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First words: what children learn to say first

370 words, in teaching order

Words 201–300
tres
three
Numeric
cuadro
square (a polygon with four straight sides of equal length and four right angles); rectangle (any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles); picture, painting or other work of art, especially one in a frame; frame (a piece of photographic film containing an image); frame (a rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material); table, chart, graph (a visual representation of data); sight, scene, picture, spectacle, image (an event that leaves an impact); group, team, squad; staff; frame (the structural element of a bicycle or motorcycle); panel, control panel (a flat surface onto which controls, instruments, and displays are mounted); …
Noun
meter
to put in, insert; to score; to make (noise); to cram, stuff, stick, shove, pack; to hit, to punch, to strike something hard; to attempt something, to try hard; to meddle, interfere, to get into; to mess with someone; to get into (a small space); to get into, to get in; …
Verb
poner
to put, to place (cause to assume a specified position); to write; to type (with a keyboard, etc.), (with a dative object) to send; to attach, to assign (also in an abstract sense); to give, to provide; (transitive) to put (cause to assume a specified state), (reflexive) to become, to get, to put oneself in a specified state; to pay (attention); to prepare; to turn on, activate (an appliance, light, a mechanism, a functionality etc.).; to play, put on (a recording, a song, a video etc.), put, display (an image); …
Verb
escalera
stairs; staircase, stairway; ladder; straight
Noun
señor
mister, sir, lord (title conferred on a married or older male); gentleman; master
Noun
todo
all; every; each; every; all together
Determiner
acabar
to finish; to end; to end up (eventually doing); to have just; just (indicates recency); to exhaust, to use up; to finish, to put an end to; to run out of; to come to an end, to be over, to be done, to be finished, to be it, to be no more, to be up; to orgasm; to cum
Verb
romper
to break; to break up, terminate (a relationship, friendship etc.); to begin to do something; to break into; to rupture; to do something well
Verb
ahí
there (away from the speaker); that (in certain phrases)
Adverb
tuyo
yours
Pronoun
pegar
to stick; to match; to fit; to go with; to be strong or bright (said of the sun or light); to paste; to glue; to hit; strike; to give; dish out (a strike); to infect; pass on; infect (a disease); to do; take; have (a kind of catch-all verb for various actions); to flirt, hit on; …
Verb
peinar
to comb; to comb, to comb through, to search; to comb oneself
Verb
tenedor
fork; bearer; holder
Noun
cerrar
to close, to shut; to shut down, to close down; to turn off, to shut off (to rotate a tap or valve so as to interrupt the outflow of liquid or gas); to turn off (a light or electrical device); to enclose; to lock, to lock up; to seal, to close (e.g. a deal, a breach, a rift); to close up, to close off (e.g. a wound); to close, to conclude, to end; to close (itself) (e.g., a store, a door); …
Verb
animal
animal
Noun
estrella
star (celestial body); star (shape); star (most important person in e.g. a film); mullet, star
Noun
sentar
to seat; to set, to establish, to lay; to sit down, have a seat; to settle down; to assert; to suit, to fit; to sit well; to report; to leave a mark on (the skin)
Verb
subir
to go up or come up; to raise; to climb; to upload
Verb
planta
plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae, and now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloroplasts in its cells containing chlorophyll a and b, or any organism closely related to such an organism); plant (factory); floor, level (of a high building); sole; sole (bottom of a shoe or boot)
Noun
barco
boat (usually with a concave hull)
Noun
pollito
young chicken; young child
Noun
día
day (any period of 24 hours); day (a period from midnight to the following midnight); day (rotational period of a planet); day (the part of a day period which one spends at work, school, etc.); day, daytime (the part of the day between sunrise and sunset); An observance or celebration lasting for a day, such as an annual holiday.
Noun
dar
to give, to give out; to hand over; to hit (from any distance); to hit oneself, bump into, crash into; to encounter; to find with effort; to emit; to produce; to perform; to hit upon; to press, activate; …
Verb
niño
child, boy
Noun
camión
lorry (UK); truck (US); bus
Noun
bombero
firefighter; seller of gasoline
Noun
sala
room (a separate part of a building); large hall; ward (section of a hospital); courtroom
Noun
morder
to bite, nip; to gnaw; to grasp, clutch; to wear away, to wear down; to corrode (i.e., acid on metal); to criticize, run down, gossip about, find fault with
Verb
quesadilla
quesadilla; a type of pan dulce made with rice flour and queso duro blanco and topped with sesame seeds, known elsewhere in the Spanish-speaking world as a quesadilla salvadoreña
Noun
vestido
dress
Noun
arete
earring
Noun
querer
to desire, to want, to want to; to love; to be fond of (usually used with people or personified objects); would you ... ?; to mean to, to try to; to love each other
Verb
collar
necklace; an animal's collar, band or chain around its neck
Noun
almohada
pillow (soft cushion used to support the head)
Noun
troca
pickup truck
Noun
rodilla
knee (joint or region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank)
Noun
cajón
a large box; drawer; cajón (box-shaped percussion instrument); coffin; a valley surrounded by mountains of considerable height, through which a river runs
Noun
mariposa
butterfly; male homosexual; butterfly stroke; creeping beggarweed (Desmodium incanum); white ginger (Hedychium coronarium); butterflies (physical sensation in one's stomach)
Noun
columpio
swing (hanging seat usually found on children's playgrounds)
Noun
mono
monkey; any monkey-looking animal; boiler suit, coveralls, overall, onesie (a one-piece suit combining trousers and jacket, worn for heavy or hot manual labour); jumpsuit, overalls (a one-piece item of clothing originally by parachutists); jumpsuit (a female one-piece item of clothing); tracksuit, joggers (garment consisting of a top and trousers for sports and casual wear); vagina, vulva; doll, puppet; doodle; cartoon; …
Noun
ella
she, her (used subjectively and after prepositions); it (used subjectively and after prepositions to refer to feminine nouns)
Pronoun
pijama
pyjamas
Noun
radio
radio (device); radio (industry, signal); radius; radium
Noun
hermana
sister; female equivalent of hermano (“brother”)
Noun
tijera
scissors
Noun
estufa
stove, oven (to heat with); space heater
Noun
mal
apocopic form of malo bad; evil; amiss, awry, off, wrong
Adjective
correr
to run, to jog; to flow; to shoo, chase away, drive away; to throw out; to fire; to expel; to walk away; to cop out, to shirk; to elapse (time); to go around, spread (rumors); to rush; to draw (curtains); …
Verb
llevar
to take somewhere; to take away or take with oneself; to carry, bear, hold; to get along (well, badly, etc.); to wear; to have, include (have as a component, part, accessory or ingredient); to give a lift, to give a ride; to have spent time, to have been; to take some amount of time; to have done, to have achieved a certain amount or extent of something (which is indicated by the verb and followed by a past participle); …
Verb
tomar
to take (put under one's physical or mental control, often in one's hands); to draw from, take, derive; to grip, grasp, grab; to select, choose; to seize, capture; to take (a path, etc); to take (use as a means of transportation (when one isn't the driver)); to take, consume, drink (mostly used with drinks and medication); used in tomar el sol; to take (regard in a specified way); …
Verb
afuera
out, outside; peripheral
Adverb
grande
big, large; great, grand; aged, old
Adjective
ver
to see, to spot; to see, to look at, to view (perceive); to see, to tell, to observe; to see, to check (verify); to watch; to look, to seem; to see oneself, to picture oneself; to find oneself, to be; to see one another
Verb
rana
frog
Noun
mucho
much, a lot, far, way, many times; very; long (a long time)
Adverb
nube
cloud; multitude, or crowd (of people); baby's breath; marshmallow; the cloud; cataract
Noun
pintar
to paint (to apply paint to); to paint (to create an image with paints); to draw (to depict with lines); to depict, portray (as something); to look, to seem; to have to do somewhere; to make up one's face; to put lipstick on oneself; to color one's hair; to want
Verb
hermano
brother; sibling; bro, dude (friendly term of address for a male of similar age.)
Noun
borrego
lamb; sheep, lemming; a woolly, white cloud reminiscent of a sheep
Noun
limpio
clean; broke, out of pocket
Adjective
tortuga
turtle; tortoise; snail (a slow person)
Noun
dibujar
to draw, to sketch; to describe vividly, to detail; to outline; to be outlined, to stand out; to be revealed, to take form
Verb
rojo
red (colour); a 1000 colón bill; A grade of 3,9 or below in the Chilean academic grading.; Red; a left-winger, especially communist
Noun
tocar
to touch; to play (a musical instrument); to be someone's time or turn, or time to do something; to have to do something, be obligated to do; to knock; to honk; to ring; to touch on (mention briefly); to touch (affect emotionally); to bunt; …
Verb
atole
atole, a thick, sweet, corn-based drink or gruel served hot
Noun
abajo
down, downwards; downstairs; below
Adverb
hipopótamo
hippopotamus
Noun
dónde
where?; in what place?; from where? whence?
Adverb
mirar
to look at (to try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes); to watch (to look at, view, or observe for a period of time); to watch (to mind, attend, or guard); to consider, think over (to think about seriously); look (with adjectives); used for emphasis; look; to seek, look for (to try to find); to look (to try to see something, to pay attention with one’s eyes); to face, overlook (to be oriented towards a certain direction or thing); to look at oneself
Verb
refrigerador
refrigerator
Noun
sombrero
hat; butterfly pea (Clitorea ternatea)
Noun
ropero
clothes; clothing
Adjective
clóset
closet; closet (the state of being secretly gay)
Noun
trapo
rag, piece of cloth used for cleaning, washing or drying (tea towel, dish towel, dish cloth, dust cloth, paper towel); any piece of cloth; rag (derogative for a flag); clothing, clothes
Noun
señora
Ms; a title or form of address for a woman; formerly for a married, divorced, or widowed woman and now commonly for any adult woman regardless of marital status, depending on the region; lady; wife
Noun
chichi
pussy; cunt (vulva); baby; kid; boob (breast); pee
Noun
pecho
thorax; chest; the front of the thorax; breast (of a woman); breast, heart; seat of the emotions, feelings, etc.; valor, strength, fortitude
Noun
oscuro
dark (lacking light); dark (deep in hue); obscure, unclear; incomprehensible; suspicious
Adjective
vela
candle; wakefulness, sleeplessness; vigil, watch; vigil (any of various indigenous festivals); sail; sailing
Noun
escribir
to write (to form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate); to write (to) someone (a letter, etc.); to write someone something; to write (to be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.)); to write (to be an author); to type (on a phone or computer keyboard); to text; to chat regularly with someone on social media
Verb
azul
blue
Adjective
ayudar
to help
Verb
soplar
to blow; to tattle, to snitch; to whisper; to prompt; to inspire
Verb
cenar
to dine; to have supper; to have a lavish meal
Verb
pescado
dead fish intended for consumption; food fish; fish
Noun
ahorita
later; earlier
Adverb
ahora
now (at the present time); just now, just a moment ago (in the past); very soon, in a moment (in the future); of nowadays, of today, latter-day; today; however, on the other hand; sometimes...other times
Adverb
parar
to stop, halt; to stand up; to put something in a vertical position; to put someone in a vertical position; to get up (from bed); to become erect (in the sense of upright); (of one's penis) to become erect; see pararlas; to tend to do or to be (followed by a gerund)
Verb
enojar
to anger; to become angry
Verb
falda
skirt; woman; bit of skirt (woman as an object of desire); brisket (a cut of meat); mountainside
Noun
quién
who?, whom?; (with “de”) whose?; if only; I wish
Pronoun
bacinica
chamber pot.
Noun
adentro
inside (especially implying a motion into)
Adverb
regadera
watering can; shower (device); shower head, showerhead
Noun
ducha
shower (device); shower (act of having a shower)
Noun
alberca
water tank; swimming pool
Noun
piscina
swimming pool; fishpond; piscina
Noun
jirafa
giraffe; boom microphone
Noun
enfermo
sick person, patient; degenerate
Noun