacer	81,619	verb	to do; to make
26	o	82,444	conjunction	or
27	poder	76,738	verb	to be able to, can
28	decir	79,343	verb	to tell, say
29	este / esta	80,544	adjective	this
30	ir	70,352	verb	to go
31	otro	61,726	adjective	other, another
32	ese / esa	60,989	adjective	that
33	la	55,523	pronoun	third person feminine direct object
34	si	53,608	conjunction	if, whether
35	me	95,577	pronoun	me
36	ya	46,778	adverb	already, still
37	ver	45,854	verb	to see
38	porque	44,500	conjunction	because
39	dar	40,233	verb	to give
40	cuando	39,726	conjunction	when
41	él	38,597	pronoun	he
42	muy	39,558	adverb	very, really
43	sin	40,432	preposition	without
44	vez	35,286	noun (feminine)	time, occurrence
45	mucho	36,391	adjective	much, many, a lot
46	saber	37,092	verb	to know
47	qué	42,000	pronoun	what?; which?; how adjective
48	sobre	35,038	preposition	on top of, over, about
49	mi	45,636	adjective	my
50	alguno	30,485	adjective / pronoun	some; someone
51	mismo	29,569	adjective	same
52	yo	54,635	pronoun	I
53	también	33,348	adverb	also
54	hasta	29,506	preposition / adverb	until, up to; even
55	año	33,053	noun (masculine)	year
56	dos	27,733	number	two
57	querer	28,696	verb	to want, love
58	entre	30,756	preposition	between
59	así	24,832	adverb	like that
60	primero	26,553	adjective	first
61	desde	25,288	preposition	from, since
62	grande	25,963	adjective	large, great, big
63	eso	31,636	pronoun (neuter gender)	that
64	ni	24,261	conjunction	not even, neither, nor
65	nos	26,349	pronoun	us
66	llegar	22,878	verb	to arrive
67	pasar	22,466	verb	to pass; to happen; to spend time
68	tiempo	22,432	noun (masculine)	time, weather
69	ella(s)	24,770	pronoun	she; (plural) them
70	sí	33,828	adverb	yes
71	día	24,715	noun (masculine)	day
72	uno	21,407	number	one
73	bien	21,589	adverb	well
74	poco	20,986	adjective / adverb	little, few; a little bit
75	deber	22,232	verb	should, ought to; to owe
76	entonces	23,548	adverb	so, then
77	poner	20,330	verb	to put (on); to get [adjective]
78	cosa	23,943	noun (feminine)	thing
79	tanto	20,531	adjective	much
80	hombre	20,292	noun (masculine)	man, mankind, husband
81	parecer	19,964	verb	to seem, to look like
82	nuestro	20,666	adjective	our
83	tan	19,002	adverb	such, a, too, so
84	donde	18,852	conjunction	where
85	ahora	21,030	adverb	now
86	parte	20,319	noun (feminine)	part, portion
87	después	20,229	adverb	after
88	vida	18,045	noun (feminine)	life
89	quedar	18,152	verb	to remain, to stay
90	siempre	17,689	adverb	always
91	creer	21,257	verb	to believe
92	hablar	19,006	verb	to speak, to talk
93	llevar	17,062	verb	to take, to carry
94	dejar	18,185	verb	to let, to leave
95	nada	19,365	pronoun	nothing
96	cada	17,155	adjective	each, every
97	seguir	16,104	verb	to follow
98	menos	15,527	adjective	less, fewer
99	nuevo	17,381	adjective	new
100	encontrar	15,556	verb	to find

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b «CREA». RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
^ «Corpus de Referencia del Español Actual (CREA) — Listado de frecuencias». RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
^ Davies (2006), p. 2–3
^ «El Corpus del Español». corpusdelespanol.org. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
^ Davies (2006), pp. 4–6
^ Davies (2006), p. 4
^ Davies (2006), pp. 12–14
^ «Top Spanish Vocabulary». Vistawide World Languages & Cultures. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
^ Davies (2006), p. 9

References[edit]

Davies, Mark (2006). A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish: Core Vocabulary for Learners. Routledge. OCLC 300359892.

External links[edit]

Cardellino, Cristian (March 2016). «Spanish Billion Words Corpus and Embeddings». crscardellino.github.io. Cristian Cardellino.

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Do you know how many words are there in Spanish?

Generally speaking, nearly one million.

So many words are not easy to memorize, let alone properly used. Most of them you won’t even need at all in everyday conversations.

According to researchers, people use only around 10% to 20% of words in their day to day life.

So, if you want to learn Spanish faster, the best solution is learning the most common Spanish words.

Now, let’s see which are the most common Spanish words that can help you learn the language faster, and participate in different conversations.

1000 Most Common Spanish Words

Studies have shown that learning 1,000 words that are used frequently covers around 88% of the vocabulary. Here, we mean words that are used every day.

Basic Spanish words are vital for every Spanish student.

If you expand your vocabulary to 2,000 most common words in Spanish, then you have 92.7% of the everyday vocabulary covered.

Who would think that with only 1,000 or 2,000 words, you would be able to speak about everyday topics?

In the following lines, find the list of most common words in Spanish, more than 100 of them. But if you wish to reach your goal of 1,000 words, you can find them
HERE.

Most Common Spanish Nouns And Pronouns

Nouns are, literally, the basics when learning a language. The good thing about nouns is that they are mostly easy to memorize and recall them when you need them.

Below, we’ve listed some of the most common Spanish nouns as well as pronouns.

Nouns

Spanish	English
el año	year
el caso	case
el día	day
el hecho	fact
el mundo	world
el estado	state
el gobierno	government
el hombre	man
el momento	moment
el país	country
el tiempo	time, weather
el trabajo	work
los años	years
la casa	house
la parte	part
la vez	time (una vez- once)
la vida	life
las cosas	things
España	Spain
los días	days
la política	policy, politics
las veces	times
la gente	people
el lugar	place
el ejemplo	example
las personas	people
la mujer	woman

Pronouns

Spanish	English
se	himself, herself, itself, yourself, yourselves, themselves each other
Yo	I
tu	you
él	he, him
ella	She, her
usted	You
nosotros, nosotras	we
ellos, elas	they
lo	It, that
me	(to) me
te	(to) you
nos	(to) us, ourselves
le	(to) him, her, you
su	his, her, your
sus	his, her, your, their
nada	nothing
algo	something

Common Spanish Adjectives

The world is not only black and white. Adjectives give color to our world.

Let’s admit that without adjectives, we can’t say or describe not even one single thing.

So, naturally, you need to know some of the most common Spanish adjectives to be able to explain your thoughts in a higher way.

Spanish	English
este	this
todo	all
esta	this
todos	all, everyone
ese	that
mismo	same
otro	other, another
esa	that
bueno	good
otra	other, another
tanto	so much
otros	other, others
poco	little (not much)
mucho	much
gran	great, big
estos	these
general	general
todas	all, everyone
mayor	bigger, older
mejor	better
toda	all
tal	such
otras	other, others
estas	these
primera	first
algunos	some

Most Used Spanish Verbs

No matter how many nouns or adjectives you know, if you don’t learn verbs, it’s all in vain.

Without a verb, there is no sentence.

Luckily for you, below you can find some of the most common verbs. Take a look and start memorizing.

Spanish	English
es	is, are
ha	has, have
son	are
está	is, are
hay	there is, there are
ser	to be
era	was, were
había	there was, there were
tiene	has, have
fue	was. were
puede	can
pueden	can
han	have
hacer	to make, to do
hace	make(s), do(es)
decir	to say
va	go(es)
estaba	was, were
sea	(might) be
ver	to see
están	are
sido	been
dijo	said
he	I have
tienen	have
tener	to have
tenía	had
creo	I believe
dice	says, say
vamos	we go, we are going
parece	seems, seem
poder	to be able to

Let’s Not Forget About Spanish Adverbs and Prepositions

Like adjectives, adverbs and prepositions also help you in a way that neither a noun or a verb can.

They can explain the things you have in mind better.

Here are some of the most commonly used adverbs and prepositions:

Adverbs

Spanish	English
no	no, not
sí	yes
más	more
también	also
muy	very
ya	already, now, soon
así	so, like this, like that
bien	well
ahora	now
siempre	always
solo (solamente)	only
tan	so
entonces	then
después	after, later
menos	less
aquí	here
antes	before, earlier
hoy	today
luego	then, later
casi	almost
nunca	never
además	besides, in addition

Prepositions

Spanish	English
en	in, on, into
con	with
por	through, for (means), along, by
para	in order to, for (ends)
sin	without
sobre	about, above, on top of
hasta	until
entre	between, among
desde	from, since
durante	during, for (time)
contra	against
hacia	toward
según	according to

What About The Spanish Conjunctions?

Adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions give colors to your thoughts and descriptions, while nouns and verbs are the basic.

But what about the
conjunctions?

They are an essential part of one language as well. Thanks to conjunctions, not only can we make longer sentences but can explain something with more details.

In the following lines, you can find some of the most frequently used conjunctions.

Spanish	English
y	and
o	or
como	as, like
que	that, who, which, than
si	if
porque	because
cuando	when
ni	nor, neither
donde	where
aunque	although, even though
sino	but, except
mientras	while

Final Thoughts

Now you have the most common words in Spanish in one place.

We are all different, which means that the way you learn a language might not suit someone else. So,
the best way to learn Spanish words is to find out which method suits you.

But don’t forget that practice makes the most of it. So, don’t wait any longer and start practicing with
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Remember that small steps will take you to your
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Common Spanish Nouns
Common Spanish Verbs
Common Spanish Words for People and Animals
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Most Common Spanish Words

There are certain Spanish words that you will hear pretty much everyday. Here are ten of the most common Spanish words.

Hola — hello
Adiós — bye
Sí — yes
No — no
Por favor — please
Gracias — thank you
Lo siento — I’m sorry
Perdón — sorry/excuse me
¿Cómo estás? — how are you?
De nada — you’re welcome

Common Spanish Greetings and Conversational Phrases

If you want to start a conversation, you need to know how to greet someone properly. Then you’ll need to whip out some phrases that allow for basic communication in any situation. Learn these essentials phrases to speak with friends as well as strangers!

Buenos días — good morning
Buenas tardes — good afternoon
Buenas noches — good night
¿Cómo te llamas? — what’s your name?
Me llamo… — my name is…
¿Qué tal? — how are you?/how’s it going?
¿Cómo te va? — how’s it going?
¿Qué pasa? — what’s up?
¿Cómo está usted? — how are you? (formal)
Bien, gracias — fine, thank you
¿Y tú? — and you?
Estoy buscando… — I’m looking for…
¿Qué haces? — what are you doing?
¿Te gusta…? — do you like…?

Common Spanish Nouns

Nouns identify people, places or things. They’re some of the most basic words and are used in nearly every sentence—so get to know a few of the most common ones!

La casa — the house
La mesa — the table
La ventana — the window
La silla — the chair
La puerta — the door
El reloj — the clock/watch
El piso — the floor
El coche /El carro — the car
La calle — the street
La tienda — the store
La biblioteca — the library
El libro — the book
La playa — the beach
La montaña — the mountain
La iglesia — the church
El museo — the museum
La universidad — the university
El aeropuerto — the airport
La nariz — the nose
Los ojos — the eyes
La boca — the mouth
La cabeza — the head
El brazo — the arm
La pierna — the leg
La mano — the hand
El pie — the foot

Common Spanish Verbs

Verbs describe actions and are essential words when speaking any language. Of course, you’ll need to learn all their conjugations, but when memorizing new verbs it’s always best to learn the infinitive.

Abrir — to open
Ayudar — to help
Bailar — to dance
Cambiar — to change
Caminar — to walk
Cantar — to sing
Comenzar — to begin
Contar — to count/tell
Comprar — to buy
Correr — to run
Creer — to think/believe
Dar — to give
Deber — to have to
Decir — to say
Entender — to understand
Estar — to be
Estudiar — to study
Gustar — to like
Haber — to have
Hablar — to speak/talk
Hacer — to do/make
Ir — to go
Jugar — to play
Llamar — to call
Pagar — to pay
Partir — to leave/divide
Pedir — to ask for
Poder — to be able to
Poner — to put
Preguntar — to ask
Querer — to want
Saber — to know
Ser — to be
Tener — to have
Viajar — to travel
Visitar — to visit
Vivir — to live

Common Spanish Words for People and Animals

Of course you’ll probably need to know some words to describe people and animals, since those are things you’ll also probably encounter every day!

La persona — the person
El hombre — the man
La mujer — the woman
El niño — the boy
La niña — the girl
La familia — the family
El esposo — the husband
La esposa — the wife
El padre — the father
La madre — the mother
El hijo — the son
La hija — the daughter
El hermano – the brother
La hermana – the sister
El abuelo — the grandfather
La abuela — the grandmother
El tío — the uncle
La tía — the aunt
El primo — the cousin (m)
La prima — the cousin (f)
La mascota — the pet
El gato — the cat (m)
La gata — the cat (f)
El perro — the dog (m)
La perra — the dog (f)
El pájaro — the bird

Common Spanish Words Related to Food

Food is a big part of Spanish culture, so here are the essential words for you to order your favorite meal!

La comida — the food
La bebida — the drink
El pan — the bread
El huevo — the egg
La fruta — the fruit
La verdura — the vegetable
El arroz — the rice
El frijol — the bean
La carne — the meat
La papa /La patata — the potato
El café — the coffee
El té — the tea
El vino — the wine
La cerveza — the beer
La leche — the milk
El agua — the water
El jugo /El zumo – the juice
El desayuno — breakfast
El almuerzo — lunch
La cena — dinner
El restaurante — the restaurant

Spanish Question Words

Asking questions is an important part of speaking any language. These are the words you need to ask questions in Spanish:

¿Cómo? — how?
¿Cuál? — which?
¿Cuándo? — when?
¿Dónde? — where?
¿Por qué? — why?
¿Qué? — what?
¿Quién? — who?

Easy Spanish Words (Spanish-English Cognates!)

Cognates are words that have the same origin or root word. There are hundreds of Spanish and English cognates, but start with learning these as an excellent way to effortlessly increase your vocabulary!

Tren — train
Necesario — necessary
Ordinario — ordinary
Público — public
Minuto — minute
Acción — action
Nación — nation
Organización – organization
Tradicional — traditional
Posible — possible
Básico — basic

More Resources to Learn Spanish Vocabulary

Common Spanish words open doors by facilitating communication. The more common vocabulary you know, the better off you’ll be.

This list is a great spot to start building your foundational vocabulary, but there are tons of great resources out there that can get you learning and practicing even more common Spanish words!

Here are some of the best resources to find more common Spanish vocabulary words to add to your word bank and build your core vocabulary!

1000MostCommonWords

This site contains a comprehensive list of 1,000 useful Spanish words that cover a wide variety of topics.

If your intent is to grow your vocabulary and add common words to your skillset, then this is a super great resource.

FluentU

FluentU is all about learning Spanish through authentic videos that native speakers would watch.

The language learning program takes short Spanish clips from movies, TV shows, news segments and more and adds tools to help you learn the language as it’s actually used.

Each video comes with interactive subtitles that allow you to see information about different vocabulary words (such as the contextual definition and pronunciation information) in real time. There are also review tools built into the app, such as a video-based dictionary, quizzes and personalized flashcards.

SpanishVocabulary.ca

This vocabulary resource provides several lists divided into topics with some of the most common Spanish words.

Whether you’re honing your skills on greetings, body parts, shopping lingo or a number of other subjects, all of the applicable vocabulary is pre-sorted and labeled.

The website’s interface is very simple, so it’s easy to navigate and find vocabulary about whatever you want.

EnglishnSpanish.com

This resource has 1,000 common Spanish words and is more interactive than just a list of vocabulary.

The words and translations are divided into lists of 20 random words alphabetically sorted.

At the end of each list, learners are given the opportunity to take a quiz on what they’ve just learned. Each quiz asks learners to choose the correct translation of a word, so it’s a pretty straightforward, speedy process.

Quizzing yourself is a great method for gauging retention of these common words.

Now that you have over 140 more words in your core Spanish vocabulary, you have a good basis for most conversations.

Keep learning words and building that foundation!

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June 16, 2021
A1 Level Spanish Resources, Spanish

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Have you been looking to improve your conversational skills and effectively tackle a lot of new vocabulary? Check out our post on the 1000 Most Common Spanish Words below.

When learning a new language the amount of vocabulary can be daunting. Have you heard people say things like: “We only use around 700 words when we talk?” This is true to some degree. The number of words to learn to speak a language really depends on your purpose. Remember that 300 to 600 words may be enough to travel, but at least 1000 words are necessary for a conversation. The most important thing is not knowing how many words you need to speak a language, but which words to know. Complete fluency is in the 10,000 word range. According to the economist: “Most adult native test-takers range from 20,000–35,000 words. Average native test-takers of age 8 already know 10,000 words. Average native test-takers of age 4 already know 5,000 words. Adult native test-takers learn almost 1 new word a day until middle age”

10,000 words. Wow. That does seem daunting when you are first starting out. But like anything new, you just have to start small and keep adding to it.

That’s why we wrote this blog article: which features the 1000 most frequently used Spanish words.

Why these 1000 words?

Let’s imagine that you just got a job as a bartender. Would you try to learn every cocktail known to man, or would you focus on the cocktails that are most popular in your area? We developed this list of words based on the idea of the 80/20 principle (the cornerstone of results-based living). This strategy developed by David Kock says “The 80/20 Principle asserts that a minority of causes, inputs or efforts usually lead to a majority of the results, outputs or rewards” So instead of learning 10,000 words in no particular order, learn the most common 100 words, then the most common 500 words, and then the most common 1000 words. If you want to check out this classic business book, you can order it here.

Other great ways to improve your vocabulary:

100 Most common Spanish Verbs
Watch Netflix in Original language with original language captions
Check out a great book like this: 2000 most frequently used Spanish words
Browse our list of the best Spanish text books
Do some quick daily exercises on DuoLingo or any other free language learning app
Take some private or group (fun) classes with us at Strømmen
Take a look free Spanish vocab and grammar materials on the blog for things like Spanish Slang, Tongue twisters, idioms and things like how to order tacos.
test your vocab knowledge with a fun quiz

Number	Spanish	in English
1	como	as
2	yo	I
3	su	his
4	que	that
5	él	he
6	era	was
7	para	for
8	en	on
9	son	are
10	con	with
11	ellos	they
12	ser	be
13	en	at
14	uno	one
15	tener	have
16	este	this
17	desde	from
18	por	by
19	caliente	hot
20	palabra	word
21	pero	but
22	qué	what
23	algunos	some
24	es	is
25	lo	it
26	usted	you
27	o	or
28	tenido	had
29	la	the
30	de	of
31	a	to
32	y	and
33	un	a
34	en	in
35	nos	we
36	lata	can
37	fuera	out
38	otros	other
39	eran	were
40	que	which
41	hacer	do
42	su	their
43	tiempo	time
44	si	if
45	lo hará	will
46	cómo	how
47	dicho	said
48	un	an
49	cada	each
50	decir	tell
51	hace	does
52	conjunto	set
53	tres	three
54	querer	want
55	aire	air
56	así	well
57	también	also
58	jugar	play
59	pequeño	small
60	fin	end
61	poner	put
62	casa	home
63	leer	read
64	mano	hand
65	puerto	port
66	grande	large
67	deletrear	spell
68	añadir	add
69	incluso	even
70	tierra	land
71	aquí	here
72	debe	must
73	grande	big
74	alto	high
75	tal	such
76	siga	follow
77	acto	act
78	por qué	why
79	preguntar	ask
80	hombres	men
81	cambio	change
82	se fue	went
83	luz	light
84	tipo	kind
85	fuera	off
86	necesitará	need
87	casa	house
88	imagen	picture
89	tratar	try
90	nosotros	us
91	de nuevo	again
92	animal	animal
93	punto	point
94	madre	mother
95	mundo	world
96	cerca	near
97	construir	build
98	auto	self
99	tierra	earth
100	padre	father
101	cualquier	any
102	nuevo	new
103	trabajo	work
104	parte	part
105	tomar	take
106	conseguir	get
107	lugar	place
108	hecho	made
109	vivir	live
110	donde	where
111	después	after
112	espalda	back
113	poco	little
114	sólo	only
115	ronda	round
116	hombre	man
117	años	year
118	vino	came
119	show	show
120	cada	every
121	buena	good
122	me	me
123	dar	give
124	nuestro	our
125	bajo	under
126	nombre	name
127	muy	very
128	a través de	through
129	sólo	just
130	forma	form
131	frase	sentence
132	gran	great
133	pensar	think
134	decir	say
135	ayudar	help
136	bajo	low
137	línea	line
138	ser distinto	differ
139	a su vez,	turn
140	causa	cause
141	mucho	much
142	significará	mean
143	antes	before
144	movimiento	move
145	derecho	right
146	niño	boy
147	viejo	old
148	demasiado	too
149	misma	same
150	ella	she
151	todo	all
152	hay	there
153	cuando	when
154	hasta	up
155	uso	use
156	su	your
157	camino	way
158	acerca	about
159	muchos	many
160	entonces	then
161	ellos	them
162	escribir	write
163	haría	would
164	como	like
165	así	so
166	éstos	these
167	su	her
168	largo	long
169	hacer	make
170	cosa	thing
171	ver	see
172	él	him
173	dos	two
174	tiene	has
175	buscar	look
176	más	more
177	día	day
178	podía	could
179	ir	go
180	venir	come
181	hizo	did
182	número	number
183	sonar	sound
184	no	no
185	más	most
186	personas	people
187	mi	my
188	sobre	over
189	saber	know
190	agua	water
191	que	than
192	llamada	call
193	primero	first
194	que	who
195	puede	may
196	abajo	down
197	lado	side
198	estado	been
199	ahora	now
200	encontrar	find
201	cabeza	head
202	de pie	stand
203	propio	own
204	página	page
205	debería	should
206	país	country
207	encontrado	found
208	respuesta	answer
209	escuela	school
210	crecer	grow
211	estudio	study
212	todavía	still
213	aprender	learn
214	planta	plant
215	cubierta	cover
216	alimentos	food
217	sol	sun
218	cuatro	four
219	entre	between
220	estado	state
221	mantener	keep
222	ojo	eye
223	nunca	never
224	último	last
225	dejar	let
226	pensado	thought
227	ciudad	city
228	árbol	tree
229	cruzar	cross
230	granja	farm
231	duro	hard
232	inicio	start
233	podría	might
234	historia	story
235	sierra	saw
236	ahora	far
237	mar	sea
238	dibujar	draw
239	izquierda	left
240	tarde	late
241	ejecutar	run
242	no	don’t
243	mientras	while
244	prensa	press
245	Cerrar	close
246	noche	night
247	reales	real
248	vida	life
249	pocos	few
250	norte	north
251	libro	book
252	llevar	carry
253	tomó	took
254	ciencia	science
255	comer	eat
256	habitación	room
257	amigo	friend
258	comenzó	began
259	gusta	idea
260	peces	fish
261	montaña	mountain
262	Deténgase	stop
263	una vez	once
264	base de	base
265	escuchar	hear
266	caballo	horse
267	cortada	cut
268	seguro	sure
269	ver	watch
270	colores	color
271	cara	face
272	madera	wood
273	principal	main
274	abierta	open
275	parecer	seem
276	juntos	together
277	próximo	next
278	blanco	white
279	niños	children
280	comenzar	begin
281	conseguido	got
282	caminar	walk
283	ejemplo	example
284	aliviar	ease
285	papel	paper
286	grupo	group
287	siempre	always
288	música	music
289	los	those
290	ambos	both
291	marca	mark
292	menudo	often
293	carta	letter
294	hasta	until
295	milla	mile
296	río	river
297	coche	car
298	pies	feet
299	cuidado	care
300	segundo	second
301	suficiente	enough
302	llano	plain
303	chica	girl
304	habitual	usual
305	joven	young
306	listo	ready
307	por encima de	above
308	nunca	ever
309	rojo	red
310	lista	list
311	aunque	though
312	sentir	feel
313	charla	talk
314	pájaro	bird
315	pronto	soon
316	cuerpo	body
317	perro	dog
318	familia	family
319	directa	direct
320	plantear	pose
321	dejar	leave
322	canción	song
323	medir	measure
324	puerta	door
325	producto	product
326	negro	black
327	corto	short
328	numeral	numeral
329	clase	class
330	viento	wind
331	pregunta	question
332	suceder	happen
333	completo	complete
334	buque	ship
335	zona	area
336	medio	half
337	roca	rock
338	orden	order
339	fuego	fire
340	sur	south
341	problema	problem
342	pieza	piece
343	dicho	told
344	sabía	knew
345	pasar	pass
346	desde	since
347	cima	top
348	todo	whole
349	rey	king
350	calle	street
351	pulgadas	inch
352	multiplicar	multiply
353	nada	nothing
354	curso	course
355	quedarse	stay
356	rueda	wheel
357	completo	full
358	fuerza	force
359	azul	blue
360	objeto	object
361	decidir	decide
362	superficie	surface
363	profunda	deep
364	luna	moon
365	isla	island
366	pie	foot
367	sistema	system
368	ocupado	busy
369	prueba	test
370	registro	record
371	barco	boat
372	común	common
373	oro	gold
374	posible	possible
375	plano	plane
376	lugar	stead
377	seco	dry
378	maravilla	wonder
379	risa	laugh
380	mil	thousand
381	hace	ago
382	corrió	ran
383	comprobar	check
384	juego	game
385	forma	shape
386	equiparar	equate
387	caliente	hot
388	señorita	miss
389	traído	brought
390	calor	heat
391	nieve	snow
392	neumáticos	tire
393	traer	bring
394	sí	yes
395	distante	distant
396	llenar	fill
397	al este	east
398	pintar	paint
399	idioma	language
400	entre	among
401	unidad	unit
402	potencia	power
403	ciudad	town
404	fina	fine
405	cierto	certain
406	volar	fly
407	caer	fall
408	conducir	lead
409	grito	cry
410	oscuro	dark
411	máquina	machine
412	nota	note
413	espere	wait
414	plan de	plan
415	figura	figure
416	estrella	star
417	caja	box
418	sustantivo	noun
419	campo	field
420	resto	rest
421	correcta	correct
422	capaz	able
423	libra	pound
424	hecho	done
425	belleza	beauty
426	unidad	drive
427	destacado	stood
428	contener	contain
429	delante	front
430	enseñar	teach
431	semana	week
432	último	final
433	dio	gave
434	verde	green
435	oh	oh
436	rápido	quick
437	desarrollar	develop
438	océano	ocean
439	caliente	warm
440	libre	free
441	minuto	minute
442	fuerte	strong
443	especial	special
444	mente	mind
445	detrás	behind
446	claro	clear
447	cola	tail
448	Produce	produce
449	hecho	fact
450	espacio	space
451	oído	heard
452	mejor	best
453	horas	hour
454	mejor	better
455	verdadero	true
456	durante	during
457	cien	hundred
458	cinco	five
459	recordar	remember
460	paso	step
461	temprana	early
462	mantenga	hold
463	oeste	west
464	suelo	ground
465	interés	interest
466	llegar	reach
467	rápido	fast
468	verbo	verb
469	cantar	sing
470	escuchar	listen
471	seis	six
472	mesa	table
473	viajes	travel
474	menos	less
475	mañana	morning
476	diez	ten
477	sencilla	simple
478	varios	several
479	vocal	vowel
480	hacia	toward
481	guerra	war
482	sentar	lay
483	contra	against
484	patrón	pattern
485	lenta	slow
486	centro	center
487	amar	love
488	persona	person
489	dinero	money
490	servir	serve
491	aparecerá	appear
492	carretera	road
493	mapa	map
494	lluvia	rain
495	regla	rule
496	gobernar	govern
497	Halar	pull
498	frío	cold
499	aviso	notice
500	voz	voice
501	energía	energy
502	caza	hunt
503	probable	probable
504	cama	bed
505	hermano	brother
506	huevo	egg
507	paseo	ride
508	celular	cell
509	creer	believe
510	quizás	perhaps
511	recoger	pick
512	repentina	sudden
513	contar	count
514	plaza	square
515	razón	reason
516	longitud	length
517	representar	represent
518	arte	art
519	sujeto	subject
520	región	region
521	tamaño	size
522	variar	vary
523	resolver	settle
524	hablar	speak
525	peso	weight
526	general	general
527	hielo	ice
528	materia	matter
529	círculo	circle
530	par	pair
531	incluir	include
532	brecha	divide
533	sílaba	syllable
534	sentido	felt
535	gran	grand
536	bola	ball
537	aún	yet
538	ola	wave
539	caer	drop
540	corazón	heart
541	am	am
542	presente	present
543	pesada	heavy
544	danza	dance
545	motor	engine
546	posición	position
547	brazo	arm
548	amplio	wide
549	vela	sail
550	materiales	material
551	fracción	fraction
552	bosque	forest
553	sentarse	sit
554	carrera	race
555	ventana	window
556	tienda	store
557	verano	summer
558	tren	train
559	sueño	sleep
560	demostrar	prove
561	solitario	lone
562	pierna	leg
563	ejercicio	exercise
564	pared	wall
565	capturas	catch
566	monte	mount
567	desear	wish
568	cielo	sky
569	bordo	board
570	alegría	joy
571	invierno	winter
572	satélite	sat
573	escrito	written
574	salvaje	wild
575	instrumento	instrument
576	guardado	kept
577	vidrio	glass
578	hierba	grass
579	vaca	cow
580	trabajo	job
581	borde	edge
582	signo	sign
583	visita	visit
584	pasado	past
585	suave	soft
586	diversión	fun
587	brillante	bright
588	gas	gas
589	tiempo	weather
590	mes	month
591	millones	million
592	soportar	bear
593	acabado	finish
594	feliz	happy
595	esperanza	hope
596	flor	flower
597	vestir	clothe
598	extraño	strange
599	se ha ido	gone
600	comercio	trade
601	melodía	melody
602	viaje	trip
603	oficina	office
604	recibir	receive
605	fila	row
606	boca	mouth
607	exacta	exact
608	símbolo	symbol
609	morir	die
610	menos	least
611	problema	trouble
612	grito	shout
613	excepto	except
614	escribió	wrote
615	semilla	seed
616	tono	tone
617	unirse	join
618	sugerir	suggest
619	limpia	clean
620	rotura	break
621	dama	lady
622	patio	yard
623	aumentando	rise
624	mal	bad
625	golpe	blow
626	aceite	oil
627	sangre	blood
628	tocar	touch
629	creció	grew
630	ciento	cent
631	mezclar	mix
632	equipo	team
633	alambre	wire
634	costo	cost
635	perdido	lost
636	marrón	brown
637	desgaste	wear
638	jardín	garden
639	igual	equal
640	enviado	sent
641	elegir	choose
642	cayó	fell
643	encajar	fit
644	fluir	flow
645	justo	fair
646	banco	bank
647	recoger	collect
648	guardar	save
649	el control	control
650	decimal	decimal
651	oído	ear
652	demás	else
653	bastante	quite
654	rompió	broke
655	caso	case
656	medio	middle
657	matar	kill
658	hijo	son
659	lago	lake
660	momento	moment
661	escala	scale
662	fuerte	loud
663	primavera	spring
664	observar	observe
665	niño	child
666	recta	straight
667	consonante	consonant
668	nación	nation
669	diccionario	dictionary
670	leche	milk
671	velocidad	speed
672	método	method
673	órgano	organ
674	pagar	pay
675	edad	age
676	sección	section
677	vestido	dress
678	nube	cloud
679	sorpresa	surprise
680	tranquila	quiet
681	piedra	stone
682	pequeño	tiny
683	ascenso	climb
684	fresco	cool
685	diseño	design
686	pobre	poor
687	mucho	lot
688	experimento	experiment
689	inferior	bottom
690	clave	key
691	hierro	iron
692	sola	single
693	palillo	stick
694	plana	flat
695	veinte	twenty
696	piel	skin
697	sonrisa	smile
698	pliegue	crease
699	agujero	hole
700	saltar	jump
701	bebé	baby
702	ocho	eight
703	pueblo	village
704	se reúnen	meet
705	raíz	root
706	comprar	buy
707	aumentar	raise
708	resolver	solve
709	de metal	metal
710	si	whether
711	empujar	push
712	siete	seven
713	párrafo	paragraph
714	tercero	third
715	deberá	shall
716	en espera	held
717	pelo	hair
718	describir	describe
719	cocinero	cook
720	piso	floor
721	ya sea	either
722	resultado	result
723	quemar	burn
724	colina	hill
725	seguro	safe
726	gato	cat
727	siglo	century
728	considerar	consider
729	tipo	type
730	ley	law
731	bit	bit
732	costa	coast
733	copia	copy
734	frase	phrase
735	silencio	silent
736	de altura	tall
737	arena	sand
738	suelo	soil
739	rollo	roll
740	temperatura	temperature
741	dedo	finger
742	industria	industry
743	valor	value
744	lucha	fight
745	mentira	lie
746	batir	beat
747	excitar	excite
748	naturales	natural
749	vista	view
750	sentido	sense
751	de capital	capital
752	no lo hará	won’t
753	silla	chair
754	peligro	danger
755	fruta	fruit
756	rica	rich
757	de espesor	thick
758	soldado	soldier
759	proceso	process
760	operar	operate
761	práctica	practice
762	separada	separate
763	difícil	difficult
764	médico	doctor
765	por favor	please
766	proteger	protect
767	mediodía	noon
768	de cultivos	crop
769	moderno	modern
770	elemento	element
771	golpear	hit
772	estudiante	student
773	esquina	corner
774	partido	party
775	suministro	supply
776	cuya	whose
777	localizar	locate
778	anillo	ring
779	carácter	character
780	insecto	insect
781	capturado	caught
782	período	period
783	indicar	indicate
784	Radio	radio
785	habló	spoke
786	átomo	atom
787	humana	human
788	historia	history
789	efecto	effect
790	eléctrica	electric
791	esperar	expect
792	hueso	bone
793	ferrocarril	rail
794	imaginar	imagine
795	proporcionar	provide
796	acuerdo	agree
797	por tanto,	thus
798	suave	gentle
799	mujer	woman
800	capitán	captain
801	adivinar	guess
802	necesario	necessary
803	agudo	sharp
804	ala	wing
805	crear	create
806	vecino	neighbor
807	lavado	wash
808	bate	bat
809	más bien	rather
810	multitud	crowd
811	maíz	corn
812	comparar	compare
813	poema	poem
814	cadena	string
815	campana	bell
816	dependerá	depend
817	carne	meat
818	frotar	rub
819	tubo	tube
820	famoso	famous
921	dólar	dollar
822	corriente	stream
823	miedo	fear
284	vista	sight
825	delgado	thin
826	triángulo	triangle
827	planeta	planet
828	prisa	hurry
829	jefe	chief
830	colonia	colony
831	reloj	clock
832	mina	mine
833	empate	tie
834	entrar	enter
835	importante	major
836	fresco	fresh
837	búsqueda	search
838	enviar	send
839	amarillo	yellow
840	pistola	gun
841	permitir	allow
842	print	print
843	muerto	dead
844	lugar	spot
845	desierto	desert
846	traje	suit
847	actual	current
848	ascensor	lift
840	rosa	rose
850	llegar	arrive
851	master	master
852	pista	track
853	padre	parent
854	orilla	shore
855	división	division
856	hoja	sheet
857	sustancia	substance
858	favorecer	favor
859	conectar	connect
860	mensaje	post
861	pasar	spend
862	acorde	chord
863	grasa	fat
864	contento	glad
865	originales	original
866	cuota	share
867	estación	station
868	papá	dad
869	pan	bread
870	cobrar	charge
871	adecuada	proper
872	barra	bar
873	oferta	offer
874	segmento	segment
875	esclavo	slave
876	pato	duck
877	instantánea	instant
878	mercado	market
879	grado	degree
880	poblar	populate
881	polluelo	chick
882	querido	dear
883	enemigo	enemy
884	responder	reply
885	bebida	drink
886	producirse	occur
887	apoyo	support
888	discurso	speech
889	naturaleza	nature
890	alcance	range
891	vapor	steam
892	movimiento	motion
893	camino	path
894	líquido	liquid
895	log	log
896	significado	meant
897	cociente	quotient
898	dientes	teeth
899	concha	shell
900	cuello	neck
901	oxígeno	oxygen
902	azúcar	sugar
903	muerte	death
904	bastante	pretty
905	habilidad	skill
906	mujeres	women
907	temporada	season
908	solución	solution
909	imán	magnet
910	plata	silver
911	gracias	thank
912	rama	branch
913	partido	match
914	sufijo	suffix
915	especialmente	especially
916	higo	fig
917	miedo	afraid
918	enorme	huge
919	hermana	sister
920	acero	steel
921	discutir	discuss
922	adelante	forward
923	similar	similar
924	guiar	guide
925	experiencia	experience
926	puntuación	score
927	manzana	apple
928	comprado	bought
929	llevado	led
930	pitch	pitch
931	abrigo	coat
932	masa	mass
933	tarjeta	card
934	banda	band
935	cuerda	rope
936	deslizamiento	slip
937	ganar	win
938	soñar	dream
939	noche	evening
940	condición	condition
941	pienso	feed
942	herramienta	tool
943	totales	total
944	básico	basic
945	olor	smell
946	valle	valley
947	ni	nor
948	doble	double
949	asiento	seat
950	continuar	continue
951	bloque	block
952	tabla	chart
953	sombrero	hat
954	vender	sell
955	éxito	success
956	empresa	company
957	restar	subtract
958	evento	event
959	particular,	particular
960	acuerdo	deal
961	nadar	swim
962	plazo	term
963	opuesta	opposite
964	esposa	wife
965	zapato	shoe
966	hombro	shoulder
967	propagación	spread
968	organizar	arrange
969	campamento	camp
970	inventar	invent
971	algodón	cotton
972	nacido	born
973	determinar	determine
974	cuarto de galón	quart
975	nueve	nine
976	camión	truck
977	ruido	noise
978	nivel	level
979	oportunidad	chance
980	reunir	gather
981	tienda	shop
982	tramo	stretch
983	lanzar	throw
984	brillo	shine
985	propiedad	property
986	columna	column
987	molécula	molecule
988	seleccionar	select
989	mal	wrong
990	gris	gray
991	repita	repeat
992	exigir	require
993	amplio	broad
994	preparar	prepare
995	sal	salt
996	nariz	nose
997	plurales	plural
998	cólera	anger
999	reclamación	claim
1000	continente	continent

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1. este – this

2. ser – to be

3. a – to

4. de – of/from

5. y – and

6. uno – one/a

7. en – in

8. ese – that

9. tener

10. y – and

11. eso – that

12. por – for

13. no – not

14. sobre – about/above

15. con – with

16. él – he

17. como – as

18. tú – you

19. hacer – to do

20. para – for

21. esto – this

22. pero – but

23. su – his

24. vez – time (e.g.”one time)

25. algo – something

26. ellos – they

27. nosotros – we

28. decor – say

29. su – her

30. ella – she

31. o – or

32. un – an

33. will

34. mi – my

35. uno – one

36. todo – all

37. would

38. alli – there

39. su – their

40. que – what

41. asi – so

42. up

43. pero – out

44. si – if

45. sobre – about

46. quien – who

47. obtener – get

48. qual – which

49. ir – go

50. me – me

51. cuando – when

52. hacer – make

53. poder – can

54. gustar – like

55. tiempo – time

56. no – no

57. justo – just

58. le – him

59. saber – know

60. tomar – take

61. la gente – people

62. into

63. year

64. tu – your

65. bueno – good

66. un poco – some

67. pude – could

68. os – them

69. ver – see

70. otro – other

71. que – than

72. entonces – then

73. ahora – now

74. mirar – look

75. solo – only

76. venir – come

77. su – its

78. sobre – over

79. pensaee think

80. also

81. back

82. after

83. use

84. two

85. how

86. our

87. work

88. first

89. well

90. way

91. even

92. new

93. want

94. because

95. any

96. these

97. give

98. day

99. most

100. us

100 most common Spanish verbs

ser – to be
tener – have
hacer – to do
decir – to say
ir – to go
poder – can
obtener – to get
hacer – to make
saber – to know
pensar – to think
tomar – to take
ver – to see
venir – to come
querer – to want
mirar – to look
usar – to use
encontrar – to find
dar – to give
contar – to tell
trabajar – to work
probar – to try
ocurrir – to happen
comprar – to buy
dormir – to sleep
despertarse – to wake up

llamar – call
trarar – try
preguntar – to ask
necesitar -need
sentir – to feel
volverse – to become
dejar – to leave
poner – put
significar – to mean
manterner – to keep
dejar – to let
empezar – to begin
parecer – to seem
ayudar – to help
hablar – to talk
girar – to turn
comenzar – to start
mostrar – to show
oir – to hear
jugar – to play
correr – to run
mover – to move
gustar – to like
vivir – to live
leer – to read

creer – to believe
sostener – to hold
traer – to bring
llevar – to bring
suceder – to happen
deber – must
escribir – to write
proveer – to provide
sentar – to sit
estar de pie – to stand
perder – to lose
pagar – to pay
encontrar – to meet
incluir – to include
consinuar – to continue
aprender – to learn
cambiar – to change
liderar – to lead
comprender – understand
entender – to understand
mirar – to watch
seguir – to follow
parar -to stop
crear – to create
hablar – to speak

dejar – to allow
añadir – to add
agregar – to add
gastar – to spend
crecer – to grow
abrir – to open
caminar – to walk
ganar – to win
ofrecer – to offer
rcordar – to remember
amar – to love
considerar – to consider
aparecer – to appear
esperar – to wait
servir – to serve
morir – to die
mandar – to send
expectar – to expect
construir – to build
quedarse – to stay
caer – to fall
cortar – to cut
lograr – to reach
matar – to kill
permanecer – to remain

100 most common Spanish nouns

1. tiempo – time

2. año – year

3. la gente – people

4. camino – way

5. día – day

6. hombre – man

7. cosa – thing

8. mujer – woman

9. vida – life

10. niño – child

11. mundo world

12. escuela – school

13. estado – state

14. familia – family

15. estudiante – student

16. grupo – group

17. país – country

18. problema – problem

19. mano – hand

20. parte – part

21. lugar – place

22. caso – case

23. semana – week

24. empreza – company

25. sistema – system

26. programa – program

27. pregunta – question

28. trabajo – work

29. gobierno – government

30. numero – number

31. noche – night

32. punto – point

33. casa – home

34. agua – water

35. habitación – room

36. madre – mother

37. zona – area

38. dinero – money

39. historia – story

40. hecho – fact

41. mes – month

42. mucho – a lot

43. derecho – right

44. estudio – study

45. libro – book

46. ocho – eye

47. trabajo – job

48. palabra – word

49. negocio – business

50. problema – issue

51. lado – side

52. tipo – kind

53. cabeza – head

54. casa – house

55. servicio – service

56. amigo – friend

57. padre – father

58. poder – power

59. hora – hour

60. juego – game

61. línea – line

62. fin – end

63. miembro – member

64. ley – law

65. сoche – car

66. ciudad – city

67. comunidad – community

68. nombre – name

69. presidente – president

70. equipo – team

71. minuto – minute

72. idea – idea

73. niño – kid

74. cuerpo – body

75. información – information

76. espalda – back (body)

77. padre – parent

78. cara – face

79. otros – others

80. nivel – level

81. oficina – office

82. puerta – door

83. salud – health

84. person – person

85. arte – art

86. guerra – war

87. historia – history

88. fiesta – party

89. resultado – result

90. cambio – change

91. mañana – morning

92. razón – reason

93. investigación – research

94. chica – girl

95. chico – guy

96. momento – moment

97. aire – air

98. maestro – teacher

99. fuerza force

100. educación – education

100 most common Spanish adjectives

1. otro – other

2. nuevo – new

3. bueno – good

4. alto – high

5. viejo – old

6. exelente/grande – great

7. grande – big

8. Americano – American

9. pequño – small

10. grande – large

11. nacional – national

12. joven – young

13. diferente – different

14. negro – black

15. largo – long

16. pequeño – little

17. importante – important

18. politico – political

19. malo – bad

20. blanco – white

21. real – real

22. mejor – best

23. derecho – right

24. social – social

25. solo – only

26. publico – public

27. seguro – sure

28. bajo – low

29. temprano – early

30. capaz – able

31. humano – human

32. local – local

33. tarde – late

34. difícil – hard

35. mayor – major

36. mejor – better

37. economico – economic

38. fuerte – strong

39. posible – possible

40. entero – whole

41. gratis – free

42. militar – military

43. verdadero – true

44. federal – federal

45. internacional – international

46. lleno – full

47. especial – special

48. fácil – easy

49. claro – clear

50. reciente – recent

51. cierto – certain

52. personal – personal

53. abierto – open

54. rojo – red

55. difícil – difficult

56. disponible – available

57. probable – likely

58. corto – short

59. soltero – single

60. medical – medical

61. actual – current

62. incorrecto – wrong

63. privado – private

64. pasado – past

65. exterior – foreign

66. fino – fine

67. común – common

68. pobre – poor

69. natural – natural

70. signicativo – significant

71. similar – similar

72. caliente – hot

73. muerto – dead

74. central – central

75. feliz – happy

76. serio – serious

77. listo – ready

78. simple – simple

79. izquierdo – left

80. físico – physical

81. general – general

82. ambiental – environmental

83. financiero – financial

84. azul – blue

85. democratico – democratic

86. oscuro – dark

87. vario – various

88. entero – entire

89. cercano – close

90. legal – legal

91. religioso – religious

92. frío – cold

93. final – final

94. principal – main

95. verde – green

96. agradable – nice

97. enorme – huge

98. popular – popular

99. tradicional – traditional

100. cultural – cultural

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Real Academia Española[edit]

Mark Davies[edit]

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1000 Most Common Spanish Words

Most Common Spanish Nouns And Pronouns

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Common Spanish Adjectives

Most Used Spanish Verbs

Let’s Not Forget About Spanish Adverbs and Prepositions

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What About The Spanish Conjunctions?

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Common Spanish Nouns

Common Spanish Verbs

Common Spanish Words for People and Animals

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