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Most common Spanish words 1–500

500 words, in teaching order

Words 1–100
de
of; 's; used after the thing owned and before the owner; from (with the source or provenance of or at); of (expressing composition, substance); about (concerning; with regard to); of; from (indicating cause); of (indicates a quality or characteristic); from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at); of (indicates the subject or cause of the adjective); from (with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of); than (in certain phrases); …
Preposition
el
masculine singular definite article; the; feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed /a/
Article
que
that; than; indicates reason; because, for; used to form sentences with an optative meaning; may; indicates emphasis or repetitive answer
Conjunction
y
and; plus, and; well; what about, how about, and, where is/are the
Conjunction
en
in, at, on; in (a time); in (a language); used after some verbs and translated by various prepositions in English; in (in various expressions)
Preposition
la
impersonal neuter pronoun (accusative) in certain colloquial phrases: it, this
Pronoun
a
to; by; at; Used before words referring to people, pets, or personified objects or places that function as direct objects: personal a.
Preposition
ser
to be (essentially or identified as); to be (in the passive voice sense); to exist; to occur
Verb
un
an; a
Article
no
not
Adverb
él
he, him, masculine personal third person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions); it, masculine non-personal third-person subject and disjunctive pronoun (usually used after prepositions to refer to masculine nouns)
Pronoun
ustedes
you (plural), you guys, y'all, yous, yinz, ye
Pronoun
del
of the, from the (+ a masculine noun in singular).
con
with; Dependent preposition following certain verbs.
Preposition
unir
to unite, join; to merge, conflate
Verb
ella
she, her (used subjectively and after prepositions); it (used subjectively and after prepositions to refer to feminine nouns)
Pronoun
para
for, to (expressing a recipient); to, in order to, so, for (expressing the intended purpose of an action); by, due, due on, due by (expressing a deadline); for (expressing contrast from what is expected); for, to, in one's opinion, as far as one is concerned (expressing an opinion, perception or perspective); for (expressing using one's efforts for a group or an authority figure such as a sports team or a company/boss); come (used to indicate a point in time at or after which a stated event or situation occurs); toward (indicates direction); to (indicates destination)
Preposition
yo
first-person singular pronoun in the nominative case; I
Pronoun
estar
to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space); to be present; to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion); to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb); to be in a state (in a passive voice sense); to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion); to be (still); to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms)
Verb
se
A reflexive or reciprocal pronoun: oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; themselves; yourselves; each other; one another; A pronoun used with transitive verbs to create the passive voice; A pronoun used with a verb conjugated in the third-person singular to convey an impersonal meaning; Used to third person subjunctive moods to form an impersonal imperative.; used instead of indirect object pronouns le and les before the direct object pronouns lo, la, los, or las
Pronoun
saber
to know, to understand (a fact); to know how to do something; to find out, to learn; to taste (i.e. have a flavour); to realize, to know (i.e. recognize); to tell, to know (i.e. to discern or distinguish if something is the case); to figure out; to hear from; to hear of, to hear about; to learn, to find out, to know; …
Verb
tener
to have; to possess; to have; to possess; to be (a condition or quality); to hold; to grasp; to contain; to hold (e.g. to "hold the power to", "hold the key", "hold a clue", "hold the truth", "have a hold on", "hold in store", "hold all the cards", "hold in high regard", etc.); to have; to feel (internally); to make to feel; to have (a measure or age); to have to; do not have to; must not; …
Verb
por
why?; why do you ask?, why are you asking?
Interjection
hacer
to do, perform, execute, carry out; Forms ad hoc verbs from borrowed nouns.; to make; to create, to build, to bring forth; to write, to compose; to prepare (food); in various expressions about the weather; to release, to excrete; to prep, adorn, do (a body part); to make, to cause to be; …
Verb
al
contraction of a + el, literally “at the, to the”; upon
por
by; for (indicates something given in an exchange); through, out, via (indicating movement); across (indicating movement); about; due to, because of, for, for the sake of, out of (to express cause or motive); over; times, by, multiplied by; according to, for, regarding (to express opinion or something concerning someone); via, through, by (indicating the means of something); …
Preposition
haber
to have; forms the perfect aspect; to hold, to possess; to exist; there be; “there is”, “there are” (hay); “there was”, “there were” (hubo/había); to have to; to be necessary; used to denote a past obligation
Verb
poder
to be able to, can; to be familiar with something, or with someone's personality
Verb
ir
to go (away from speaker and listener); to be suitable or apt for its purpose, to match or suit well (of clothing); to head towards or lead to a place away from the speaker; to extend in time or space, from one point to another; to play; to approach or consider (something) from a specific angle, or to direct attention towards a particular goal; denotes an ongoing action with a sense of progression or movement through space or time; to go on (doing something), to carry on, to keep on; an action or process is beginning to occur or unfold; to grow (dark), get (cloudy); used ironically with certain adjectives or passive participles; used with the past participle of reflexive verbs to indicate being in a state caused by the verb; …
Verb
este
this
Determiner
más
more; -er (used to make comparisons); most; -est (used to make superlatives); furthermore; in addition; else; used with qué to express emphasis
Adverb
como
as (to such an extent or degree); like, about (approximately)
Adverb
si
if, whether; points out a contradiction (and often implies that it's obvious or that it's easy to find out about)
Conjunction
todo
all; every; each; every; all together
Determiner
pero
but; well well; so; well (used for emphasis); expresses surprise
Conjunction
vos
you, familiar form of the second-person singular pronoun; an elevated form of you, either singular or plural
Pronoun
o
or; either … or
Conjunction
mi
apocopic form of mío, my
Determiner
su
apocopic form of suyo; used to express an approximate number: about, approximately
Determiner
no
no; eh?, right?, isn't it? (used as a tag question, to emphasise what precedes, or to request that the listener express an opinion)
Interjection
decir
to say, to tell, to name, to mention; to pronounce, sound out; to say, opine; to say (of writing); to show; to demonstrate; to call; to be said (passive voice structure); it is said; to declare
Verb
éste
this one; substitutes a noun one can't remember or can't remember the name of
Pronoun
que
who; that; that; whom; which
Pronoun
le
to him, for him; dative of él; to her, for her; dative of ella; to it, for it; dative of ello; to you, for you (formal); dative of usted; you (formal); accusative of usted; him; accusative of él; it; accusative of ello; her; accusative of ella; to them, for them (singular); dative of elle; to them, for them (singular); accusative of elle
Pronoun
ellas
they, them (used subjectively and after prepositions; can refer to women and feminine nouns)
Pronoun
ver
to see, to spot; to see, to look at, to view (perceive); to see, to tell, to observe; to see, to check (verify); to watch; to look, to seem; to see oneself, to picture oneself; to find oneself, to be; to see one another
Verb
otro
other, another
Determiner
querer
to desire, to want, to want to; to love; to be fond of (usually used with people or personified objects); would you ... ?; to mean to, to try to; to love each other
Verb
ese
that
Determiner
año
year; age
Noun
tu
apocopic form of tuyo, your
Determiner
ahí
there (away from the speaker); that (in certain phrases)
Adverb
usted
second person formal; you (singular); second person informal; you (singular); you
Pronoun
cuando
when
Adverb
dar
to give, to give out; to hand over; to hit (from any distance); to hit oneself, bump into, crash into; to encounter; to find with effort; to emit; to produce; to perform; to hit upon; to press, activate; …
Verb
sin
without
Preposition
también
also, too, as well; so
Adverb
sus
your (with plural possessee)
Determiner
muy
apocopic form of mucho; very
Adverb
mucho
much, a lot of; many, a lot of
Determiner
sobre
over, above, on, upon, atop; about
Preposition
nosotros
we (masculine plural); ourselves
Pronoun
así
like this; like that; as such; thus; so; thereby; this way, that way; used to express wishes of misfortune against someone, or to cast a spell
Adverb
día
day (any period of 24 hours); day (a period from midnight to the following midnight); day (rotational period of a planet); day (the part of a day period which one spends at work, school, etc.); day, daytime (the part of the day between sunrise and sunset); An observance or celebration lasting for a day, such as an annual holiday.
Noun
porque
because
Conjunction
ése
that one; the former; dude, guy, pal, man, buddy; (sometimes) asshole
Pronoun
nuestro
ours
Pronoun
deber
to owe; must, need to, have to (indicates an obligation or requirement); must (used to indicate that something is likely); should (indicating opinion or expectation); should have; will need to; to be due to, to be attributable to, to be the result of, to be caused by
Verb
lo
neuter definite article used only before nominalized adjectives: the, that which is
Article
dos
two
Numeric
pasar
to pass, to hand, to slip; to happen; to pass, to get past, to go past, to go by, to go over, to get through; (of time) to pass; to enter a room; to go too far, exaggerate; to exceed, surpass, go over; to ripen too much, become rotten, become off (food); to pass (filter); to strain, to sieve, to sift; …
Verb
desde
since (from a specified time in the past); from (a location); starting at (a quantity, such as a price)
Preposition
qué
what; which; what a; such
Determiner
mismo
same; identical; one and the same; indicates that the two compared noun clauses both represent the one thing; similar; alike; practically identical; indicates that the two compared noun clauses have one or more matching qualities; self; emphasizes the identity or singularity of the modified noun phrase; own; emphasizes the owner or the exclusivity of ownership in a noun phrase with a possessive pronoun
Adjective
ya
come on!, let's go!; used to tell the listener that one knows what they are saying is true; I know, that's true, (you're) right; enough! no more! stop!; OK
Interjection
creer
to believe; to think, to believe, to reckon, to be of the opinion; to give credence to; to think one is something
Verb
entre
between; among, amongst, from; divided by; as one of, as part of; within, inside
Preposition
ahora
now (at the present time); just now, just a moment ago (in the past); very soon, in a moment (in the future); of nowadays, of today, latter-day; today; however, on the other hand; sometimes...other times
Adverb
hasta
until; up to, to the point of, as much as
Preposition
dejar
to leave (to place); to leave, to keep (to allow to continue); to leave (to cause, result in); to let, allow; to let go, put down (to release from one's grasp); to drop off; to leave, to abandon, to dump; to give up, to lay off, to kick (colloquial); to set, to put, to make (in certain phrases); to cut out (stop); …
Verb
bueno
good (of good quality); good (at/with something); good (in a good state); good (morally); to treat well, be good to; healthy, good; (of food) tasty, yummy, good (tasting good); not sick; hot, sexy
Adjective
vez
time, instance; place (in a queue); turn (a chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others); place, stead
Noun
mejor
better; better off; improved; best; top, highest, finest (e.g. highest quality, highest bidder, top of one's class, in top form, finest food and wine, finest hotel, etc.)
Adjective
todo
everything
Pronoun
cosa
thing (object, concept); thing (living being)
Noun
tiempo
time; a while, period of time, long time, length of time, indeterminate amount of time; tense; weather (the short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc)
Noun
donde
where, in what place; whence
Adverb
seguir
to follow; to continue (on); to keep, to keep on (can be combined with the gerund to indicate that someone or something continues doing something); to further do something; to follow, observe, to obey (a rule, religion); to follow (to subscribe to content from an account); to remain, to stay, to still be; to ensue; to follow, to pursue, to track, to trace, to tail, to chase; to proceed; to continue, to keep up; …
Verb
grande
big, large; great, grand; aged, old
Adjective
algo
something, anything
Pronoun
solo
only; solely; just
Adverb
nada
nothing, zero, zilch, not...anything
Pronoun
vida
life; lifestyle; livelihood; living; liveliness; lifespan; lifetime; a term of endearment; darling, sweetheart; the game (prostitution); life (in a computer game); protagonist
Noun
ya
now, right now, (in the negative) anymore, no longer; by now, at this point; indicates completion of an action (difference from sense 4 depends on context); yet (in questions); already; at some point in the future, later, eventually, soon, then, afterwards; immediately; only
Adverb
poner
to put, to place (cause to assume a specified position); to write; to type (with a keyboard, etc.), (with a dative object) to send; to attach, to assign (also in an abstract sense); to give, to provide; (transitive) to put (cause to assume a specified state), (reflexive) to become, to get, to put oneself in a specified state; to pay (attention); to prepare; to turn on, activate (an appliance, light, a mechanism, a functionality etc.).; to play, put on (a recording, a song, a video etc.), put, display (an image); …
Verb
llegar
to arrive, get (to); to get up to, to go up to, to reach (+ a or + hasta); to be sufficient; to be enough; to manage (be successful)
Verb
nuevo
new; brand new, all-new; fresh
Adjective
alguno
some, any; any (used for emphasis); various
Determiner
después
later, afterwards, afterward, post; next; after
Adverb
hablar
to talk; to speak; to communicate using words; to speak (a language); to talk or speak regularly with someone, sometimes online
Verb