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Below are two estimates of the most common words in Modern Spanish. Each estimate comes from an analysis of a different text corpus. A text corpus is a large collection of samples of written and/or spoken language, that has been carefully prepared for linguistic analysis. To determine which words are the most common, researchers create a database of all the words found in the corpus, and categorise them based on the context in which they are used.
The first table lists the 100 most common word forms from the Corpus de Referencia del Español Actual (CREA), a text corpus compiled by the Real Academia Española (RAE). The RAE is Spain’s official institution for documenting, planning, and standardising the Spanish language. A word form is any of the grammatical variations of a word.
The second table is a list of 100 most common lemmas found in a text corpus compiled by Mark Davies and other language researchers at Brigham Young University in the United States. A lemma is the primary form of a word—the one that would appear in a dictionary. The Spanish infinitive tener («to have») is a lemma, while tiene («has»)—which is a conjugation of tener—is a word form.
Real Academia Española[edit]
The list below comes from «1000 formas más frecuentes» (transl. 1000 most frequent word forms)», a list published by the Real Academia Española (RAE) from analysis of more than 160 million word forms found in the Corpus de Referencia del Español Actual (transl. Reference Corpus of Current Spanish), or CREA. CREA is a computerised corpus of texts written in Spanish, and of transcripts of spoken Spanish. It includes books, magazines, and newspapers with a wide variety of content, as well as transcripts of spoken language from radio and television broadcasts and other sources. All the works in the collection are from 1975 to 2004. CREA includes samples from all Spanish-speaking countries.[1]
The list of «2000 most frequent word forms» comes from an analysis of CREA version 3.2.[2] Plurals, verb conjugations, and other inflections are ranked separately. Homonyms, however, are not distinguished from one another. CREA 3.2 was published in June 2008.[1]
Rank | Word form | Occurrences | Part of speech | Translation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | de | 9,999,518 | preposition | of; from |
2 | la | 6,277,560 | article, pronoun | the; third person feminine singular pronoun |
3 | que | 4,681,839 | conjunction | that, which |
4 | el | 4,569,652 | article | the |
5 | en | 4,234,281 | preposition | in, on |
6 | y | 4,180,279 | conjunction | and |
7 | a | 3,260,939 | preposition | to, at |
8 | los | 2,618,657 | article, pronoun | the; third person masculine direct object |
9 | se | 2,022,514 | pronoun | -self, oneself (reflexive) |
10 | del | 1,857,225 | preposition | from the |
11 | las | 1,686,741 | article, pronoun | the; third person feminine direct object |
12 | un | 1,659,827 | article | a, an |
13 | por | 1,561,904 | preposition | by, for, through |
14 | con | 1,481,607 | preposition | with |
15 | no | 1,465,503 | adverb | no; not |
16 | una | 1,347,603 | article | a, an, one |
17 | su | 1,103,617 | possessive | his/her/its/your |
18 | para | 1,062,152 | preposition | for, to, in order to |
19 | es | 1,019,669 | verb | is |
20 | al | 951,054 | preposition | to the |
21 | lo | 866,955 | article, pronoun | the; third person masculine direct object |
22 | como | 773,465 | conjunction | like, as |
23 | más | 661,696 | adjective | more |
24 | o | 542,284 | conjunction | or |
25 | pero | 450,512 | conjunction | but |
26 | sus | 449,870 | possessive | your |
27 | le | 413,241 | pronoun | third person indirect object |
28 | ha | 380,339 | verb | he/she/it has [done something]; you (formal) have [done something] |
29 | me | 374,368 | pronoun | me |
30 | si | 327,480 | conjunction | if, whether |
31 | sin | 298,383 | preposition | without |
32 | sobre | 289,704 | preposition | on top of, over, about |
33 | este | 285,461 | adjective | this |
34 | ya | 274,177 | adverb | already; still |
35 | entre | 267,493 | preposition | between |
36 | cuando | 257,272 | conjunction | when |
37 | todo | 247,340 | adjective | all, every |
38 | esta | 238,841 | adjective | this |
39 | ser | 232,924 | verb | to be |
40 | son | 232,415 | verb | they are, you (pl.) are |
41 | dos | 228,439 | number | two |
42 | también | 227,411 | adverb | too, also, as well |
43 | fue | 223,791 | verb | was |
44 | había | 223,430 | verb | I/he/she/it/there was (or used to be) |
45 | era | 219,933 | verb | was |
46 | muy | 208,540 | adverb | very |
47 | años | 203,027 | noun (masculine) | years |
48 | hasta | 202,935 | preposition | until |
49 | desde | 198,647 | preposition | from; since |
50 | está | 194,168 | verb | is |
51 | mi | 186,360 | possessive | my |
52 | porque | 185,700 | conjunction | because |
53 | qué | 184,956 | pronoun | what?; which?; how adjective |
54 | sólo | 170,552 | adverb | only, solely |
55 | han | 169,718 | verb | they/you (pl.) have [done something] |
56 | yo | 167,684 | pronoun | I |
57 | hay | 164,940 | verb | there is/are |
58 | vez | 163,538 | noun (feminine) | time, instance |
59 | puede | 161,219 | verb | can |
60 | todos | 158,168 | adjective | all; every |
61 | así | 155,645 | adverb | like that |
62 | nos | 154,412 | pronoun | us |
63 | ni | 153,451 | conjunction, adverb | neither; nor; no even |
64 | parte | 148,750 | noun (masculine / feminine) | part; message |
65 | tiene | 147,274 | verb | has |
66 | él | 139,080 | pronoun (masculine) | he, it |
67 | uno | 136,020 | number | one |
68 | donde | 132,077 | preposition | where |
69 | bien | 130,957 | adjective | fine, well |
70 | tiempo | 130,896 | noun (masculine) | time; weather |
71 | mismo | 130,746 | adjective | same |
72 | ese | 127,976 | pronoun | that |
73 | ahora | 125,661 | adverb | now |
74 | cada | 124,558 | determiner | each; every |
75 | e | 123,729 | conjunction | and |
76 | vida | 123,491 | noun (feminine) | life |
77 | otro | 121,983 | adjective | other, another |
78 | después | 121,746 | preposition | after |
79 | te | 120,052 | pronoun | to you, for you; yourself |
80 | otros | 119,500 | pronoun | others |
81 | aunque | 115,556 | conjunction | though, although, even though |
82 | esa | 115,377 | adjective | that |
83 | eso | 114,523 | pronoun | that |
84 | hace | 114,507 | verb | he/she/it does/makes |
85 | otra | 113,982 | adjective, pronoun | other; another |
86 | gobierno | 113,011 | noun (masculine) | government |
87 | tan | 112,471 | adverb | so |
88 | durante | 112,020 | preposition | during |
89 | siempre | 111,557 | adverb | always |
90 | día | 110,921 | noun (masculine) | day |
91 | tanto | 110,679 | adjective, adverb | so much |
92 | ella | 110,620 | pronoun | she, her; it |
93 | tres | 109,542 | number | three |
94 | sí | 108,631 | noun, pronoun | yes; reflexive pronoun |
95 | dijo | 108,471 | verb | said; told |
96 | sido | 107,352 | past participle | been |
97 | gran | 106,991 | adjective | large, great, big |
98 | país | 104,568 | noun (masculine) | country |
99 | según | 104,204 | preposition | as; according to |
100 | menos | 103,498 | adjective | less; fewer |
Mark Davies[edit]
In 2006, Mark Davies, an associate professor of linguistics at Brigham Young University, published his estimate of the 5000 most common words in Modern Spanish. To make this list, he compiled samples only from 20th-century sources—especially from the years 1970 to 2000. Most of the sources are from the 1990s. Of the 20 million words in the corpus, about one-third (~6,750,000 words) come from transcripts of spoken Spanish: conversations, interviews, lectures, sermons, press conferences, sports broadcasts, and so on. Among the written sources are novels, plays, short stories, letters, essays, newspapers, and the encyclopedia Encarta. The samples, written and spoken, come from Spain and at least 10 Latin American countries. Most of the samples were previously compiled for the Corpus del Español (2001), a 100 million-word corpus that includes works from the 13th century through the 20th.[3][4]
The 5000 words in Davies’ list are lemmas.[5] A lemma is the form of the word as it would appear in a dictionary.[6] Singular nouns and plurals, for example, are treated as the same word, as are infinitives and verb conjugations. The table below includes the top 100 words from Davies’ list of 5000.[7][8] This list distinguishes between the definite articles lo and la and the pronouns lo and la; all are ranked individually. The adjectives ese and esa are ranked together (as are este and esta) ), but the pronoun eso is separate. All conjugations of a verb are ranked together.
A highlighted row indicates that the word was found to occur especially frequently in samples of spoken Spanish.[9]
Rank | Lemma | Occurrences | Part of speech | Translation |
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1 | el / la | 2,037,803 | article | the |
2 | de | 1,319,834 | preposition | of, from |
3 | que | 662,653 | conjunction | that, which |
4 | y | 562,162 | conjunction | and |
5 | a | 529,899 | preposition | to, at |
6 | en | 507,233 | preposition | in, on |
7 | un | 434,022 | article | a, an |
8 | ser | 374,194 | verb | to be |
9 | se | 329,012 | pronoun | -self, oneself (reflexive) |
10 | no | 257,365 | adverb | no |
11 | haber | 196,962 | verb | to have |
12 | por | 190,975 | preposition | by, for, through |
13 | con | 184,597 | preposition | with |
14 | su | 187,810 | adjective | his, her, their, your |
15 | para | 126,061 | preposition | for, to, in order to |
16 | como | 106,840 | conjunction | like, as |
17 | estar | 106,429 | verb | to be |
18 | tener | 106,642 | verb | to have |
19 | le | 98,211 | pronoun | third person indirect object |
20 | lo | 91,035 | article | the |
21 | lo | 92,519 | pronoun | third person masculine direct object |
22 | todo | 88,057 | adjective | all, every |
23 | pero | 82,435 | conjunction | but, yet, except |
24 | más | 92,352 | adjective | more |
25 | hacer | 81,619 | verb | to do; to make |
26 | o | 82,444 | conjunction | or |
27 | poder | 76,738 | verb | to be able to, can |
28 | decir | 79,343 | verb | to tell, say |
29 | este / esta | 80,544 | adjective | this |
30 | ir | 70,352 | verb | to go |
31 | otro | 61,726 | adjective | other, another |
32 | ese / esa | 60,989 | adjective | that |
33 | la | 55,523 | pronoun | third person feminine direct object |
34 | si | 53,608 | conjunction | if, whether |
35 | me | 95,577 | pronoun | me |
36 | ya | 46,778 | adverb | already, still |
37 | ver | 45,854 | verb | to see |
38 | porque | 44,500 | conjunction | because |
39 | dar | 40,233 | verb | to give |
40 | cuando | 39,726 | conjunction | when |
41 | él | 38,597 | pronoun | he |
42 | muy | 39,558 | adverb | very, really |
43 | sin | 40,432 | preposition | without |
44 | vez | 35,286 | noun (feminine) | time, occurrence |
45 | mucho | 36,391 | adjective | much, many, a lot |
46 | saber | 37,092 | verb | to know |
47 | qué | 42,000 | pronoun | what?; which?; how adjective |
48 | sobre | 35,038 | preposition | on top of, over, about |
49 | mi | 45,636 | adjective | my |
50 | alguno | 30,485 | adjective / pronoun | some; someone |
51 | mismo | 29,569 | adjective | same |
52 | yo | 54,635 | pronoun | I |
53 | también | 33,348 | adverb | also |
54 | hasta | 29,506 | preposition / adverb | until, up to; even |
55 | año | 33,053 | noun (masculine) | year |
56 | dos | 27,733 | number | two |
57 | querer | 28,696 | verb | to want, love |
58 | entre | 30,756 | preposition | between |
59 | así | 24,832 | adverb | like that |
60 | primero | 26,553 | adjective | first |
61 | desde | 25,288 | preposition | from, since |
62 | grande | 25,963 | adjective | large, great, big |
63 | eso | 31,636 | pronoun (neuter gender) | that |
64 | ni | 24,261 | conjunction | not even, neither, nor |
65 | nos | 26,349 | pronoun | us |
66 | llegar | 22,878 | verb | to arrive |
67 | pasar | 22,466 | verb | to pass; to happen; to spend time |
68 | tiempo | 22,432 | noun (masculine) | time, weather |
69 | ella(s) | 24,770 | pronoun | she; (plural) them |
70 | sí | 33,828 | adverb | yes |
71 | día | 24,715 | noun (masculine) | day |
72 | uno | 21,407 | number | one |
73 | bien | 21,589 | adverb | well |
74 | poco | 20,986 | adjective / adverb | little, few; a little bit |
75 | deber | 22,232 | verb | should, ought to; to owe |
76 | entonces | 23,548 | adverb | so, then |
77 | poner | 20,330 | verb | to put (on); to get [adjective] |
78 | cosa | 23,943 | noun (feminine) | thing |
79 | tanto | 20,531 | adjective | much |
80 | hombre | 20,292 | noun (masculine) | man, mankind, husband |
81 | parecer | 19,964 | verb | to seem, to look like |
82 | nuestro | 20,666 | adjective | our |
83 | tan | 19,002 | adverb | such, a, too, so |
84 | donde | 18,852 | conjunction | where |
85 | ahora | 21,030 | adverb | now |
86 | parte | 20,319 | noun (feminine) | part, portion |
87 | después | 20,229 | adverb | after |
88 | vida | 18,045 | noun (feminine) | life |
89 | quedar | 18,152 | verb | to remain, to stay |
90 | siempre | 17,689 | adverb | always |
91 | creer | 21,257 | verb | to believe |
92 | hablar | 19,006 | verb | to speak, to talk |
93 | llevar | 17,062 | verb | to take, to carry |
94 | dejar | 18,185 | verb | to let, to leave |
95 | nada | 19,365 | pronoun | nothing |
96 | cada | 17,155 | adjective | each, every |
97 | seguir | 16,104 | verb | to follow |
98 | menos | 15,527 | adjective | less, fewer |
99 | nuevo | 17,381 | adjective | new |
100 | encontrar | 15,556 | verb | to find |
See also[edit]
- Longest word in Spanish
- List of English–Spanish interlingual homographs
- Most common words in English
- Word lists by frequency
- Letter frequency
- Morphology (linguistics)
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b «CREA». RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
- ^ «Corpus de Referencia del Español Actual (CREA) — Listado de frecuencias». RAE.es (in Spanish). Real Academia Española. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
- ^ Davies (2006), p. 2–3
- ^ «El Corpus del Español». corpusdelespanol.org. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
- ^ Davies (2006), pp. 4–6
- ^ Davies (2006), p. 4
- ^ Davies (2006), pp. 12–14
- ^ «Top Spanish Vocabulary». Vistawide World Languages & Cultures. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
- ^ Davies (2006), p. 9
References[edit]
- Davies, Mark (2006). A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish: Core Vocabulary for Learners. Routledge. OCLC300359892.
External links[edit]
- Cardellino, Cristian (March 2016). «Spanish Billion Words Corpus and Embeddings». crscardellino.github.io. Cristian Cardellino.
Do you know how many words are there in Spanish?
Generally speaking, nearly one million.
So many words are not easy to memorize, let alone properly used. Most of them you won’t even need at all in everyday conversations.
According to researchers, people use only around 10% to 20% of words in their day to day life.
So, if you want to learn Spanish faster, the best solution is learning the most common Spanish words.
Now, let’s see which are the most common Spanish words that can help you learn the language faster, and participate in different conversations.
1000 Most Common Spanish Words
Studies have shown that learning 1,000 words that are used frequently covers around 88% of the vocabulary. Here, we mean words that are used every day.
Basic Spanish words are vital for every Spanish student.
If you expand your vocabulary to 2,000 most common words in Spanish, then you have 92.7% of the everyday vocabulary covered.
Who would think that with only 1,000 or 2,000 words, you would be able to speak about everyday topics?
In the following lines, find the list of most common words in Spanish, more than 100 of them. But if you wish to reach your goal of 1,000 words, you can find them
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Most Common Spanish Nouns And Pronouns
Nouns are, literally, the basics when learning a language. The good thing about nouns is that they are mostly easy to memorize and recall them when you need them.
Below, we’ve listed some of the most common Spanish nouns as well as pronouns.
Nouns
Spanish | English |
el año | year |
el caso | case |
el día | day |
el hecho | fact |
el mundo | world |
el estado | state |
el gobierno | government |
el hombre | man |
el momento | moment |
el país | country |
el tiempo | time, weather |
el trabajo | work |
los años | years |
la casa | house |
la parte | part |
la vez | time (una vez- once) |
la vida | life |
las cosas | things |
España | Spain |
los días | days |
la política | policy, politics |
las veces | times |
la gente | people |
el lugar | place |
el ejemplo | example |
las personas | people |
la mujer | woman |
Pronouns
Spanish | English |
se | himself, herself, itself, yourself, yourselves, themselves each other |
Yo | I |
tu | you |
él | he, him |
ella | She, her |
usted | You |
nosotros, nosotras | we |
ellos, elas | they |
lo | It, that |
me | (to) me |
te | (to) you |
nos | (to) us, ourselves |
le | (to) him, her, you |
su | his, her, your |
sus | his, her, your, their |
nada | nothing |
algo | something |
Common Spanish Adjectives
The world is not only black and white. Adjectives give color to our world.
Let’s admit that without adjectives, we can’t say or describe not even one single thing.
So, naturally, you need to know some of the most common Spanish adjectives to be able to explain your thoughts in a higher way.
Spanish | English |
este | this |
todo | all |
esta | this |
todos | all, everyone |
ese | that |
mismo | same |
otro | other, another |
esa | that |
bueno | good |
otra | other, another |
tanto | so much |
otros | other, others |
poco | little (not much) |
mucho | much |
gran | great, big |
estos | these |
general | general |
todas | all, everyone |
mayor | bigger, older |
mejor | better |
toda | all |
tal | such |
otras | other, others |
estas | these |
primera | first |
algunos | some |
Most Used Spanish Verbs
No matter how many nouns or adjectives you know, if you don’t learn verbs, it’s all in vain.
Without a verb, there is no sentence.
Luckily for you, below you can find some of the most common verbs. Take a look and start memorizing.
Spanish | English |
es | is, are |
ha | has, have |
son | are |
está | is, are |
hay | there is, there are |
ser | to be |
era | was, were |
había | there was, there were |
tiene | has, have |
fue | was. were |
puede | can |
pueden | can |
han | have |
hacer | to make, to do |
hace | make(s), do(es) |
decir | to say |
va | go(es) |
estaba | was, were |
sea | (might) be |
ver | to see |
están | are |
sido | been |
dijo | said |
he | I have |
tienen | have |
tener | to have |
tenía | had |
creo | I believe |
dice | says, say |
vamos | we go, we are going |
parece | seems, seem |
poder | to be able to |
Let’s Not Forget About Spanish Adverbs and Prepositions
Like adjectives, adverbs and prepositions also help you in a way that neither a noun or a verb can.
They can explain the things you have in mind better.
Here are some of the most commonly used adverbs and prepositions:
Adverbs
Spanish | English |
no | no, not |
sí | yes |
más | more |
también | also |
muy | very |
ya | already, now, soon |
así | so, like this, like that |
bien | well |
ahora | now |
siempre | always |
solo (solamente) | only |
tan | so |
entonces | then |
después | after, later |
menos | less |
aquí | here |
antes | before, earlier |
hoy | today |
luego | then, later |
casi | almost |
nunca | never |
además | besides, in addition |
Prepositions
Spanish | English |
en | in, on, into |
con | with |
por | through, for (means), along, by |
para | in order to, for (ends) |
sin | without |
sobre | about, above, on top of |
hasta | until |
entre | between, among |
desde | from, since |
durante | during, for (time) |
contra | against |
hacia | toward |
según | according to |
What About The Spanish Conjunctions?
Adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions give colors to your thoughts and descriptions, while nouns and verbs are the basic.
But what about the
conjunctions?
They are an essential part of one language as well. Thanks to conjunctions, not only can we make longer sentences but can explain something with more details.
In the following lines, you can find some of the most frequently used conjunctions.
Spanish | English |
y | and |
o | or |
como | as, like |
que | that, who, which, than |
si | if |
porque | because |
cuando | when |
ni | nor, neither |
donde | where |
aunque | although, even though |
sino | but, except |
mientras | while |
Final Thoughts
Now you have the most common words in Spanish in one place.
We are all different, which means that the way you learn a language might not suit someone else. So,
the best way to learn Spanish words is to find out which method suits you.
But don’t forget that practice makes the most of it. So, don’t wait any longer and start practicing with
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There are so many Spanish words that learning vocabulary often feels like an overwhelming task. It’s confusing. It feels like finding the right book at a completely dark library.
Wouldn’t it be easier if you had a clear path you could follow? If you could just have a list of words used in everyday conversations?
That’s the purpose of this post, where you’ll find the 100 words used most often in spoken Spanish.
Why these 100 words?
Let’s imagine you want to learn how to be a bartender quickly to get a job around town. Would you start by learning about hundreds of drinks from around the world? Or would you learn and remember the most popular drinks around your area first?
Probably the second option, right? Like this, you’d get the job and learn more as you go.
The idea behind this list of words is similar. Find out what’s useful and used most often, so you can focus on that first to improve your Spanish faster. It’s classic 80/20.
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The 80/20 Principle:
According to Entrepreneur and Author David Koch, “The 80/20 Principle asserts that a minority of causes, inputs or efforts usually lead to a majority of the results, outputs or rewards” (David Koch, The 80/20 Principle, Doubleday Publishing.)
In other words, it’s the few things that matter most.
We can use the 80/20 Principle in Spanish to prioritize moving faster. In this case, determining a subgroup of words (usually around 20%) used most often in everyday conversations.
By focusing on that 20%, you can get disproportionate results in progressing your language skills and moving faster.
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The 100 Most Common Words in Spoken Spanish
Now, it’s time to review the complete list of words. If you are just getting started, focus on the first 50 words on the list. After you memorize those, move on to the complete list. Here it is (have fun!)
…Rank… | Word in Spanish | Meaning in English |
1 | que | that |
2 | de | of, from |
3 | no | no |
4 | a | to |
5 | la | the (for singular feminine nouns) |
6 | el | the (for masculine singular nouns) |
7 | es | he is, she is, it is (for essential characteristics) |
8 | y | and |
9 | en | in, on, at |
10 | lo | it, him (direct-object pronoun) |
11 | un | a, an (for singular masculine nouns) |
12 | por | for, by, through |
13 | qué | what / how (as in “how nice!”) |
14 | me | me, myself |
15 | una | a, an (for singular feminine nouns) |
16 | te | you (direct-object pronoun) |
17 | los | the (for plural masculine nouns) |
18 | se | himself, herself, itself |
19 | con | with |
20 | para | for, to |
21 | mi | my |
22 | está | he is, she is, it is (non-permanent characteristics) |
23 | si | if |
24 | bien | well, good |
25 | pero | but |
26 | yo | I |
27 | eso | that |
28 | las | the (for plural feminine nouns) |
29 | sí | yes |
30 | su | his, her, its |
31 | tu | your |
32 | aquí | here |
33 | del | of the, from the, in the |
34 | al | to the |
35 | como | how, as, like |
36 | le | him, her, formal you (indirect object pronoun) |
37 | más | more |
38 | esto | this (for singular masculine nouns) |
39 | ya | already |
40 | todo | everything |
41 | esta | this one (for singular feminine nouns) |
42 | vamos | let’s go, come on |
43 | muy | very |
44 | hay | there is |
45 | ahora | now |
46 | algo | something |
47 | estoy | I am (non-permanent characteristics) |
48 | tengo | I have |
49 | nos | us |
50 | tú | you |
51 | nada | nothing |
52 | cuando | when |
53 | ha | he has, she has, it has (auxiliary) |
54 | este | this one (for singular masculine nouns) |
55 | sé | I know |
56 | estás | you are (non-permanent characteristics) |
57 | así | like this |
58 | puedo | I can |
59 | cómo | how |
60 | quiero | I want |
61 | sólo | only, just |
62 | soy | I am (for essential characteristics) |
63 | tiene | he has, she has, it has |
64 | gracias | thank you |
65 | o | or |
66 | él | he |
67 | bueno | good |
68 | fue | he was, she was, it was |
69 | ser | to be (for permanent characteristics) |
70 | hacer | to do, to make |
71 | son | they are (for permanent characteristics) |
72 | todos | all of us, all of them |
73 | era | he was, she was, it was (permanent characteristics) |
74 | eres | you are (permanent characteristics) |
75 | vez | time (as in “one time”) |
76 | tienes | you have |
77 | creo | I believe |
78 | ella | she |
79 | he | I have (auxiliary) |
80 | ese | that one |
81 | voy | I go |
82 | puede | he can, she can, it can |
83 | sabes | you know |
84 | hola | hello |
85 | sus | his, her (for plural nouns) |
86 | porque | because |
87 | Dios | God |
88 | quién | who |
89 | nunca | never |
90 | dónde | where |
91 | quieres | you want |
92 | casa | house |
93 | favor | favor |
94 | esa | that one (for singular feminine nouns) |
95 | dos | two |
96 | tan | so |
97 | señor | mister |
98 | tiempo | time |
99 | verdad | truth |
100 | estaba | I was (non-permanent characteristics) |
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- Adverbs
- Prepositions
- Conjunctions
- Interjections
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Let’s start by taking a look at the most common Spanish pronouns!
A pronoun is a word that is used instead of the name of a person, animal, thing, etc.
Some common English pronouns are I, you, he, and she.
Alright, here are the most used pronouns in Spanish!
Pronouns
- se – to him, to her | learn more
- lo – him | learn more
- le – to him, her | learn more
- me – me | learn more
- él – he | learn more
- ella – she | learn more
- te – you | learn more
- nos – us | learn more
- yo – I | learn more
- usted – you | learn more
- mí – me (after “para”)
- nosotros – we
- tú – you| learn more
- sí – oneself
- ti – you (after “para”)
- os – you (plural, used in Spain)
- conmigo – with me
- vos – you | learn more
Nouns
In the following list, you will find regular and irregular nouns.
A noun is a word that refers to a thing (pen), a person (William), an animal (dog), a place (Paris), a quality (softness), or an idea (justice).
Examples of Spanish nouns are:
- el año – year
- el país – country
- el tiempo – time
- la parte – part
- la vida – life
- los años – years
- el día – day
- la vez – time
- la persona – person
- la mujer – woman
- el caso – case
- el hombre – man
- el momento – moment
- el mundo – world
- la casa – house
- la cosa – thing
- el gobierno – government
- el lugar – place
- el trabajo – work
- la forma – form
- el estado – state
- el grupo – group
- el punto – point
- el niño – child
- la ciudad – city
- el problema – problem
- el sistema – system
- el presidente – president
- la manera – way
- la historia – history
- el tipo – type
- los millones – millions
- el partido – party
- el mes – month
- la noche – night
- la obra – work
- el equipo – team
- el proceso – process
- las veces – times
- el cambio – change
- el hijo – son
- el centro – center
- el servicio – service
- la empresa – company
- la cuenta – account
- la mano – hand
- el nivel – level
- el proyecto – project
- la gente – people
- el agua – water
- la hora – time
- el padre – parent
- el desarrollo – development
- la semana – week
- el lado – side
- la familia – family
- la situación – situation
- la madre – mother
- la información – information
- el fin – end
- el programa – program
- la salud – health
- el cuerpo – body
- la actividad – activity
- el derecho – right
- el ejemplo – example
- el libro – book
- el medio – middle
- el tema – topic
- los días – days
- la ley – law
- el hecho – fact
- la zona – zone
- el nombre – name
- el resultado – result
- el número – number
- el final – end
- el sector – sector
- la calle – street
- el estudio – study
- la puerta – door
- la investigación – research
- el espacio – space
- la sociedad – society
- la acción – action
- el pueblo – town
- el director – director
- la realidad – reality
- la voz – voice
- el producto – product
- el amigo – friend
- el mercado – market
- la cabeza – head
- la población – population
- la muerte – death
- el minuto – minute
- la tierra – land
- la verdad – truth
- el sentido – sense
- el hermano – brother
- la medida – measure
- la seguridad – security
- la imagen – image
- la comunidad – community
- el poder – power
- la universidad – university
- el uso – use
- la razón – reason
- la organización – organization
- la idea – idea
- la educación – education
- el paso – step
- el área – area
- el siglo – century
- el objetivo – target
- el dato – data
- la posibilidad – possibility
- la producción – production
- el joven – youth
- la necesidad – need
- el policía – police
- la especie – species
- el camino – path
- el plan – plan
- el arte – art
- la atención – attention
- el ciento – hundred
- la política – policy
- la decisión – decision
- la cultura – culture
- la luz – light
- la mayoría – majority
- la mañana – morning
- la enfermedad – disease
- la relación – relationship
- el juego – game
- el campo – field
- la edad – age
- la experiencia – experience
- el riesgo – risk
- la fuerza – force
- la calidad – quality
- los ojos – eyes
- la región – region
- el amor – love
- las horas – hours
- el movimiento – movement
- la palabra – word
- la guerra – war
- el dinero – money
- la capacidad – capacity
- el autor – author
- el dólar – dollar
- el precio – price
- el acuerdo – agreement
- la cara – face
- el control – control
- el modelo – model
- el frente – front
- la tarde – afternoon
- la autoridad – authority
- la película – film
- la línea – line
- la red – network
- las condiciones – conditions
- la falta – fault
- el peso – weight
- el modo – mode
- la música – music
- el ministro – minister
- el fondo – background
- la base – base
- la orden – order
- la clase – class
- la presencia – presence
- la función – function
- la mesa – table
- el actor – actor
- la respuesta – answer
- la ocasión – occasion
- el principio – principle
- el paciente – patient
- el efecto – effect
- la diferencia – difference
- el señor – mister
- el papel – paper
- la serie – series
- las manos – hands
- la capital – capital
- la fuente – source
- la duda – doubt
- el aspecto – aspect
- el miembro – member
- la compañía – company
- el jefe – boss
- el jugador – player
- la vista – view
- la cantidad – quantity
- la dirección – address
- el valor – value
- el resto – rest
- el silencio – silence
- el / la ex – ex
- el aire – air
- el metro – metro
- el teatro – theater
- el apoyo – support
- la mirada – look
- la tecnología – technology
- el personaje – character
- la energía – energy
- el viaje – trip
- el futuro – future
- el acto – event
- el / la artista – artist
- la época – period
- el ministerio – ministry
- el sueño – dream
- el euro – euro
- la causa – cause
- el sitio – site
- la figura – figure
- el consejo – advice
- el cargo – position
- el profesor – professor
- la propuesta – proposal
- el cine – cinema
- la escuela – school
- el ojo – eye
- el público – public
- el objeto – object
- los recursos – resources
- el tratamiento – treatment
- el compañero – colleague
- la libertad – freedom
- la participación – participation
- el asunto – subject
- el interés – interest
- la unidad – unit
- el banco – bank
- la vuelta – turn
- la posición – position
- la carrera – career
- las palabras – words
- la planta – plant
- la práctica – practice
- el esfuerzo – effort
- la comunicación – communication
- la comisión – commission
- la economía – economy
- el ser – being
- el análisis – analysis
- el pie – footer
- las relaciones – relations
- el conocimiento – knowledge
- la crisis – crisis
- el premio – award
- el encuentro – meeting
- el conjunto – set
- la consecuencia – consequence
- el suelo – soil
- la década – decade
- el texto – text
- el miedo – fear
- el / la estudiante – student
- el título – title
- el origen – source
- el médico – doctor
- la formación – training
- la fecha – date
- la boca – mouth
- el sol – sun
- el éxito – success
- la entrada – entry
- la sala – room
- el crecimiento – growth
- la reunión – meeting
- el animal – animal
- el informe – report
- el hospital – hospital
- la importancia – importance
- el negocio – business
- el mar – sea
- el consumo – consumption
- el artículo – article
- la prensa – press
- la carta – letter
- el departamento – department
- el material – material
- la estrategia – strategy
- la construcción – construction
- la televisión – television
- el color – color
- la estructura – structure
- el general – general
- el cabo – cape
Woah! That was a long list! How about some practice?
Adjectives
- nuevo – new
- grande – big
- bueno – good
- último – last
- mayor – greater
- nacional – national
- social – social
- mejor – better
- propio – own
- importante – important
- público – public
- alto – high
- político – political
- pequeño – small
- único – unique
- largo – long
- humano – human
- económico – economic
- posible – possible
- general – general
- internacional – international
- diferente – different
- solo – only
- español – Spanish
- principal – main
- necesario – required
- próximo – next
- distinto – different
- claro – light
- siguiente – following
- malo – bad
- anterior – previous
- especial – special
- natural – natural
- cultural – cultural
- bajo – low
- actual – current
- blanco – white
- fuerte – strong
- difícil – difficult
- mundial – world-wide
- menor – lesser
- viejo – old
- real – real
- local – local
- negro – black
- europeo – European
- diverso – various
- libre – free
- seguro – safe
- común – common
- privado – private
- central – central
- popular – popular
- dicho – such
- físico – physical
- superior – top
- joven – young
- personal – personal
- capaz – capable
- antiguo – old
- histórico – historical
- cierto – certain
- técnico – technical
- presente – present
- oficial – official
- mexicano – Mexican
- fácil – easy
- militar – military
- contrario – contrary
- civil – civil
- verdadero – true
- lleno – full
- suficiente – enough
- rápido – fast
- científico – scientific
- directo – direct
- completo – complete
- interno – internal
- fundamental – fundamental
- comercial – commercial
- familiar – familiar
- amplio – extensive
- educativo – educational
- vivo – live, alive
- similar – similar
- rojo – red
- financiero – financial
- medio – medium
- enorme – huge
- total – total
- profesional – professional
- adecuado – suitable
- médico – doctor
- grave – serious
- tradicional – traditional
- electoral – electoral
- básico – basic
- igual – same
- duro – hard
- profundo – deep
- final – last
- municipal – municipal
- inmediato – immediate
- junto – together
- argentino – Argentinean
- peor – worse
- francés – French
- corto – short
- oscuro – dark
- estadounidense – American
- cercano – near
- regional – regional
- feliz – happy
- positivo – positive
- máximo – maximum
- serio – serious
- laboral – labor
- imposible – impossible
- simple – simple
- pobre – poor
- reciente – recent
- extraño – strange
- ambiental – environmental
- específico – specific
- normal – normal
- determinado – determined
- moderno – modern
- urbano – urban
- mínimo – minimum
- musical – musical
- deportivo – sporty
- federal – federal
- frío – cold
- legal – legal
- verde – green
- interesante – interesting
- artístico – artistic
- judicial – judicial
- particular – particular
- colombiano – Colombian
- previo – previous
- cubano – Cuban
- pleno – full
- eléctrico – electric
- tecnológico – technology
- abierto – open
- global – global
- infantil – childish
- absoluto – absolute
- definitivo – definitive
- complejo – complex
- estatal – statewide
- rico – rich
- raro – rare
- significativo – significant
- sencillo – simple
- perfecto – perfect
- permanente – permanent
- religioso – religious
- activo – active
- famoso – famous
- numeroso – numerous
- rural – rural
- tranquilo – quiet
- extranjero – foreign
- democrático – democratic
- azul – blue
- femenino – female
- escaso – scarce
- intenso – intense
- puro – pure
- unido – joined
- universitario – academic
- original – original
- exterior – outside
- seco – dry
- digital – digital
- alemán – German
- literario – literary
- independiente – independent
- armado – armed
- sanitario – sanitary
- electrónico – electronic
- indígena – indigenous
- concreto – concrete
- fiscal – fiscal
- clásico – classic
- evidente – clear
- individual – individual
- colectivo – collective
- negativo – negative
- productivo – productive
- doble – double
- anual – annual
- efectivo – effective
- habitual – usual
- inicial – initial
- débil – weak
Verbs
- ser – be
- estar – be
- tener – have
- hacer – make
- poder – be able to, can
- decir – say
- haber – have
- ir – go
- dar – give
- ver – see
- saber – know
- pasar – pass by
- deber – must
- querer – want
- llegar – arrive
- dejar – leave
- llevar – take
- encontrar – find
- seguir – follow
- poner – put
- quedar – stay
- parecer – seem
- hablar – speak
- pensar – think
- volver – back to
- conocer – know
- salir – exit
- realizar – make
- tomar – take
- tratar – try
- contar – count
- llamar – call
- venir – come
- mirar – see
- presentar – present
- permitir – allow
- esperar – wait
- sentir – feel
- vivir – live
- buscar – search
- creer – believe
- crear – create
- perder – lose
- existir – exist
- considerar – consider
- abrir – open
- trabajar – work
- recibir – receive
- mantener – maintain
- explicar – explain
- lograr – achieve
- empezar – start
- recordar – remember
- comenzar – start
- pedir – ask for
- preguntar – ask
- producir – produce
- convertir – convert
- entrar – enter
- mostrar – show
- señalar – point out
- escribir – write
- utilizar – use
- entender – understand
- terminar – finish
- ganar – win
- incluir – include
- morir – die
- asegurar – secure
- ocurrir – occur
- ofrecer – offer
- jugar – play
- gustar – like
- escuchar – listen to
- sentar – sit
- cambiar – change
- aparecer – appear
- acabar – end
- decidir – decide
- resultar – result
- caer – fall
- desarrollar – develop
- necesitar – need
- sacar – take out
- establecer – establish
- conseguir – get
- indicar – indicate
- formar – form
- reconocer – recognize
- dirigir – address
- servir – serve
- alcanzar – reach
- intentar – try
- cumplir – meet
- leer – read
- obtener – get
- ayudar – help
- usar – use
- observar – see
- responder – answer
- afirmar – claim
- evitar – avoid
- suponer – assume
- afectar – affect
- generar – generate
- continuar – continue
- cerrar – close
- pagar – pay
- acercar – bring over
- levantar – raise
- participar – participate
- representar – represent
- tocar – touch
- informar – inform
- destacar – highlight
- iniciar – start
- dedicar – dedicate
- oír – hear
- acompañar – accompany
- referir – refer to
- sufrir – suffer
- nacer – birth
- comer – eat
- bajar – download
- suceder – succeed
- dormir – sleep
- preparar – prepare
- agregar – add
- correr – run
- subir – go up
- publicar – publish
- traer – bring
- anunciar – announce
- descubrir – discover
- construir – build
- detener – stop
- aceptar – accept
- meter – tuck in
- ocupar – occupy
- demostrar – show
- proponer – propose
- estudiar – study
- comprar – buy
- expresar – express
- olvidar – forget
- aumentar – increase
- definir – define
- regresar – return
- añadir – add
- mover – move
- entregar – deliver
- sostener – hold
- reducir – reduce
- aprender – learn
- provocar – provoke
- mejorar – improve
- unir – join
- constituir – constitute
- compartir – share
- enfrentar – confront
- imaginar – imagine
- crecer – grow
- comprender – understand
- apoyar – support
- comentar – comment
- vender – sell
- faltar – skip
- aplicar – apply
- colocar – place
- cubrir – cover
- repetir – repeat
- disponer – arrange
- obligar – force
- celebrar – celebrate
- echar – cast out of
- relacionar – link
- marcar – mark
- desear – wish
- significar – mean
- caminar – walk
- superar – go beyond
- organizar – organize
- registrar – register
- andar – walk
- identificar – identify
- elegir – choose
- abandonar – leave
- soler – be used to
- plantear – raise
- ubicar – locate
- requerir – request
- partir – start
- reunir – gather
- actuar – act
- lanzar – launch
- importar – import
- analizar – analyze
- mencionar – mention
- sumar – add
- pretender – pretend
- enviar – send
- declarar – declare
- manifestar – manifest
- atender – attend
- basar – base
- recuperar – retrieve
- aprovechar – take advantage of
- asumir – assume
- desaparecer – disappear
- funcionar – work
- permanecer – stay
- preocupar – concern
- preferir – prefer
- confirmar – confirm
- advertir – warn
- imponer – impose
- integrar – integrate
- recoger – pick up
- parar – stop
- proteger – protect
- depender – depend
- negar – deny
- resolver – solve
- surgir – arise
- corresponder – correspond
- determinar – determine
- concluir – conclude
- visitar – visit
- exigir – demand
- contener – contain
- aprobar – approve
- romper – break
- viajar – travel
- quitar – remove
- interesar – interest
- defender – defend
- avanzar – advance
- prever – foresee
- implicar – involve
- apuntar – point out
- invitar – invite
- causar – cause
- vestir – dress
- controlar – check
- adquirir – purchase
- incorporar – incorporate
- guardar – save
- insistir – insist
- conducir – drive
- acordar – agree
- contestar – answer
- tirar – throw away
- despertar – wake up
- reír – laugh
- sorprender – surprise
- llorar – cry
- situar – locate
- garantizar – guarantee
- separar – separate
- impedir – prevent
- gritar – shout
- costar – cost
- cruzar – cross
- disfrutar – enjoy
- cantar – sing
- citar – quote
- sonreír – smile
- extender – extend
- poseer – own
- contribuir – contribute
- exponer – exhibit
- instalar – install
- notar – note
- sonar – sound
- convencer – convince
- mandar – send
- asociar – link
- aportar – provide
- acudir – go to
- asistir – attend
- firmar – sign
- pertenecer – belong to
- solicitar – request
- enseñar – show
- cortar – cut
- recorrer – tour
- fijar – post
- promover – promote
- describir – describe
- revelar – reveal
- retirar – withdraw
- contemplar – see
- elaborar – elaborate
- ordenar – order
- hallar – find
- reflejar – reflect
- limitar – limit
- rodear – go around
- transformar – transform
- interpretar – interpret
- llenar – fill out
- consistir – consist of
- cuidar – care
- someter – submit
- avisar – warn
- emplear – use
Adverbs
- no – not
- más – more
- apenas – hardly
- también – also
- ya – already
- muy – very
- básicamente – basically
- solo – only
- después – later
- ahora – now
- así – thus
- bien – well
- siempre – always
- antes – before
- tan – so
- cómo – how
- sí – yes
- hoy – today
- entonces – then
- luego – then
- además – in addition
- nunca – never
- casi – almost
- poco – sparsely
- aquí – here
- menos – least
- tanto – such
- sin embargo – however
- mucho – a lot
- aún – still
- dentro – within
- ayer – yesterday
- allí – there
- incluso – inclusive
- ahí – there
- ruidosamente – loudly
- todavía – still
- hasta – even
- tampoco – nor
- cerca – near
- allá – there
- apenas – barely
- a lo mejor – perhaps
- cuidadosamente – carefully
- pronto – soon
- normalmente – normally
- fuera – out
- atrás – behind
- encima – above
- tarde – afternoon
- finalmente – finally
- especialmente – especially
- tal vez – maybe
- lejos – far
- demasiado – too
- quizá – maybe
- mal – badly
- perfectamente – perfectly
- bastante – quite a lot
- diariamente – daily
- adelante – forward
- detrás – back
- igual – likewise
- ni siquiera – not even
- primero – first
- actualmente – currently
- así como – as well as
- precisamente – precisely
- arriba – up
- realmente – actually
- jamás – never
- quizás – maybe
- recién – just
- asimismo – also
- no obstante – however
- difícilmente – with difficulty
- alrededor – around
- solamente – only
- aun – even
- por supuesto – of course
- delante – in front
- abajo – below
- para nada – not at all
- fácilmente – easily
- simplemente – simply
- directamente – directly
- lentamente – slowly
- debajo – under
- por tanto – therefore
- principalmente – mainly
- por lo tanto – therefore
- totalmente – totally
- a menudo – often
- por lo menos – at least
- acá – here
- probablemente – probably
- prácticamente – practically
- seguramente – surely
- frecuentemente – frequently
- aproximadamente – approximately
- completamente – completely
- posteriormente – later
- nuevamente – again
- por fin – finally
- igualmente – equally
- jamás – never
- acaso – perhaps
- justo – just
- recientemente – recently
- por favor – kindly
- rápidamente – quickly
- únicamente – only
- afuera – outside
- respectivamente – respectively
- inmediatamente – immediately
- exactamente – exactly
- claramente – clearly
- generalmente – generally
- perfectamente – perfectly
- enseguida – right away
- temprano – early
- adentro – inside
Prepositions
- de – from
- en – at, in, on
- a – to
- con – with
- por – by
- para – for
- sobre – about
- entre – between
- sin – without
- desde – from
- hasta – to, until
- durante – during
- hacia – to
- ante – before
- contra – against
- según – according to
- tras – after
- bajo – under
- a través de – through
- a partir de – as of
- frente a – in front of
- además de – in addition to
- a pesar de – in spite of
- mediante – through
- junto a – together with
- debido a – due to
- gracias a – thanks to
- pese a – despite
- de acuerdo con – in accordance with
- en cuanto a – in regard to
- junto con – together with
- acerca de – about
- respecto a – with respect to
- en torno a – around
- en lugar de – instead of
- de acuerdo a – according to
Conjunctions
- y – and
- e – and
- ni…ni – neither…nor
- o – or
- u – or
- o bien…o bien – either…or
- pero – but
- mas – but
- aunque – although
- es decir – that is
- porque – because
- pues – since
- si – if
- como – as
Interjections
- guay – cool (used in Spain)
- vale – okey (used in Spain)
- órale – sure (used in Mexico)
- guau – wow
- bravo – good job
- claro – of course
- che – dude (used in Argentina and Uruguay)
- huy – oops
- ojalá – I hope so
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FAQs
What is the most commonly used Spanish word? ›
Rank | Word in Spanish | Meaning in English |
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1 | que | that |
2 | de | of, from |
3 | no | no |
4 | a | to |
- Hola (Hello)
- Adios (Goodbye)
- Gracias (Thank you)
- Por favor (Please)
- Si (Yes)
- Claro (Of course)
- No (No)
- Amor (Love)
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Number | Spanish | in English |
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1 | como | as |
2 | yo | I |
3 | su | his |
4 | que | that |
Spanish is the primary language in 20 countries worldwide. As of 2023, it is estimated that about 486 million people speak Spanish as a native language, making it the second most spoken language by number of native speakers.
What is the number 1 in Spanish translation? ›Here are the Spanish numbers: 1 - uno. 2 - dos. 3 - tres.
Is 5000 words enough to speak Spanish? ›2,500 words constitute those that should enable you to express everything you could possibly want to say, albeit often via awkward circumlocutions. 5,000 words constitute the active vocabulary of native speakers without higher education.
What are the top 100 Spanish words? ›- llevar (verb) to take, carry.
- dejar (verb) to let, leave.
- nada (pron.) nothing.
- cada (adj.) each, every.
- seguir (verb) to follow.
- menos (adj.) less, fewer.
- nuevo (adj.) new.
- encontrar (verb) to find.
- Read aloud. Spanish pronunciation is easy as each letter of the alphabet can only be pronounced one way. ...
- Practise, practise, practise. ...
- Buddy up. ...
- Build your own phrasebook. ...
- Stick to one Spanish variety. ...
- Sing along. ...
- Exercise your brain.
Firstly, don't make the mistake of thinking you can't learn Spanish fast! It is entirely possible, and you'll find plenty of experienced language learners who will testify to this. And you don't necessarily need expensive Spanish classes or fancy learning software to do it.
What are the largest Spanish words? ›- Esternocleidomastoideo. Letters: 22. ...
- Electroencefalografía. Letters: 21. ...
- Otorrinolaringológico. Letters: 21. ...
- Internacionalización. Letters: 20. ...
- Electroencefalograma. Letters: 20. ...
- Otorrinolaringología. Letters: 20. ...
- Electrocardiografía. Letters: 19. ...
- Desafortunadamente. Letters: 18.
What is 1000000000000 in Spanish? ›
Millions and More
Precise Spanish, following the British understanding, uses mil millones for 1,000,000,000 and billón for 1,000,000,000,000, while trillón is 1,000,000,000,000,000.
If you're looking to learn the purest Spanish, Mexico is the place to go. It has all the grammar conventions from the Spaniards, but with the clear enunciation of indigenous languages.
What is the hardest language to learn? ›Across multiple sources, Mandarin Chinese is the number one language listed as the most challenging to learn. The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center puts Mandarin in Category IV, which is the list of the most difficult languages to learn for English speakers.
Is Spanish older or English? ›Spanish in the U.S. Spanish predated English in arriving in what is now the United States. For 400 years, the two languages have co-existed; today's immigrants continue to bring variation.
Is it rude to say no gracias? ›No, gracias
This is the standard way of saying “no” when offered something. It's also the most polite option. No, gracias means “No, thank you” in Spanish, and it's used in the same way as in English.
The letters k and w do not occur in Spanish words unless the word has been borrowed from another language such as English or even Japanese. For example, el karate is considered a “Spanish” noun, even though the k is not a Spanish letter. In Spanish, there are two ways to produce the sound of the English letter k.
What is the hardest word to know in Spanish? ›1. Ferrocarril. Among hard Spanish words, ferrocarril or “railway” has a special place. So much so that Spanish-speaking people use it to teach little children how to pronounce the hard r sound of the rr.
How many Spanish words exist? ›So, it's fair to say that learning some basic Spanish words or adding some extra Spanish words and phrases to your existing vocabulary is a useful exercise. There are 93,000 words in the Spanish dictionary : (roughly half of the amount that there are in English) with 75% of them descending from Latin.
What is the longest word Spanish to English? ›Esternocleidooccipitomastoideos (31 letters) is the plural of the noun esternocleidooccipitomastoideo, which is the sternocleidomastoid, a muscle in the human neck. The word has a 22-letter synonym: esternocleidomastoideo, which is shorter because it omits the Latin prefix occipito- ('occipital').
What is 32 called in Spanish? ›Numeral | In Spanish |
---|---|
31 | treinta y uno |
32 | treinta y dos |
33 | treinta y tres |
34 | treinta y cuatro |
What is 1000000 in Spanish words? ›
un millón – one million = 1,000,000.
What is 35 called in Spanish? ›The number 35 in Spanish is número treinta y cinco. This is the cardinal number, often called a counting number.
What is the easiest language to learn? ›- Frisian. ...
- Dutch. ...
- Norwegian. ...
- Spanish. ...
- Portuguese. ...
- Italian. ...
- French. ...
- Swedish.
When you reach the A1 level, you will have a rough working vocabulary of about 700 words. Some will be derivatives (“run” and “running”), some you will be able to recall quickly and others only slowly and with a lot of effort, but it's a good ballpark number.
Which language has most words? ›...
Korean.
Language | Dictionary | Approximate number of headwords |
---|---|---|
Korean | Woori Mal Saem, 2017 | 1,100,373 |
Portuguese | Aulete Digital | 818,000 |
Finnish | RedFox Pro | 800,000 |
The most common language in Spain is Spanish which is currently spoken by 94% of the total population as their first or second language. This is followed by Catalan (16%), Galician (5.64%) and Basque (1.26%).
Is it difficult to learn Spanish? ›No matter what your mother tongue is, Spanish is generally one of the easiest languages to learn, as it shares some unexpected similarities with many languages. Of course, Spanish still has challenges that may be different for speakers of different languages. Nevertheless, learning Spanish is worth the effort!
What is the most popular Spanish accent? ›The Mexican dialect of Spanish is one of the most popular in the world, with 129 million speakers. It's the dialect of Spanish in Mexico, as well as in parts of the United States and Canada.
How fast is Spanish spoken? ›The table below shows the results of the speed analysis. Per the results, Japanese is the fastest spoken language from the 17 languages that they studied. Spanish is in second place with around 8-9 syllables spoken per second, whereas, English is in eight place with around 6-7 syllables spoken per second.
How fast to learn Spanish? ›If you start out as a beginner and manage to spend an average of 1 hour per day working on your Spanish, you should be able to reach conversational fluency within 8 – 12 months. That translates to about 250 – 350 hours spent. But remember that consistency is key here.
What accent is easiest to learn Spanish? ›
These dialects are often considered easier to understand, and the Colombian accent has been called the “most neutral Spanish accent.” That's because in this region, people speak Spanish more slowly and don't cut words.
Can you learn Spanish in 3 days? ›While you can't master Spanish or reach fluency in a few days, you absolutely can start to speak Spanish in this time. I famously aim to speak a new language on day one (or even hour one), but experience in doing it so often has given me a big edge.
Can I learn Spanish in 2 months? ›Starting from the A2 level, you'll need approximately 150-180 study hours to reach B1. If you're following an intensive path, this amount of hours can easily be done in three months. At a normal pace (one hour of Spanish every day), six months should be enough.
Is 30 minutes a day enough to learn Spanish? ›Based on the data in our courses: If you learn Spanish by yourself, focus on learning chunks native Spanish speakers use, and you commit to studying 30 minutes a day, 7 days a week, you can get to an intermediate level in 48 weeks.
What are the 5 most used letters in Spanish? ›The most commonly used letter in Spanish is the “e”. This is followed by the “a” and, in third place, also a vowel, the “o”. The consonants 's' and 'r' complete the top five. At the other end of the scale are 'x', 'k' and 'w', which are the least used.
What are the 3 most used letters in the Spanish language? ›Accordingly, the letters E, A and O are the most frequent letters in the Spanish language.
What is the #1 most commonly used word in the English language? ›Word | Parts of speech | COCA rank |
---|---|---|
the | Article | 1 |
be | Verb | 2 |
to | Preposition | 7, 9 |
of | Preposition | 4 |
- Ser Conjugation (To be)
- Estar Conjugation (To be)
- Haber Conjugation (To have)
- Tener Conjugation (To have)
- Venir Conjugation (To come)
- Ir Conjugation (To go)
- Dar Conjugation (To give)
- Ver Conjugation (To see)
Fortunately for English speakers, the official Spanish alphabet now only has the one additional letter that does not appear in the English alphabet: ñ. (Two of the letters in the Spanish alphabet, k and w, exist only to say words of foreign origin, like “kilómetro” and “whisky.”)
What are the 4 extra Spanish letters? ›The Spanish Alphabet: Sounds And Letters
The table above includes the four extra letters that are often included in the Spanish alphabet: ch, ll, ñ and rr.
What are the 3 C's of Spanish? ›
The 3 Cs – Cabeza, Corazón y Coraje in Spanish or head, heart and courage in English — is a futurospective activity for building a competitive plan based on logical, emotional and determination perspectives.
What is the least used letter in Spanish? ›Fun Fact: The letter "w" is the least used letter in Spanish. So how many letters are there? Officially there are 27, but you may find answers anywhere between 25 ("ñ," but no "k" or "w") and 30 (the 26 you're used to plus "ch," "ll," "ñ," and "rr.") Just to cover all the bases let's work with a 30-letter alphabet.
What two letters are rarely used in Spanish? ›The letters k and w do not occur in Spanish words unless the word has been borrowed from another language such as English or even Japanese. For example, el karate is considered a “Spanish” noun, even though the k is not a Spanish letter.
What is the rarest word? ›- Deliquescent. Adjective: Becoming liquid, or having a tendency to become liquid.
- Flabbergast. Verb: Surprise someone greatly.
- Flimflam. ...
- Floccinaucinihilipilification. ...
- Limerence. ...
- Loquacious. ...
- Obdurate. ...
- Omnishambles.
- abate: reduce or lesson.
- abdicate: give up a position.
- aberration: something unusual, different from the norm.
- abhor: to really hate.
- abstain: to refrain from doing something.
- adversity: hardship, misfortune.
- aesthetic: pertaining to beauty.
- amicable: agreeable.
Here's one way to compare the two languages' vocabularies: Current editions of the "Diccionario de la Real Academia Española" (the "Dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy"), the closest thing there is to an official list of Spanish vocabulary, has around 88,000 words.
What are 4 common verbs in Spanish? ›In order of frequency, they are: ser, estar, haber, poder, tener, hacer, decir, deber, ir, ver, parecer and dar. Similar to English, the conjugations of almost all of these most frequent verbs are irregular, which means they don't always follow normal conjugation rules.