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Most common Spanish words 2001–4000

2000 words, in teaching order

Words 1201–1300
probabilidad
probability; likelihood; chance
Noun
manipular
to manipulate
Verb
apartar
to separate, to divide; to set aside; to avert (e.g., one's eyes, one's gaze); to desist
Verb
excluir
to exclude
Verb
insulto
insult
Noun
transparencia
transparency
Noun
muñeco
doll; puppet; attractive male; any of various South American trees of the genus Cordia, such as Cordia borinquena or Cordia collococca.
Noun
escándalo
scandal
Noun
fichar
to clock in (US), clock on (UK), to punch in (US); (leaving) to clock out (US), clock off (UK), to punch out (US) (to enter or leave a workplace by punching a time card); to record, file, index (make a record of information); to book, to put on file (arrested), in the crosshairs; to have your eye on; to sign, to sign up
Verb
coste
cost
Noun
ánimo
soul, spirit, mood; vigour
Noun
saco
bag, sack (a loose container); gunny sack; suit jacket (jacket portion of a formal suit); English or American sack (a traditional unit of dry measure); saco, Spanish sack (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 111 L)
Noun
sabido
well-known
Adjective
jean
jeans
Noun
feria
fair (celebration); street market; money, dinero
Noun
dirigente
leader
Noun
perteneciente
[with a ‘someone/something’] belonging to
Adjective
amanecer
to dawn; to get light (become light in the morning); to wake up (cease to sleep); to see the morning; be seen by the morning (be in a given state when the sun rises); to awake, wake up (rouse from sleep); to waken, awaken (cease to sleep); to stay awake all night
Verb
desaparición
disappearance; demise
Noun
alimentación
feeding (an instance of giving food); feeding (an instance of eating); food; diet; eating (the food and beverage a person or animal consumes); nourishment; supply, input, power (of a resource into a mechanical process)
Noun
chupar
to suck; to absorb; to suck off, to blow (to give a blowjob); to hog (to greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.); to hog (in team sports, abuse the individual game with the ball); to drink an alcoholic beverage; to consume too fast or waste money, gasoline or another resource; to lose muscular mass or strength; to lose one's youthful or not-too-mature appearance; to suck off; …
Verb
líquido
liquid
Adjective
literalmente
literally; literally (intensifier)
Adverb
récord
record (the most extreme known value of some achievement)
Noun
argumentar
to argue (to make a case for a point of view); to dispute
Verb
podar
to prune
Verb
monte
mountain, mount; hill; forest, wilderness; desert; underbrush; weeds
Noun
vidrio
glass (substance); window
Noun
cuántas
how many
Pronoun
entrega
delivery, handover; submission; installment; surrender; devotion
Noun
acostar
to lay; to put to bed; to land, put in, berth; to arrive at the coast; to go to bed, to lie down; to sleep with
Verb
suministro
provision, supply
Noun
domicilio
domicile; residence; address
Noun
soberanía
sovereignty
Noun
desconocido
unknown, undisclosed, unbeknownst; unfamiliar; uncharted, undiscovered
Adjective
opuesto
opposed to a thing, against; the opposite to another thing; something contrary to another
Adjective
rincón
corner (inside), angle; nook, cosy corner; haven, retreat; patch, small piece (of land); bit, end
Noun
redacción
essay, composition; drafting (the act of writing); editing room
Noun
selva
jungle; forest
Noun
nazi
Nazi
Noun
pasta
pasta; paste, dough; biscuit; money, dough
Noun
limitado
limited
Adjective
librar
to save, to rescue, to deliver, to preserve; to free, to exempt; to place, to put (hope, trust); to issue (a check, a decree); to make (an appointment); to wage, to engage (battle, war); to give birth; to expel the placenta; to be free; to be off (from work, school, etc.)
Verb
imprimir
to print
Verb
oscuridad
darkness; obscurity
Noun
informado
informed, aware of
Adjective
variado
diverse, varied
Adjective
inaugurar
to inaugurate
Verb
paro
stop, stagnation (action of stopping); unemployment; strike (work stoppage); cardiac arrest, ellipsis of paro cardiaco; pretext; a favour, help, cover-up, (preceded by hacerle un, hacerme un, to indicate "to do someone a favour", "to help someone", "to protect someone by lying")
Noun
envío
shipment, sending
Noun
residencia
residence (time spent living); residence, home (the place where one lives); old people's home, rest home, nursing home (a place of residence for people who require assistance from carers); old people's home, retirement village, retirement home, residence for the elderly (a place of residence for people who require little or no assistance from carers); residencia
Noun
felicitación
congratulation
Noun
cabrón
billy goat; coward; bastard, motherfucker (compare English jackass); cuckold; pimp (prostitution solicitor); mate, dude (term of endearment between friends)
Noun
restricción
restriction; constraint
Noun
específicamente
specifically
Adverb
fino
fine (particularly slender); fine (consisting of especially minute particulate); fine (of superior quality); courteous, educated
Adjective
escucho
I'm all ears awaiting an explanation.
Verb
suicidio
suicide (the act of killing oneself)
Noun
comedia
comedy; comedy (entertainment); soap opera
Noun
ronda
round, iteration (of drinks, golf, elections, cards, etc.); group of musicians, especially serenaders; beat, patrol
Noun
referente
referring
Adjective
arrastrar
to drag; to pull, to tow, to haul; to incite; to sweep away (e.g., a river); to lug, to drag along, to drag down; to crawl, to creep, to drag oneself; to grovel
Verb
oreja
outer ear; auricle; ear (used for references to the external or tangible aspects of the ear)
Noun
imaginación
imagination
Noun
donación
donation
Noun
sanidad
health
Noun
helado
ice cream; popsicle, ice pop
Noun
padecer
to suffer
Verb
tour
tour, guided visit to a country, museum, etc.; tour, a trip to another country to play matches; tour, a trip to other countries undertaken by a singer or musician
Noun
triunfar
to triumph
Verb
calentar
to heat, to warm up (cause an increase in temperature); to turn on (arouse sexually); to warm up (prepare for a physical activity)
Verb
ejemplar
exemplar, example; specimen; sample; copy, exemplar
Noun
recepción
reception
Noun
bendecir
to bless
Verb
resaltar
to emphasize, to highlight; to bounce; to chip off, to break off; to stick out, to jut out (to protrude, to extend beyond); to stand out, to stick out (to be extraordinary)
Verb
pariente
relative, relation (member of one's family); parents; see parienta
Noun
agendar
to schedule; to sign up
Verb
refugiar
to shelter, to provide shelter for; to take shelter
Verb
tejido
textile, weaving, cloth; weave, texture (a type or way of weaving); tissue (a group of cells similar in origin that function together to do a specific job)
Noun
plantar
to plant (put a plant or seeds into the ground); to plant, place (an object in the ground); to place, put; to stand up (not go to an agreed arrangement); to smack, whack; to peck (kiss); to put oneself, to settle; to stick to (an idea); to stick (not take any more cards)
Verb
colonial
colonial
Adjective
longitud
length; longitude
Noun
ordenador
computer; ordinator, one who performs an ordination ceremony.
Noun
cultivar
to cultivate; to grow (plants, etc.)
Verb
alegre
joyful, cheerful; happy, joyous, merry; lively; light-hearted; jaunty (dress, attire); tipsy (slightly drunk)
Adjective
historiador
historian
Noun
alerta
alert, vigilant
Adjective
hábito
habit, custom; habit (of a monk); military rank; insignia (indicating a military rank); habit (of a crystal)
Noun
reparar
to notice; to realize; to become aware; to repair; to mend; to fix (undo harm); to stop (make a halt)
Verb
limpia
cleansing, cleaning
Noun
oso
bear (in general); boar, male bear; bear (large hairy man, especially homosexual)
Noun
encerrar
to lock up, to coop up; to lock away, put away, to imprison, to nail (in a prison or mental hospital); to enclose, to confine, to immure; to contain, to hold, to include, to encapsulate, to entail; to stalemate; to separate (between brackets, commas); to take over; occupy (a building); to shut oneself up, to withdraw, to shut away oneself, to shut off oneself, to lock up or lock down oneself, to close off oneself; to shy away
Verb
captar
to capture, perceive, register, understand
Verb
originar
to originate; to start; to give rise to, to cause
Verb
estancia
stay, residence, sojourn; large farmstead; room; stanza
Noun
cancha
pitch, (US) field (field on which soccer, rugby or field hockey is played); course; court (field on which tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, etc is played); enclosure, shed; popcorn; corn nuts (toasted grains of corn)
Noun
estatua
statue
Noun
procesar
to process; to prosecute
Verb
captura
capture; catch (that which is captured or caught); screenshot
Noun
homicidio
homicide; manslaughter
Noun