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Most common Spanish words 2001–4000

2000 words, in teaching order

Words 901–1000
visible
visible
Adjective
desgracia
disgrace; misfortune, bad luck; accident, disaster
Noun
lesionar
to wound
Verb
suceso
event, happening; outcome, result; success
Noun
olvidado
forgotten
Adjective
posesión
possession
Noun
fallo
mistake; failure; verdict, decision; ruling; bug, hole (security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit)
Noun
fijo
fixed; firm; concrete, tangible
Adjective
dictar
to dictate; to pronounce; to give; to deliver (i.e. a lecture); to lay down
Verb
privilegio
privilege
Noun
diversidad
diversity
Noun
creativo
creative
Adjective
mito
myth; long-tailed tit
Noun
especialista
specialist; stuntman
Noun
romano
Roman (of, from or relating to the city of Rome, capital of Italy); Roman (of, from or relating to Rome (ancient empire covering much of the land surrounding the Mediterranean)); of Rome as the seat of power of the popes, heads of the Roman Catholic Church
Adjective
cuadrado
square
Adjective
aconsejar
to advise
Verb
delgado
thin, slender, skinny; delicate
Adjective
laborar
to labor, work
Verb
castigo
punishment
Noun
once
eleven
Numeric
novix
gender-neutral neologism for novio and novia (“romantic partner”)
Noun
truco
trick; gimmick, ploy (something designed to fool or swindle); piece of a magician's act; effective way of doing something; catch, gimmick (hidden difficulty); Truco (card game); cheat (a hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game, often by entering a cheat code)
Noun
gesto
gesture; expression
Noun
proyectar
to project, plan; to show; to shoot, discharge
Verb
árabe
Arabic
Adjective
cálculo
calculation; estimation; arithmetic; calculus; stone
Noun
militante
militant; activist; member (of an organization)
Noun
empujar
to push, to shove, to jostle; to nudge (push into action by pestering or annoying a person)
Verb
mineral
mineral
Adjective
fantástico
fantastic (existing in fantasy); fantastic (excellent)
Adjective
vestido
dressed; dressed up
Adjective
recuperación
retrieval; recovery
Noun
ficción
fiction
Noun
estabilidad
stability
Noun
eléctrica
electric company
Noun
exclusivamente
exclusively
Adverb
originalmente
originally (as it was in the beginning); originally (in an original manner)
Adverb
corriente continua
direct current
Noun
medicamento
medicine, medicament
Noun
explosión
explosion, blast, bang, burst, boom; bang, boom
Noun
hacienda
ranch, hacienda; livestock; treasury
Noun
sobrino
nephew
Noun
localizar
to find; to localize, locate; to be located, localized
Verb
carajo
shit! fuck!; used as an intensifier, similar to the fuck
Interjection
vasco
Basque
Adjective
apariencia
appearance (semblance, or apparent likeness); appearance (personal presence)
Noun
convención
convention
Noun
tonelada
metric ton (a unit of mass equal to exactly 1000 kg); English or American ton (a unit of mass equivalent to about 1016 or 907 kg respectively); tonelada, Spanish ton (a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 920 kg)
Noun
anillo
ring; annulus; annulet
Noun
preciso
precise; necessary
Adjective
resumir
to summarize
Verb
apropiado
appropriate, suitable
Adjective
admirar
to admire; to be admirable; to be amazed
Verb
variable
variable
Adjective
ciego
blind person; caecum
Noun
estrecho
narrow; tight; close, kin; close, intimate, strong; prudish, uptight, strict
Adjective
top
top (first positions of a ranking); top (female clothing)
Noun
descubrimiento
discovery (something discovered); discovery (the discovering of new things); unveiling
Noun
porno
porn, pornography; the porn industry; porn video
Noun
nocturno
night; nocturnal
Adjective
pendiente
pendant (hanging piece of jewelry); to-do; unresolved or unfinished task, thing, matter, issue or business; earring; slope (declivity)
Noun
ninguno
nobody; no one; none; neither, any
Pronoun
placa
plate; shield, sign; badge; choppers (artificial teeth); tartar; a game played in the Dominican Republic which is similar to cricket; board
Noun
protocolo
protocol; conduct or etiquette rules
Noun
desafío
challenge; defiance, provocation
Noun
anda
interjection to express surprise, wow, wait; come on
Interjection
cuerda
rope, cord, string; chord; string (of a musical stringed instrument); clockwork; synonym of cordel (a traditional unit of distance); cuerda (unit of land area)
Noun
sanción
sanction
Noun
receta
prescription (a doctor's written order authorizing medicine or a treatment); recipe (instructions for cooking food)
Noun
descuento
discount; injury time, stoppage time (UK), additional time, added time
Noun
autonomía
autonomy; range (distance a vehicle (car, bike, lorry, aircraft) can travel without refueling); battery life
Noun
comunitario
community
Adjective
expansión
expansion, expanse, spread (extending); expansion, growth, boom; sprawl, sprawling (urban); broadening, expanding (of consciousness or awareness); expansion pack
Noun
reproducción
reproduction, procreation (the act of reproducing new individuals biologically); reproduction (the act of making copies); reproduction, copy, duplicate (a copy of something, as in a piece of art; a duplicate); playback (the replaying of something previously recorded, especially sound or moving images); play (an instance of watching or listening to digital media); view (an individual viewing of a video by a user)
Noun
humilde
humble; low, lower (class)
Adjective
fortaleza
fortress; fortitude; strength; firmness
Noun
disparo
shot; gunfire, shooting (shooting in the uncountable sense)
Noun
aprobado
approved, confirmed
Adjective
lógica
logic; rationale, logic
Noun
gestionar
to manage; to prosecute; to negotiate; to file (commit official papers to some office)
Verb
embajada
embassy
Noun
obligado
obliged, obligated; committed; coerced, forced
Adjective
candidatura
candidacy
Noun
prest
a soldier's daily or weekly wage
Noun
tigre
tiger; jaguar; angry or fierce person; an energic or expert male lover; toilet, WC
Noun
contribución
contribution; tax, impost
Noun
naranja
orange (having orange color); Pertaining to Ciudadanos, a Spanish political party
Adjective
ubicado
located, situated; seemly
Adjective
detallar
to detail
Verb
nariz
nose (a protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell); nose; smell (sense of smell)
Noun
verdaderamente
truthfully
Adverb
previamente
previously (at an earlier time)
Adverb
supuestamente
supposedly
Adverb
harto
tired, fed up; stuffed, sated (having the appetite satisfied); many
Adjective
deber
obligation, duty; debt; should, ought (modal noun); homework
Noun
geográfico
geographic
Adjective
ascender
to ascend, to mount, to climb; to advance; to rise
Verb
estrenar
to use for the first time (in general); to wear for the first time (for clothing); to premiere; to premiere, to do something for the first time
Verb
incidente
incident; dispute, quarrel; ancillary proceeding
Noun