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Most common Spanish words 2001–4000

2000 words, in teaching order

Words 801–900
secundario
secondary
Adjective
rebelde
rebellious; rebel; stubborn, intractable
Adjective
divino
divine; heavenly
Adjective
ideología
ideology
Noun
debatir
to debate; to struggle (in a decision)
Verb
decidido
decided; purposeful; determined; resolute
Adjective
salvaje
wild, savage (untamed, not domesticated); savage, feral, uncivilized (said of a person)
Adjective
sierra
saw (tool); mountain range; sawfish; snoek (Thyrsites atun)
Noun
gil
naive, innocent, dumb, dummy
Adjective
meta
goal, target; meth
Noun
ahorro
saving (money that is saved)
Noun
aprendizaje
learning; apprenticeship
Noun
numerar
to number; to calculate
Verb
ambiental
environmental
Adjective
figurar
to appear
Verb
institucional
institutional
Adjective
linear
to line; to outline, mark out
Verb
bala
bullet
Noun
extenso
extensive
Adjective
romántico
romantic
Adjective
orientación
orientation (all senses); orienteering; guidance
Noun
aquellar
Used as a placeholder for any verb, usually when the speaker doesn't remember it, doesn't know it, or attempts to avoid it.; Used as a subsitution of any verb, usually when the speaker doesn't remember it, doesn't know it, or attempts to avoid it.
Verb
ola
wave (on the surface of a liquid); sudden appearance of a large amount of something; Mexican wave
Noun
básicamente
basically
Adverb
parecido
similar
Adjective
vigente
in force, in effect; current, in use; within shelf life, unexpired
Adjective
lógico
logical
Adjective
realización
realization, actualization (process of making something real, act of becoming real or concrete); implementation, conducting, carrying out, execution (e.g. of a project or of measures); completion, fulfillment, achievement; making (e.g. making of a purchase, a flight, a trip, a visit); performance
Noun
integración
integration
Noun
dibujar
to draw, to sketch; to describe vividly, to detail; to outline; to be outlined, to stand out; to be revealed, to take form
Verb
derrotar
to defeat
Verb
sincero
sincere; honest
Adjective
huelga
strike, protest (work stoppage)
Noun
musulmán
Muslim
Adjective
regular
regular, steady, even; fair, fairly good, average; common, ordinary, middling, so-so; regular
Adjective
reproducir
to reproduce; to play (to use a device to watch or listen to the indicated recording); to reproduce (to generate or propagate offspring or organisms)
Verb
vital
vital
Adjective
establecido
established
Adjective
convenio
agreement; covenant; convention (an international agreement)
Noun
ligar
to link, join; to tie; to score, (UK) to pull (persuade someone to kiss or have sex); to flirt; to obtain; to get
Verb
defensor
defender; advocate
Noun
amable
kind, amiable, gracious; affable
Adjective
protestar
to protest; to protest (to publicly demonstrate)
Verb
paciencia
patience, forbearance (the quality of being patient)
Noun
respectivo
respective
Adjective
conservación
conservation
Noun
pm
p.m. (after noon)
Adverb
electricidad
electricity; electrical current
Noun
oficialmente
officially
Adverb
constantemente
constantly
Adverb
hundir
to sink, engulf; to ruin, destroy; to sink, sink down; to collapse, cave in, subside; to break down, go to pieces, fall apart
Verb
manual
manual (performed by the hands); manual (operated by the hands); manual (performed by a human)
Adjective
interesado
interested; acquisitive, grabby; opportunistic
Adjective
bridar
to truss, tie with twine
Verb
arrojar
to throw, to hurl, to toss, to fling (cause an object to move rapidly through the air); to emit (to send out or give off); to eject, to kick out (to compel (a person or persons) to leave); to yield, to produce; to shed (light) on; to vomit; to cast (doubt on)
Verb
excusa
excuse, cop-out; pretext
Noun
estándar
standard
Adjective
campeonato
championship
Noun
corregir
to correct
Verb
rival
rival; adverse
Adjective
delincuente
delinquent; criminal
Adjective
valioso
valuable
Adjective
acta
certificate; minutes, record; election results; act (statute)
Noun
limpieza
cleanliness; cleaning
Noun
sospechar
to suspect; to be on to (+ de)
Verb
republicano
republican; Republican
Adjective
lastimar
to injure; to damage, harm; to hurt (in its intransitive sense, to cause physical or mental pain); to offend; to pity
Verb
regulación
regulation; adjustment
Noun
cumbre
summit, peak, top, hilltop (topmost point or surface, especially of a mountain); summit (gathering or assembly of leaders); apex, acme
Noun
orgánico
organic (pertaining to an organism); organic (pertaining to an organ); organic (pertaining to an organic compound); organic (grown without agrochemicals)
Adjective
doblar
to fold; to double; to bend, to turn; to dub (to replace speech with its translation); to lap (to overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler); to toll; to bend, to become curved
Verb
arroz
rice (cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food); rice (the seeds of this plant used as food)
Noun
esquina
corner
Noun
propietario
owner, proprietor (of land or business); landlord
Noun
partido
broken; divided into two equal parts vertically, per pale; departed; split
Adjective
asignar
to assign
Verb
visual
visual
Adjective
nacionalidad
nationality
Noun
pelota
ball (a round or ellipsoidal object); ball game; testicle; people pleaser, toady
Noun
circuito
circuit
Noun
malo
devil; bad guy; baddie; bad boy; bad person
Noun
turista
tourist
Noun
dato
datum (a single piece of information)
Noun
dependencia
dependence; dependency
Noun
pasaje
passing, crossing; ticket, fare (for travel); all passengers on a plane or boat; alleyway (narrow street); excerpt, passage; strait
Noun
extremar
to go to extremes; to maximize, step up
Verb
delegación
delegation
Noun
reforzar
to reinforce, to bolster, to buttress; to strengthen, to increase, to beef up (the level, strength, amount of); to tighten, to tighten up (e.g. security, regulations)
Verb
virtud
virtue
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
concha
seashell; shell (mollusk); kind of sweet bread that resembles a shell in design and in decoration; pussy, cunt
Noun
grabación
recording (an activity or result)
Noun
vaca
cow (adult female of the species Bos taurus); beef; leather; cow (woman considered unpleasant, particularly one considered fat); collection
Noun
fortuna
fortune; fortune, prophecy, reading; wealth; luck
Noun
mortal
deadly; mortal; death
Adjective
cuarta
synonym of disciplina (a hemp whip resembling a cat-o'-nine-tails); synonym of látigo (a short horse whip); fourth, quarter (one of four equal divisions of some whole); quatorze (set of four similar cards in piquet); synonym of cuarta funeral (the right of a church to part of the payment for its parishioners' funeral and mass services when held elsewhere); battalion (particularly a battalion forming exactly one-fourth of a company); quadrant (an astronomical tool); cuarta, quarter-ferrado (a Galician unit of dry measure equivalent to about 3–4.5 L depending on the substance measured); synonym of palmo, quarter-vara (a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 20.8 cm); cuarta (a former measure of lumber, indicating a 9×9 inch beam varying in length from 11–25 pies (“feet”) at different places and times); …
Noun
administrador
administrator (one who administers affairs); administrator (one who is responsible for software management)
Noun
restos
remains
Noun
exportación
exportation, export
Noun
pastor
shepherd; herder; pastor, priest
Noun