Words 1–100
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
a
to; by; at; Used before words referring to people, pets, or personified objects or places that function as direct objects: personal a.
Preposition
el
masculine singular definite article; the; feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed /a/
Article
vaca
cow (adult female of the species Bos taurus); beef; leather; cow (woman considered unpleasant, particularly one considered fat); collection
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
perro
dog (the species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding); clothes peg, clothespin; asshole (despicable person); lazy person
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
escuela
school (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning); school (the followers of a particular doctrine); crag
Noun
corto
short (having a small distance from one end to another); short (having little duration); dim-witted, slow; cut; A type of coffee made out of roughly 70% milk and 30% coffee
Adjective
quedar
to be (as a result of something), to end up; to be situated; to be located (used with only static objects, such as buildings); to be left; to remain; to fit, to suit; to look good (clothes); to turn out, e.g. well or poorly; to agree on; to agree to meet up with someone; to die; to turn out, become, go (usually used for negative, physical descriptions); to stay; to remain, to stick with; …
Verb
bien
well (adverbial form of bueno); well; fine; okay (state of being satisfied with the status quo); properly; willingly; very; as well
Adverb
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
hacer
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
llamar
to summon, to call; to call (on the telephone); to knock (on a door); to ring (a doorbell); to refer to, to call; to appeal; to attract; to be called
Verb
responder
to answer, to reply; to talk back, to answer back (to respond defiantly and inappropriately); to respond, to react (to someone else's actions); to answer for, to be responsible for, vouch for (with por); to react, to respond (to a treatment, with a)
Verb
gato
cat (unspecified gender); tomcat, gib (male cat); servant; C-clamp; jack (mechanical device); tic-tac-toe; Madrilenian (a person from Madrid); person with blue or green eyes; rectangular cake made of two layers joined by jam in the middle; whoremonger; …
Noun
encima
on top of something; above something; on oneself; additionally; nevertheless, still; to top it off, on top of that
Adverb
del
of the, from the (+ a masculine noun in singular).
armario
storage cabinet, wardrobe, cupboard; wardrobe, closet (movable furniture for storing clothes); locker
Noun
al
contraction of a + el, literally “at the, to the”; upon
bote
boat, dinghy; vessel, can, canister, container, jar, tin; jackpot, pot, pool (large cash prize); jail; butt, booty; bounce
Noun
cesta
basket; laundry basket, hamper (made of plastic); laundry basket, hamper (made of soft material such as polyester and/or cotton)
Noun
corazón
heart (organ of the body); heart, emotions, kindness, spirit; the center of an object; core (of a fruit); artichoke heart; heart (a playing card of the suit hearts, corazones)
Noun
contar
to count; to tally; to tell (a story); narrate; to be (a certain number of years of age); to rely; to have available
Verb
en
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
mal
badly, poorly, ill; awry, amiss, wrong, wrongly; hard (functions as an adverb in Spanish but translates as an adjective in English); Used as an intensifier, very; yes
Adverb
que
that; than; indicates reason; because, for; used to form sentences with an optative meaning; may; indicates emphasis or repetitive answer
Conjunction
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
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
papa
pope (an honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome); potato; chips, crisps (packaged thin, salted, fried slice of potato); very bland soup, or more broadly, food in general; nonsense, trifle, rubbish; dad
Noun