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Most common Spanish words 1–500

500 words, in teaching order

Words 101–200
siempre
always; in spite of it, still...at least; all the same, ultimately, in the end; of course
Adverb
encontrar
to meet; to find, encounter, come across; to meet, bump into; to think, consider, find; to manage (to do something); to be located; to feel, be
Verb
parte
part; section; portion; share; piece; bit; cut; proportion; place; somewhere; side; party (e.g. a third party, state party, to be party to); behalf; stint (i.e. allotted portion of work); message; report; dispatch; traffic ticket; sticker
Noun
país
country (the territory of a nation); country, land (a set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits)
Noun
llevar
to take somewhere; to take away or take with oneself; to carry, bear, hold; to get along (well, badly, etc.); to wear; to have, include (have as a component, part, accessory or ingredient); to give a lift, to give a ride; to have spent time, to have been; to take some amount of time; to have done, to have achieved a certain amount or extent of something (which is indicated by the verb and followed by a past participle); …
Verb
poco
little, not much; few, not many; un-, not
Determiner
ello
it, neuter third-person subject and disjunctive pronoun
Pronoun
solo
sole; one; only; single (unique); lonely, lonesome; alone, by oneself; automatic; self-, by itself
Adjective
contar
to count; to tally; to tell (a story); narrate; to be (a certain number of years of age); to rely; to have available
Verb
gente
people; guys, lads (used to address a group of people)
Noun
tan
so, as; very
Adverb
quedar
to be (as a result of something), to end up; to be situated; to be located (used with only static objects, such as buildings); to be left; to remain; to fit, to suit; to look good (clothes); to turn out, e.g. well or poorly; to agree on; to agree to meet up with someone; to die; to turn out, become, go (usually used for negative, physical descriptions); to stay; to remain, to stick with; …
Verb
mundo
world, earth (human collective existence); world, globe (the Earth); world (planet, especially one which is inhabitable); world (an individual or group perspective or social setting); hopscotch; a considerable amount
Noun
parecer
to seem, to see fit; to look like, to seem like; to believe; to think; to strike (seem, appear, make an impression); to be like, to take after, to resemble; to perceive; to appear
Verb
volver
to return, to revert, to get back; to come back, go back; to do again; to turn; to become, to get; to make, to drive
Verb
lugar
place
Noun
salir
to go out, to leave, to depart, to head out; to go out, to come out (to leave one's abode to go to public places); to come out (e.g. from hiding), to come off (e.g. off the bench in a sport; off of a high place like a roof or ladder); to exit, to leave, to walk out, to slip out; to step out (e.g. of a room, house or building); to get off, to leave (e.g., get off work); to get off (e.g. get off the plane, an island, someone's property, the street) (+ de); to get out (e.g. out of the way, out of the sun) (+ de); to go off (e.g. go off the grid, go off the air) (+ de); to log out, to quit, to exit (e.g. a web page or document); …
Verb
hace
ago (Note: unlike in English, hace precedes the number.); in, it has been...since (a past period of time)
Preposition
parar
to stop, halt; to stand up; to put something in a vertical position; to put someone in a vertical position; to get up (from bed); to become erect (in the sense of upright); (of one's penis) to become erect; see pararlas; to tend to do or to be (followed by a gerund)
Verb
tanto
so much; as much; that much; so many, as many, that many
Determiner
cada
each; every
Determiner
gracias
thank you, thanks
Interjection
venir
Senses relating to literal movement.; to come (move closer to some location (most often closer to the speaker), by default the speaker's location); to arrive; Figurative senses.; to come from, originate; to come (happen); to come (appear); to come (to have some characteristic or quality) (with an adjective or prepositional phrase); to receive something, get something; to get (something felt in one's body or perceived in one's mind, a feeling, an illness, pain, an urge, an idea, etc.); …
Verb
quien
who; whom; whoever; whomever; anyone who; the one who
Pronoun
pensar
to think, ponder; to reflect, think through; to think of, think that (have an opinion on); to intend, to plan, to want
Verb
nunca
never; ever
Adverb
mujer
woman; wife
Noun
bien
well (adverbial form of bueno); well; fine; okay (state of being satisfied with the status quo); properly; willingly; very; as well
Adverb
mas
but; however
Conjunction
trabajo
work, job; work; school assignment, often a presentation
Noun
caso
case (situation or fact); case (instance of a medical condition); case; occasion
Noun
forma
shape; form; figure; way; manner; basis; method; form (“sheet to fill out”)
Noun
antes
earlier; before; sooner; previously; formerly; beforehand (at an earlier time); soon (in certain phrases); ahead (temporally), ahead of (when followed by de); once, formerly (in the past); first (before a condition is fulfilled); rather, sooner (used to specify a preference)
Adverb
ni
Used in emphatic negations, not even; Forms an emphatic negative imperative, don't even
Adverb
vivir
to live; to be alive; to make a living, to live on; to live in, reside, inhabit; to experience, to live through
Verb
aquí
here (in the speaker's location)
Adverb
gobierno
government
Noun
conocer
to know (a person or a place), to be familiar with, to be acquainted with; to meet; to get to know, become acquainted (with); to see, to visit, to explore (i.e., to get to know a place for the first time); to hear, to know (implies hearing for the first time); to discover, to get to or come to know, to learn about, to find out; to know, to have known; to know oneself; to conceptualize or conceive; to know, have sex with.
Verb
hombre
man, (adult male human); man, (all humans collectively); mankind, humankind; man, (individual of the species Homo sapiens, the genus Homo, or the subtribe Hominina); husband; top; ombre (Spanish card game)
Noun
gustar
translated as "to like", analyzable in structure as "to please" [with dative ‘someone’] (the thing being liked is the subject, while the "liker" is in the dative case ("indirect object")). See the usage notes for more. Compare similar structures in Italian piacere, Romanian plăcea, German gefallen and Russian нравиться (nravitʹsja).; to like in a general sense; to like romantically; to like the taste of (some food); to want, to please; to like, to enjoy; to want, to desire; to taste, to try (determine the flavour of something by putting it in one's mouth); to experiment, to try
Verb
durante
during, in, over; for (as a duration)
Preposition
esperar
to hope; to expect; to wait, wait (for); to wait, to hold on (reflexive for emphatic use); to be expected
Verb
casa
house
Noun
menos
less; least
Adverb
tomar
to take (put under one's physical or mental control, often in one's hands); to draw from, take, derive; to grip, grasp, grab; to select, choose; to seize, capture; to take (a path, etc); to take (use as a means of transportation (when one isn't the driver)); to take, consume, drink (mostly used with drinks and medication); used in tomar el sol; to take (regard in a specified way); …
Verb
aunque
though, although, even though, albeit; even if, irrespective of (followed by subjunctive verb form)
Conjunction
contra
against, versus
Preposition
ciudad
city
Noun
persona
person (an individual; usually a human being); a socially distinguished person, a personality; a wise or otherwise excellent person; a character (an individual with a specific role in a literary work)
Noun
momento
moment, instant; timing; momentum
Noun
problema
problem, issue, challenge (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with); trouble (in the singular or in the plural); question, dilemma, conundrum; condition (illness)
Noun
amigo
friend; penis
Noun
último
final; last; latest; most recent
Adjective
tú
you (second-person singular pronoun)
Pronoun
hora
hour (a time period of sixty minutes); time (the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device); high time (usually with "ya"); hour, period (of class); appointment (e.g. with the doctor)
Noun
necesitar
to need
Verb
partir
to divide, split; to go away, leave, depart; to crack up, have a laugh; to fall in love; to crack open (e.g., one's head)
Verb
sentir
to feel; to regret, feel or be sorry; to hear; to feel (an emotion/state of being)
Verb
nacional
national, nationwide (of or relating to a nation); national (native to a nation)
Adjective
como
as (introducing a basis of comparison or equality); as, since (being that); how (in which way); if, unless (under the condition that)
Conjunction
hoy
today, tonight (on the current day)
Adverb
llamar
to summon, to call; to call (on the telephone); to knock (on a door); to ring (a doorbell); to refer to, to call; to appeal; to attract; to be called
Verb
cómo
how?
Adverb
comer
to eat; to have lunch; to eat away, corrode; to capture a piece; to have sexual intercourse (because of similarity to coger); translated with "not care"
Verb
alguien
someone, somebody; anyone, anybody
Pronoun
grupo
group; party, team, crew, gang, squad, (when interchangeable with "group"); cluster, bunch, clump, pool, grouping, lot, batch; bracket (range); caucus (non-electoral) (i.e. a grouping of members); circle, collection (social, of people); band; guile, lie
Noun
tratar
to treat (to handle, behave toward in a specific way); to treat (to apply medical care); to treat (to submit to a chemical action); to address, to refer to as; to deal with; to be about; to try, to seek, to attempt, to strive, to endeavor; to be
Verb
entrar
to enter; to come in; to get in; to go in; to get inside; to come on in; to break in; to join; to enter; to start; to access; to log in; to fit; to step in; to input; to enter (data or information); to enter in; to enter into; to get into; to come into; to walk into; to step into; to slip into (entrar + en); to break into (entrar + en); to fit in; to fall in; to fall within (entrar + en); …
Verb
esto
substitutes a noun one can't remember or can't remember the name of
Pronoun
mal
badly, poorly, ill; awry, amiss, wrong, wrongly; hard (functions as an adverb in Spanish but translates as an adjective in English); Used as an intensifier, very; yes
Adverb
tres
three
Numeric
primera
first gear (lowest gear in a motor vehicle); first class
Noun
buscar
to seek, search for, look for, try to find, to scour; to look up (in a search engine, dictionary, etc.); to fetch, get, pick up; to bring on (oneself), to ask for
Verb
trabajar
to work; to work in, work on, to workshop (+ en); to suffer
Verb
usar
to use; to wear; to consume; to be used; to be fashionable
Verb
hecho
done, completed; made
Adjective
tal
such
Adjective
ley
law (a well-established characteristic of nature); law (body of rules issued by a legislative body); law (particular piece of legislation); religion; credence; worship of a god
Noun
pues
so, then; in that case; because, since
Conjunction
social
social
Adjective
nombre
name; noun
Noun
pedir
to ask for something; to request someone else to do something; to order something; to order; to call, call in (e.g. to call for help, to call for backup, to call in a favor); to plead
Verb
nadie
no one; nobody (anyone or anybody)
Pronoun
derecho
straight (not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length); straight; upright (perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique); right, right-hand (designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north); correct, appropriate, right
Adjective
mes
month
Noun
hijo
son; child (of unknown gender); team that is often defeated by another team
Noun
público
public
Adjective
mientras
while, whilst, as (at the same time as); as long as, so long as (expressing a condition); however much, however many, “the..., the...” (constructing parallel comparatives); while, whereas (indicating difference)
Conjunction
nueva
news, novelty
Noun
veces
by, times (multiplication)
Preposition
sí
yes, yeah, (used to respond affirmatively to a question, used both informally and formally); Used to give positive emphasis to a verb, which is often replaced. Functions similarly to English do.
Particle
propio
own (belonging to); proper; typical, characteristic
Adjective
entender
to understand, to fathom; to hear; to be queer; to bat for the other team; to get on; get along; to get it on; do it (have an amorous relationship)
Verb
un
apocopic form of uno (“one”)
Numeric
ninguno
no; none; (no/not…) at all, whatsoever, in the slightest; any (negative)
Determiner
general
general, overall
Adjective
luego
then (afterward); later, later on (at some point in the future); soon (within a short time)
Adverb
entonces
then, next, thereupon, at that time, at that point; then, therefore, so, thus; in that case
Adverb
manera
way; manner; method; style
Noun
partido
party; game, match (chiefly for soccer); hair parting or part; advantage, benefit; subdivision of Buenos Aires province
Noun