Spanish dictionary
Most common words
1de
of; 's; used after the thing owned and before the owner; from (with the source or provenance of or at); of (expressing composition, substance); about (concerning; with regard to); of; from (indicating cause); of (indicates a quality or characteristic); from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at); of (indicates the subject or cause of the adjective); from (with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of); than (in certain phrases); …
Preposition
2el
masculine singular definite article; the; feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed /a/
Article
3que
that; than; indicates reason; because, for; used to form sentences with an optative meaning; may; indicates emphasis or repetitive answer
Conjunction
5en
in, at, on; in (a time); in (a language); used after some verbs and translated by various prepositions in English; in (in various expressions)
Preposition
7a
to; by; at; Used before words referring to people, pets, or personified objects or places that function as direct objects: personal a.
Preposition
8ser
to be (essentially or identified as); to be (in the passive voice sense); to exist; to occur
Verb
11él
he, him, masculine personal third person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions); it, masculine non-personal third-person subject and disjunctive pronoun (usually used after prepositions to refer to masculine nouns)
Pronoun
16ella
she, her (used subjectively and after prepositions); it (used subjectively and after prepositions to refer to feminine nouns)
Pronoun
17para
for, to (expressing a recipient); to, in order to, so, for (expressing the intended purpose of an action); by, due, due on, due by (expressing a deadline); for (expressing contrast from what is expected); for, to, in one's opinion, as far as one is concerned (expressing an opinion, perception or perspective); for (expressing using one's efforts for a group or an authority figure such as a sports team or a company/boss); come (used to indicate a point in time at or after which a stated event or situation occurs); toward (indicates direction); to (indicates destination)
Preposition
19estar
to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space); to be present; to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion); to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb); to be in a state (in a passive voice sense); to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion); to be (still); to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms)
Verb
20se
A reflexive or reciprocal pronoun: oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; themselves; yourselves; each other; one another; A pronoun used with transitive verbs to create the passive voice; A pronoun used with a verb conjugated in the third-person singular to convey an impersonal meaning; Used to third person subjunctive moods to form an impersonal imperative.; used instead of indirect object pronouns le and les before the direct object pronouns lo, la, los, or las
Pronoun
21saber
to know, to understand (a fact); to know how to do something; to find out, to learn; to taste (i.e. have a flavour); to realize, to know (i.e. recognize); to tell, to know (i.e. to discern or distinguish if something is the case); to figure out; to hear from; to hear of, to hear about; to learn, to find out, to know; …
Verb
22tener
to have; to possess; to have; to possess; to be (a condition or quality); to hold; to grasp; to contain; to hold (e.g. to "hold the power to", "hold the key", "hold a clue", "hold the truth", "have a hold on", "hold in store", "hold all the cards", "hold in high regard", etc.); to have; to feel (internally); to make to feel; to have (a measure or age); to have to; do not have to; must not; …
Verb
24hacer
to do, perform, execute, carry out; Forms ad hoc verbs from borrowed nouns.; to make; to create, to build, to bring forth; to write, to compose; to prepare (food); in various expressions about the weather; to release, to excrete; to prep, adorn, do (a body part); to make, to cause to be; …
Verb
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