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Most common Spanish words 1001–2000

1000 words, in teaching order

Words 101–200
aumento
increase; raise
Noun
parque
park; parking lot; ammo
Noun
naturaleza
nature
Noun
poco
little (a small amount); a short time, a little while
Noun
figura
figure; charge; part, role; actor; swaggerer, show-off
Noun
prestar
to lend; to give, pay (e.g., attention); to have a natural inclination, a natural tendency; to take; to borrow
Verb
herramienta
a tool, an implement
Noun
discurso
discourse; speech
Noun
expresión
expression
Noun
marca
brand (of clothing etc.); brand (for cattle); mark (left on a surface); print (fingerprint, footprint); record; personal best; marker; buoy; whore; harlot; march; marchland (area); marker (player marking a rival)
Noun
cometer
to commit; to make (an error, etc)
Verb
cercano
near, nearby, close
Adjective
completar
to complete
Verb
grave
serious, grave; bass (sound); solemn; paroxytone; stressed in the penultimate syllable
Adjective
reino
kingdom; realm, world
Noun
plazo
period, phase; deadline, term (time limit); installment, payment
Noun
distancia
distance, distancy
Noun
delito
crime; offense
Noun
secretario
secretary (person keeping records and handling clerical work); secretary (head of a department of government)
Noun
empleo
job, employment; use, application
Noun
teoría
theory
Noun
recoger
to collect, to gather, to pick up, to fetch, to retrieve (something previously left behind); to pick up (a person or people by vehicle); to clean up (e.g., a room); to pack up; to harvest, reap (fruit); to pick up on, glean, capture (e.g., a point, a link, distinction, subtlety, ambiguity, etc.); to reflect; to go to bed
Verb
pensamiento
thought; thinking; pansy (flower)
Noun
tienda
tent; shop, store
Noun
cantar
to sing; to stink
Verb
directamente
directly, firsthand; outright
Adverb
soldado
soldier
Noun
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
cualquiera
anyone, whoever, whomever
Pronoun
tardar
to take some amount of time; to take too much time, to be late
Verb
detrás
behind, at the rear; after
Adverb
esposa
wife; handcuff
Noun
deporte
sport (activity)
Noun
deseo
desire, wish
Noun
bello
beautiful, fair; lovely (wonderful)
Adjective
idioma
language
Noun
agregar
to add; to aggregate (put together)
Verb
conjunto
outfit; group; squad; set
Noun
cuánto
how much; how many
Adverb
criticar
to criticize
Verb
pretender
to intend, to aim (for/to); to woo, to court; to pretend, purport (claim, allege)
Verb
durar
to last; to take time
Verb
enorme
enormous, huge
Adjective
victoria
victory; triumph
Noun
agente
agent; police officer, policeman, policewoman
Noun
rato
a while, bit (a short period of time); time; male rat
Noun
inversión
investment; inversion
Noun
santo
male saint; name day
Noun
financiero
financial
Adjective
letra
letter (symbol); handwriting; lyrics; installment, payment (of a loan or debt)
Noun
tradicional
traditional
Adjective
copa
stemmed glass, glass, goblet or its content; cocktail, drink; crown, treetop; cup, trophy (prize in sports); cup, competition (sports competition); cup of a brassiere; hollow of a hat; heart or a card of the hearts suit (on Spanish cards, the symbol is of a goblet); brake head
Noun
confianza
confidence, trust
Noun
estadounidense
American, U.S. American (of, from or relating to the United States)
Adjective
hambre
hunger
Noun
persona
only used in se persona, third-person singular present indicative of personarse; only used in te ... persona, syntactic variant of persónate, second-person singular imperative of personarse
Verb
tanto
both ... and (introduces the first of two linked elements)
Conjunction
sexual
sexual (pertaining to the sex of an organism); sexual (pertaining to having sex); sexual (pertaining to sexual orientation or identity); sexual (characterized by sexual feelings or behaviors)
Adjective
conflicto
conflict
Noun
federal
federal
Adjective
llenar
to fill something up; to fill out or complete a form; to complete a group; to become full; to gorge, to chow down; to smear, soil, stain (something or someone); to become smeared, dirty, stained.; to bother, to tire
Verb
to
whoa
Interjection
viernes
Friday
Noun
recomendar
to recommend
Verb
método
method
Noun
positivo
positive
Adjective
diseño
design; layout; a rough map required to accompany Spanish and Mexican land grant petitions made in Alta California prior to the Mexican–American War
Noun
armar
to arm (supply with weapons); to arm (provide with tools or skills); to assemble; to organize, get going; to provoke; stir up; to set up; install; to load (a weapon); to stock up; to balk; to pluck up
Verb
asumir
to assume, take on; to assume, to suppose, to reckon
Verb
intención
intention
Noun
debate
debate; discussion
Noun
entrevista
interview
Noun
frase
phrase; sentence
Noun
selección
selection; choice; national sports team
Noun
azul
blue
Adjective
fijar
to fix, fasten, set, establish, determine; to determine, ascertain; to pin; to notice; To cheat on (a test)
Verb
sección
section; piece, part; department
Noun
embargar
to impound; to overwhelm (said of a feeling)
Verb
confiar
to reassure; to be certain; to trust; to confide; to entrust
Verb
esperanza
hope, hopefulness; expectation, expectancy
Noun
conducir
to drive; to conduct
Verb
surgir
to arise, emerge, surface, crop up, spring up, pop up; to appear; to grow out of, to come from, arise from (followed by de); to advance, ascent, rise (move up socially or professionally)
Verb
década
decade
Noun
ejercicio
exercise; role; financial year
Noun
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
exterior
outside; abroad
Noun
bastante
quite, rather, pretty, fairly; enough; sufficiently; quite a bit; to a considerable degree
Adverb
brazo
arm; branch, limb (of a tree)
Noun
denunciar
to denounce; to accuse; to report, to inform against/on (e.g., a crime); to reveal, give away
Verb
vecino
neighboring, adjacent
Adjective
increíble
incredible, unbelievable
Adjective
visto
seen; obvious, clear; exposed, bare; known about, talked about, seen around
Adjective
separar
to separate, to detach (to disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect); to break up, to split up (a couple or group that the subject of the sentence is not a part of); to break up, to split up, to separate (e.g. a relationship, a band, a fight); to split off, to split up, to split apart, to separate; to part, to detach; to detach (oneself)
Verb
abajo
down, downwards; downstairs; below
Adverb
colocar
to place; to put; to get in; to take drugs; to intoxicate (stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol)
Verb
pelo
hair (a single hair); hair (all hair on the head); fur
Noun
alemán
German (of, from or relating to Germany); German (relating to the German language)
Adjective
hotel
hotel
Noun
municipio
municipality
Noun
carácter
character (traits marking a person or group); character (moral strength); character (symbol for a sound or word); character (mathematics)
Noun