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First words: what children learn to say first

370 words, in teaching order

Words 101–200
caliente
hot, warm (emitting heat or warmth); hot (close to finding or guessing something); horny (sexually aroused)
Adjective
cuchara
spoon; cunt; heart
Noun
diente
tooth; tooth, cog (sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement); clove (of garlic)
Noun
peine
comb
Noun
mosca
fly (any insect of the order Diptera); fly (boxing class); digital on-screen graphic
Noun
flor
flower (structure in angiosperms); bloom, blossom (an expanded bud); prime, pick; virginity; compliment, flattery; A globular buildup of carbon on the end of a wick.; showerhead; Something excellent, magnificent, beautiful; gay man; end of a split end
Noun
frijol
bean, bean seed; bean plant
Noun
botón
button (clothing, mechanical); key (on a musical instrument); bud (newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded); button (blunted tip of a foil); cop
Noun
soda
parts of certain plants high in mineral salts the ashes in particular of which were used in glassmaking; soda (soft drink); soda (sodium hydroxide); eatery; cheap, casual restaurant
Noun
refresco
refreshment; cold drink; soda, soft drink
Noun
pantalón
trousers, pants, shorts
Noun
frío
cold, coldness (a condition of low temperature)
Noun
juguete
toy (something to play with)
Noun
jugar
to play; to risk, take a chance; to play (an instrument)
Verb
cuna
cradle, crib; homeland; lineage, family, heritage; origin, beginning
Noun
muñeca
wrist
Noun
escoba
broom (domestic utensil); Spanish broom, broom (bush of the genus Retama)
Noun
por
by; for (indicates something given in an exchange); through, out, via (indicating movement); across (indicating movement); about; due to, because of, for, for the sake of, out of (to express cause or motive); over; times, by, multiplied by; according to, for, regarding (to express opinion or something concerning someone); via, through, by (indicating the means of something); …
Preposition
favor
favor/favour
Noun
bolsa
bag; coin purse; purse, handbag; stock exchange; pouch (of marsupials); pocket (in clothing); testicle, ball; sock
Noun
caer
to fall (to move to a lower position due to gravity); to fall (to come down, to drop, to descend); to fall down, to collapse (to fall to the ground); to fall out (to come out of something by falling); to fall into, to fall for; to be ensnared by; to fall into (to enter a negative state); to fall, to collapse (to be overthrown or defeated); to get (to understand); to be granted, awarded, or given (potentially by chance); to fall under (to belong to for purposes of categorization); …
Verb
bailar
to dance; to dribble (the ball)
Verb
foto
photo, photograph
Noun
pájaro
bird, especially a perching bird; homosexual; penis; person of questionable or shady character, or involved in dubious affairs
Noun
taza
cup, mug; toilet bowl
Noun
queso
cheese; foot; sexual desire; nosy, intrusive
Noun
qué
what
Pronoun
tú
you (second-person singular pronoun)
Pronoun
bicicleta
bicycle, pushbike, cycle; step over, pedalada (a dribbling move, or feint, in football (soccer), used to fool a defensive player into thinking the offensive player, in possession of the ball, is going to move in a direction he does not intend to move in); bicycle; diarrhea
Noun
de
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
cobijar
to cover; to shelter; to protect; to take refuge
Verb
café
coffee; cafe, coffee shop; brown
Noun
árbol
tree (perennial woody plant); tree (any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree); tree (any structure or construct having branches representing divergence or possible choices); mast (tall, slim post or tower used to support the sails on a ship)
Noun
arriba
above, over; up; uphill; upstream; upstairs
Adverb
caminar
to walk; to stroll; to travel, to trek; to go on; to wade (in or through a body of water)
Verb
ir
to go (away from speaker and listener); to be suitable or apt for its purpose, to match or suit well (of clothing); to head towards or lead to a place away from the speaker; to extend in time or space, from one point to another; to play; to approach or consider (something) from a specific angle, or to direct attention towards a particular goal; denotes an ongoing action with a sense of progression or movement through space or time; to go on (doing something), to carry on, to keep on; an action or process is beginning to occur or unfold; to grow (dark), get (cloudy); used ironically with certain adjectives or passive participles; used with the past participle of reflexive verbs to indicate being in a state caused by the verb; …
Verb
tina
vat; large earthenware jar; bucket; tub, bathtub
Noun
piedra
stone (hard earthen substance that can form large rocks); flint (small cylinder used to produce a spark in a lighter, etc.); hailstone (single ball of hail, or solid precipitation); crack (potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine); pumice
Noun
gallina
hen; chicken (coward); Club Atlético River Plate fan
Noun
uva
grape
Noun
salchicha
sausage; hot dog; penis
Noun
cocina
kitchen; stove, cooker, range; cuisine; back seats of a bus
Noun
medicina
medicine
Noun
burro
donkey, especially one used as a pack animal; a dunce, an idiot; a well-hung man; sawhorse; old maid (card game); burrito; Aloysia polystachya
Noun
ratón
mouse (small rodent); mouse (input device); hangover
Noun
lente
lens; glasses, (formal) spectacles, (US) eyeglass
Noun
pierna
leg (lower limb of a human)
Noun
cuchillo
knife; blade of knife
Noun
apagar
to extinguish (a flame, fire), to douse; to satisfy; quench, slake (thirst, etc.); to shut off, to turn off, to switch off, to shut down, to power off; to put out, to stub out (e.g., cigarette); to blow out (e.g., a candle), to snuff or snuff out (e.g., a torch); to fade; to wane; to go out, be extinguished
Verb
espejo
mirror
Noun
esto
substitutes a noun one can't remember or can't remember the name of
Pronoun
cantar
to sing; to stink
Verb
llorar
to cry, to weep; to mourn
Verb
madrina
godmother; bell-mare
Noun
beso
kiss
Noun
ventana
window (opening for light and air); window frame; window (area on a computer screen); small gap or opening; forest clearing; nostril
Noun
brazo
arm; branch, limb (of a tree)
Noun
doler
to hurt (to cause physical or emotional pain); to grieve, regret something; to feel sorry about; to complain (about)
Verb
feo
ugly; in poor condition; bad, gross, mean, nasty
Adjective
brincar
to jump around, leap about, bounce (to propel oneself rapidly upward); to frolic, gambol (to move about playfully and uninhibitedly)
Verb
elefante
elephant
Noun
miedo
fear
Noun
susto
fright
Noun
aquí
here (in the speaker's location)
Adverb
suéter
pullover, sweater, jumper; T-shirt
Noun
conejo
rabbit, cony, coney (male or unspecified sex); detective; contracted biceps (having athletic or semi-athletic features, specially when exhibiting, intentionally or not); cunt (female genitalia); type of bedpan (specially shaped bottle used to collect urine from bedridden men)
Noun
otro
other, another
Determiner
vez
time, instance; place (in a queue); turn (a chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others); place, stead
Noun
hormiga
ant (insect of the family Formicidae)
Noun
cuarto
fourth
Adjective
él
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
tirar
to drop intentionally; to throw, to toss; to throw out, to toss, to dump; to shoot; to launch; to take (a photograph); to print; to skip (e.g. a rock or stone); to knock over; to knock down; to roll (dice); to go somewhere, head somewhere; …
Verb
aventar
to blow, winnow; to throw, chuck; to blow away; to escape, to get out; to do a good job, to do something well
Verb
chupón
hoarding, profiteering, sponging (said of a person who abuses a situation to get the best of it; in broad sense, not only referred to money or goods; it can be used as a noun)
Adjective
chupete
pacifier; ice pop; lollipop
Noun
leer
to read
Verb
hambre
hunger
Noun
babero
bib
Noun
tambor
drum; drum-shaped piece, part or device; drum (wall that supports a dome)
Noun
lengua
tongue (organ); language (a body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication); Spanish (subject taught in schools)
Noun
arroz
rice (cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food); rice (the seeds of this plant used as food)
Noun
shorts
shorts
Noun
lluvia
rain; shower (precipitation)
Noun
bueno
good (of good quality); good (at/with something); good (in a good state); good (morally); to treat well, be good to; healthy, good; (of food) tasty, yummy, good (tasting good); not sick; hot, sexy
Adjective
noche
night (the period between sunset and sunrise); evening (after sunset)
Noun
león
lion; antlion; a brave person; cougar, puma, mountain lion; a person connected with Athletic Bilbao, a Spanish football team from the city of Bilbao
Noun
bonito
pretty, cute; nice, lovely, sweet, fine, charming, great
Adjective
reloj
clock; watch, wristwatch
Noun
cielo
sky; heaven
Noun
cachete
cheek; buttock, butt-cheek; smack
Noun
salud
health
Noun
puerco
pig; pork (the meat of a pig); police officer; "pig"
Noun
lavar
to wash; to wipe, clear (disgrace, doubt, etc.); to wash oneself; to wash a body part of oneself (e.g. hands, hair, etc.)
Verb
ombligo
navel, belly button (remnant of umbilical cord)
Noun
toalla
towel
Noun
cosquillas
tickling, tickle (feeling resembling the result of tickling)
Noun
helado
ice cream; popsicle, ice pop
Noun
nieve
snow; ice cream
Noun
uno
one
Pronoun
dos
two
Numeric