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Most common Spanish words 501–1000

500 words, in teaching order

Words 1–100
elles
they; a gender-neutral plural third-person personal pronoun
Pronoun
paz
peace (warlessness); peace (a state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony)
Noun
consejo
advice, counsel, piece of advice; council, board
Noun
anterior
anterior (in time), previous, earlier, former, past; anterior (in space)
Adjective
control
control, or running of a business; control of a machine; control or emotional restraint, self-control; remote control; controller, gamepad, joypad; checkup
Noun
experiencia
experience; expertise
Noun
compartir
to share; to split, to divide (in order to share); to pool (e.g. resources); to compartmentalize
Verb
local
local
Adjective
vender
to sell; to sell for (a sum), to fetch
Verb
espacio
space (distance between things); space (physical extent across two or three dimensions); space (physical extent in all directions; the universe beyond the earth's atmosphere); space (the near-vacuum in which celestial bodies are situated); space (the physical and psychological area one needs); space (an area with set boundaries); space; course; period (an undefined period of time); space (a gap in text between words, lines, etc.); space (a piece of metal type used to separate words)
Noun
valer
to be worth; to be useful or valid; to be well, healthy; to be strong; (+ de) to make use of; to take care of oneself, to manage (on one's own); to not care (used with some nouns)
Verb
echar
to throw, toss, cast, jettison (to release an object from one's grasp so that it moves through the air); to pour (to cause to flow in a stream from a container); to put in, add; to let out; to discharge; to dump; to emit, give off, send out; to kick out, expel, throw out, to send packing (to forcibly remove); to expel (to remove from membership); to fire, dismiss (to terminate employment); …
Verb
papel
paper; role
Noun
siglo
century; age (significant period of time); eon
Noun
mayo
May; maypole; bouquet left by a boyfriend in front of his girlfriend's door; May Day; singing performed by young men to bachelorettes on the last day of April (May eve)
Noun
serie
series (a number of things that follow one another); series (a television or radio program with several episodes); series; set
Noun
rey
king; darling, fellow
Noun
listo
clever, smart (with ser); ready, set, all set, prepared, poised, up, down (with estar); alert
Adjective
qué
how; Replaces an interrogative word like cómo, cuándo, etc.
Adverb
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
base
base; basis; grounding; foundation; point guard; base (forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life)
Noun
muerto
dead; exhausted; dead tired; unupdated, inactive, outdated
Adjective
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
música
music; song
Noun
serio
serious, earnest, sober, solemn (without humor); serious, grave, deep (important, weighty); serious (really intending what was said); straight (demeanor); staid (formal)
Adjective
próximo
near; next; approaching, forthcoming, upcoming
Adjective
distinto
distinct
Adjective
san
financial, temporal-savings scheme; the participants periodically contribute a quota to a communal pot that is given to one member, based on his/her turn amongst all the others
Noun
arte
art; skill
Noun
edad
age; time since an event; age (period of time)
Noun
o
where
Adverb
representar
to represent; to make up, constitute, account for
Verb
cara
face (the front part of the head); face (one's facial expression); face (the frontal aspect of something); gall, nerve (impudence); face (any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron); side (of paper, a card, a coin); heads (side of a coin)
Noun
puerta
door (portal of entry into a building); gate (doorlike structure outside a house); gate (passageway in an airport); doorway, doorstep, gateway; goal (area into which players attempt to put an object)
Noun
oficial
official
Adjective
director
director; conductor (of a musical ensemble); principal, headmaster; editor (person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish)
Noun
ciudadano
living in a city; city (or of relating to a city or its inhabitants); citizen; citizen's (of or relating to a citizen or citizens); civilian
Adjective
jefe
chief; president; head; leader of a business, political party, or other organization; boss; supervisor; manager; colonel; major; rank between captain and general; chief; boss; dad, father
Noun
profesor
professor (a faculty member); teacher
Noun
te
yourself
Pronoun
iglesia
church
Noun
evitar
to avoid, to bypass, to evade, to circumvent, to dodge, to shun, to eschew (to steer clear of); to avoid, to prevent, to keep from, to stop from, to avert, to obviate, to deter; to help (abstain from doing) (always in the negative); to spare, to save (to relieve someone having to experience something); to guard against, to ward off; to spare oneself
Verb
cuyo
whose
Determiner
área
area (a particular geographic region); are (SI unit of area equal to 100 square metres); area, field (the extent, scope, or range of an object or concept); area (a measure of the extent of a surface)
Noun
allá
there, over there, thither, yonder (in a direction away from the speaker and the listener); then; back then (in time); expressing rejection or lack of interest towards the speaker
Adverb
autor
author; perpetrator of a crime
Noun
continuar
to continue, to carry on; to go off on, to go off of (idiomatic); to continue, to be continued
Verb
actual
present, current; factual; actual, real; present-day
Adjective
apoyo
support
Noun
civil
civil (all senses)
Adjective
causa
cause; lawsuit; a dish in Peruvian cuisine made with potatoes and layered or topped with meat or vegetables; dude, mate, bro
Noun
red
web, mesh; net; spiderweb; trap, snare; net, network; net, goal; grid; Web, Internet; social networks
Noun
fondo
bottom; back; fund, funding; ground (bottom of a body of water); ground, basis, foundation; opposite side or extreme (of a house, store, room, corridor, street, field, tubing, piping, etc.), respect to the talker, entrance or beginning; dip (exercise)
Noun
buenas
hello, good morning, good afternoon, good evening (greeting used irrespective of the time)
Interjection
popular
popular; Pertaining to PP (Partido Popular), a Spanish political party
Adjective
feliz
happy, merry (trait); pleased, glad; joyous, merry, happy
Adjective
efecto
effect
Noun
acercar
to bring close; to zoom in; to approach, to get close, to come; to draw near, to gather around; to become close; to get close to, to come up to, to draw near to, to walk up to, to go over to (+a); to reach out to (+a); to close in on (+a); to assemble
Verb
estado
country, land (any broad area or territory); state (a province, particularly a fairly autonomous one within a federation); state, status (a condition); estado, Spanish fathom (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 167 cm)
Noun
negocio
business, enterprise (commercial enterprise or establishment); deal (a particular instance of buying or selling, a transaction); deal (agreement between parties); profit, money-making; shop
Noun
marzo
March
Noun
color
color / colour, hue; complexion; rouge (cosmetics); pretext, motive, reason; character; special quality; side, party, faction; race, ethnicity; flush
Noun
diciembre
December
Noun
dirección
direction; address; management, or running of a business or organisation; directing, director-work
Noun
provincia
province
Noun
igual
equal, same; identical, sharing the same characteristics; level (surface)
Adjective
octubre
October
Noun
casar
to marry, wed someone to (unite two others in wedlock); to marry off; to match (up), fit (together); to get married, marry (each other, one another); to wed, marry, get married; to overturn
Verb
peso
weight (the force on an object due to gravitational attraction); weight (a block of metal used in a balance); weight class; peso (unit of currency); weight (importance or influence); weight, burden, load, brunt (pressure); scales, scale (device used to measure weight)
Noun
justicia
justice; righteousness; the law
Noun
tampoco
neither; nor; also not; either (as well, with implied negative)
Adverb
dirigir
to direct; to lead, guide, conduct; to steer; (+ a) to address, direct to; (+ a) to head, to make one's way, to head over
Verb
establecer
to establish; to set
Verb
cantidad
amount; quantity; figure; plenty; shedload
Noun
libertad
liberty, freedom; latitude, leeway
Noun
cual
suchlike, like (which), such as
Pronoun
son
tone (pleasant sound); son (Afro-Cuban musical form); musical composition in this form
Noun
dado
given, considering
Preposition
mercado
market
Noun
natural
natural (of or relating to nature); native; indigenous; natural, plain (without artificial additives); natural (as expected; reasonable); Said about the lord that he has vassals, or that by his lineage, he has a right to lordship, even though he was not of the land.; being a calendar day; natural (neither sharp nor flat); illegitimate (born to unmarried parents); room-temperature (neither heated nor chilled); Said about the pass of the red flag with the left hand without the sword; …
Adjective
regresar
to return, go back, come back
Verb
tarde
late (after a specified deadline); late in the day
Adverb
necesidad
need; necessity; neediness, state of being in need; neediness (emotional)
Noun
pobre
poor (lacking money, resources, etc.); poor (pitiable, pitiful)
Adjective
dormir
to sleep; to fall asleep; to sleep in; to die; to rest in death; to put to sleep (someone or something); to anesthetize; to euthanize, to put down (mainly for pets but also people)
Verb
julio
July; joule
Noun
alcanzar
to reach; to get to to catch up; to accomplish; to achieve; to be enough; to suffice; to pass; to peak, to peak at; to get it (to receive punishment; to receive a beating)
Verb
voto
vote; vow
Noun
demostrar
to show, to demonstrate; to prove
Verb
diferencia
difference; difference (the result of a subtraction)
Noun
usuario
user
Noun
suceder
to happen, to befall, to occur; to succeed to, to follow; to succeed, to triumph
Verb
reconocer
to recognize; to acknowledge, to own; to distinguish
Verb
igual
in the same way; just like; regardless, anyway; maybe
Adverb
referir
to report; to relate; to refer to
Verb
desear
to wish; to desire, to want, to hope for, to long for; to look forward to
Verb
decisión
decision
Noun
sector
section; zone; branch
Noun
comentario
comment; commentary
Noun
plaza
plaza, town square; fortified town; seat; position; bullring; mall, shopping center
Noun