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First words: what children learn to say first

370 words, in teaching order

Words 301–370
empujar
to push, to shove, to jostle; to nudge (push into action by pestering or annoying a person)
Verb
atrás
behind; back in time, ago
Adverb
bigote
moustache, mustache; moustaches, mustaches; whisker, whiskers (used when it's large and thick) (often in plural)
Noun
cereal
cereal (type of grass cultivated for edible grains); cereal (the grains of such plants); breakfast cereal (food processed from grains and eaten with milk)
Noun
recámara
chamber of a gun; bedroom
Noun
playera
T-shirt; tennis shoes, trainers, training shoes, running shoes, runners, sneakers (sports shoe)
Noun
chico
boy; kid; guy, lad; term of address equivalent to English guys, feminine form chicas; white-nosed coati (Nasua Narica); raccoon (Procyon lotor)
Noun
sacar
to put out, to get out (e.g. a public statement, an APB, a release of media or entertainment); to take out (e.g. the trash); to pull out, to take out (e.g. a badge, an ID card, a picture, paperwork, the keys, finger); to get out, to take out (e.g. the family, a partner, a friend, a dog); to pull out, to get out (e.g. a pencil, a hand, a key); to remove, to extract, to get out, to take out, to dig up or dig out (e.g., the weeds, a tooth, military forces, information, the truth, remove someone from the equation or a situation); to take (e.g. a photograph, advantage of, etc.); to withdraw, to take out (e.g. money); to rip off (e.g. to steal money); to drive out, expel, to eject; …
Verb
abeja
bee (insect of the clade Anthophila)
Noun
maestro
master; craftsman, handyman, contractor, construction worker; a male teacher; gentleman
Noun
nana
nanny; granny, grandmother; housekeeper; lullaby; a kind of small sack; mommy; mom; mother; boo-boo; pains and aches of old age
Noun
sucio
dirty, filthy; sinful, tainted; obscene, vulgar
Adjective
tener
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
manita
wave (to show the hand wide open to the rival public) to indicate that the match was won 5-0 or 0-5
Noun
estar
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
ser
to be (essentially or identified as); to be (in the passive voice sense); to exist; to occur
Verb
desayunar
to break a fast; to have (for) breakfast
Verb
mañana
the morning; the near future; tomorrow
Noun
guapo
good-looking; handsome, pretty (describes a man or a woman); smart or elegant; cool; bold, fearless; angry, upset
Adjective
pesado
heavy in weight, weighty; annoying; stressful, exhausting; boring; serious; mean
Adjective
cansado
tired, weary, wearied; tiring; sleepy; boring
Adjective
nada
nothing, zero, zilch, not...anything
Pronoun
techo
ceiling; roof
Noun
nuevo
new; brand new, all-new; fresh
Adjective
amarillo
yellow or golden (colour); or (colour on a coat of arms)
Adjective
esperar
to hope; to expect; to wait, wait (for); to wait, to hold on (reflexive for emphatic use); to be expected
Verb
cómo
how?
Adverb
cigarro
cigar (rolled bundle of tobacco made for smoking); cigarette (thin roll of tobacco made for smoking)
Noun
padrino
godfather; sponsor (at a wedding, graduation, First Communion, etc.); high-ranking bullfighter who gives the alternativa to a novillero
Noun
persona
person (an individual; usually a human being); a socially distinguished person, a personality; a wise or otherwise excellent person; a character (an individual with a specific role in a literary work)
Noun
resbaladilla
slide (play equipment)
Noun
decir
to say, to tell, to name, to mention; to pronounce, sound out; to say, opine; to say (of writing); to show; to demonstrate; to call; to be said (passive voice structure); it is said; to declare
Verb
poder
power (the ability to coerce, influence or control); proxy (written certificate of authority to act for another); authorization; possession; property
Noun
viejo
old (having existed for a long time); old (having lived for many years); old (former, previous); stale (no longer novel or interesting)
Adjective
le
to him, for him; dative of él; to her, for her; dative of ella; to it, for it; dative of ello; to you, for you (formal); dative of usted; you (formal); accusative of usted; him; accusative of él; it; accusative of ello; her; accusative of ella; to them, for them (singular); dative of elle; to them, for them (singular); accusative of elle
Pronoun
lavabo
bathroom sink, washbasin; washroom, toilet
Noun
lleno
full
Adjective
lobo
wolf (wild Canis lupus); drunkenness
Noun
apurar
to drain, use up completely; to hurry, to rush; to worry, bother
Verb
cuál
which one, what, which
Pronoun
verde
green (color/colour); green, eco-friendly; green, unripe, immature; green, inexperienced; naïve; risqué, naughty; off-color, dirty, coarse; green; unwell; sick
Adjective
martillo
hammer (a tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding); malleus; auction house; hammer
Noun
pingüino
penguin; a student; portable air conditioner
Noun
hoy
today, tonight (on the current day)
Adverb
su
apocopic form of suyo; used to express an approximate number: about, approximately
Determiner
vacío
vacuum, void; empty space; gap
Noun
prender
to catch, to arrest; to take, to pick up; to grab; to light, to ignite; to turn on (light, machine, etc.); to join, to go with
Verb
búho
owl, eagle owl (any species of owl from the Strigidae family); informant, squealer; bus line which operates exclusively during nighttime
Noun
enseñar
to teach; to show
Verb
ardilla
squirrel
Noun
cierre
shutting, closing; shutting device, fastener; buckle, clasp; shutter, blind; zipper
Noun
se
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
triste
sad, saddened, blue, gloomy, unhappy, joyless, triste; As a temporary state.; As a trait.; dismal, dreary, glum, miserable, melancholic; sorrowful, mournful; forlorn; upsetting, saddening; dull
Adjective
sofá
sofa, couch
Noun
venado
deer, stag; cuckold, deceived husband or partner; whore, prostitute; venison; deerskin; contraband
Noun
familia
family (group of people related to each other); family (grouping of things possessing common characteristics); relative, relation (member of one's family)
Noun
horno
oven; furnace; very hot place
Noun
diferente
different
Adjective
tigre
tiger; jaguar; angry or fierce person; an energic or expert male lover; toilet, WC
Noun
igual
equal, same; identical, sharing the same characteristics; level (surface)
Adjective
ellas
they, them (used subjectively and after prepositions; can refer to women and feminine nouns)
Pronoun
ayer
yesterday
Adverb
después
later, afterwards, afterward, post; next; after
Adverb
suave
smooth, soft, fluffy; soft, gentle, light, mild (e.g. mild flavor, a mild winter); suave (charming, confident and elegant); cool, acceptable, easy
Adjective
encima
on top of something; above something; on oneself; additionally; nevertheless, still; to top it off, on top of that
Adverb
guajolote
turkey (bird); fool, simpleton
Noun
difícil
difficult, hard, tough, challenging, rough, tricky, trying, arduous, testing; unlikely (i.e. improbable); awkward (e.g. situation or position); rocky, bumpy (e.g. start, road)
Adjective
aspiradora
vacuum cleaner, vacuum, hoover
Noun
cochera
carport (parking structure with roof); bus depot; train depot; garage; car park
Noun
garage
garage (music genre)
Noun