Top 100 Most Common Spanish Words

100 Most Common Spanish Words

While learning Spanish, we recommend focusing on the most common words in the language. This will help you build a stronger overall vocabulary in the language you’re learning.

When babies first start speaking, they copy what their parents say and how they speak. Typically, humans use the same 500 words in their day-to-day lives, and that’s how babies learn. They take the most common words their parents say and repeat them. It doesn’t matter if their grammar is a little off or if the sentence doesn’t make sense—they’re learning.

So, why should we be any different? Why focus on proper grammar structures when you don’t understand basic vocabulary? That’s where Verbuu comes in—let’s focus on vocabulary and speaking first. Grammar and proper speaking come later. Let’s enjoy the fun part of language learning first!

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Word	Definition	English Translation	Phonetic Spelling	Gender	Part of Speech
la	the	the	lah	Feminine	Article
ser	to exist; to have being	to be	sehr	N/A	Verb
y	used to connect words or groups of words	and	ee	N/A	Conjunction
a	used to indicate direction or place	to	ah	N/A	Preposition
de	indicating the relationship between a part and a whole	of	day	N/A	Preposition
una	a single item or thing	a, an	oo-nah	Feminine	Article
yo	used to refer to oneself	I	yo	N/A	Pronoun
en	used to indicate location or position	in, on	en	N/A	Preposition
tener	to possess or hold	to have	teh-nehr	N/A	Verb
ese	used to indicate a specific thing or person	that	eh-seh	N/A	Demonstrative
él	used to refer to a male person or animal	he	el	N/A	Pronoun
no	used to express negation	no	noh	N/A	Adverb
su	used to refer to something belonging to the person or people being spoken to	his, her, their	soo	N/A	Pronoun
su	used to refer to something belonging to the person or people being spoken to	his, her, their	soo	N/A	Pronoun
eso	used to refer to a thing or situation previously mentioned or easily identified	that	eh-soh	N/A	Pronoun
tú	used to refer to the person being addressed	you	too	N/A	Pronoun
con	used to indicate the accompaniment or involvement with someone or something	with	kon	N/A	Preposition
para	used to indicate purpose or recipient	for	pah-rah	N/A	Preposition
que hacer	used to introduce a clause or sentence that expresses a purpose or reason	that	keh	N/A	Conjunction
ella	used to refer to a female person or animal	she	eh-yah	N/A	Pronoun
como	used to inquire about manner or method	how	koh-moh	N/A	Adverb
en	used to indicate location or position	in, on	en	N/A	Preposition
decir	to articulate or express in words	to say	deh-seer	N/A	Verb
desde	used to indicate direction or origin	from	dehs-deh	N/A	Preposition
pero	used to indicate contrast or exception	but	peh-roh	N/A	Conjunction
yo	used to refer to oneself	I	yo	N/A	Pronoun
mi	used to refer to something belonging to oneself	my	mee	N/A	Possessive
ir	to move or proceed from one place to another	to go	eer	N/A	Verb
ellos	used to refer to a group of people or things	they	eh-yohs	N/A	Pronoun
todos	used to refer to all the members of a group	all	toh-dohs	N/A	Pronoun
por	used to indicate cause or reason	for	por	N/A	Preposition
esta	used to indicate a specific item or thing nearby	this	es-tah	Feminine	Demonstrative
uno	the number following zero and preceding two	one	oo-noh	N/A	Number
afuera	outside; away from the inside	outside	ah-fweh-rah	N/A	Adverb
arriba	higher in place or position	up	ah-ree-bah	N/A	Adverb
saber	to perceive or understand	to know	sah-behr	N/A	Verb
asi que	used to express a consequence or result	so	ah-see keh	N/A	Conjunction
un	a single item or thing	a, an	oon	Masculine	Article
para ver	in order to see	to see	pah-rah vehr	N/A	Preposition
podría	to be able to	could	poh-dree-ah	N/A	Verb
o	used to indicate choice or alternative	or	oh	N/A	Conjunction
ellos	used to refer to a group of people or things	they	eh-yohs	N/A	Pronoun
Llegar	to arrive at a place	to arrive	leh-gahr	N/A	Verb
nosotros	used to refer to the speaker and others	we	noh-soh-tros	N/A	Pronoun
me gusta	to be pleased or find enjoyment in something	to like	meh goos-tah	N/A	Verb
venir	to come to a place	to come	veh-neer	N/A	Verb
hombre	an adult male human	man	om-breh	Masculine	Noun
qué	used to ask for information about something	what	keh	N/A	Interrogative
para hacer	used to indicate purpose or intention	for doing	pah-rah ah-sehr	N/A	Preposition
ahí	in that place	there	ah-ee	N/A	Adverb
acerca de	concerning or relating to	about	ah-sehr-kah deh	N/A	Preposition
cual	used to ask for clarification or specification	which	kwahl	N/A	Interrogative
su	used to refer to something belonging to the person or people being spoken to	his, her, their	soo	N/A	Pronoun
dentro	inside a place or thing	inside	deen-troh	N/A	Preposition
pensar	to have an idea or belief	to think	pen-sahr	N/A	Verb
mirar	to look at or observe	to look	mee-rahr	N/A	Verb
Si	used to introduce a conditional clause	if	see	N/A	Conjunction
quien	used to refer to the person or people who are the subject of the clause	who	keen	N/A	Pronoun
cuando	used to indicate the time at which something happens	when	kwan-doh	N/A	Adverb
tomar	to take into one's possession	to take	toh-mahr	N/A	Verb
hora	a unit of time equal to 60 minutes	hour	oh-rah	Feminine	Noun
atrás	toward the back or rear	back	ah-trahs	N/A	Adverb
para poder	used to indicate purpose or ability	to be able to	pah-rah poh-dehr	N/A	Preposition
a voluntad	according to one's own wishes	at will	ah vool-ahd	N/A	Adverb
tu	used to refer to the person or people being addressed	you	too	N/A	Pronoun
Más	greater in quantity or degree	more	mahs	N/A	Adjective
entonces	used to indicate a result or conclusion	then	en-tohn-sehs	N/A	Conjunction
abajo	toward a lower position	down	ah-bah-hoh	N/A	Adverb
bueno	satisfactory or acceptable in quality	good	bweh-noh	N/A	Adjective
terminado	completed or finished	finished	ter-mee-nah-doh	N/A	Adjective
decir	to articulate or express in words	to say	deh-seer	N/A	Verb
ahora	at the present time	now	ah-oh-rah	N/A	Adverb
mano	the end part of the arm	hand	mahn-oh	Feminine	Noun
algunos	some but not all	some	ahl-goo-nos	N/A	Adjective
querer	to desire or wish for something	to want	keh-rehr	N/A	Verb
sólo	only; no more than	only	soh-loh	N/A	Adverb
solamente	only; no more than	only	soh-loh-men-teh	N/A	Adverb
qué	used to ask for information about something	what	keh	N/A	Interrogative
camino	a path or track	path	kah-mee-noh	Masculine	Noun
dar	to give something to someone	to give	dahr	N/A	Verb
otro	different from the one previously mentioned	other	oh-troh	N/A	Adjective
día	a period of 24 hours	day	dee-ah	Masculine	Noun
ojo	the organ of sight	eye	oh-ho	Masculine	Noun
antes de	before the time of	before	ahn-tays deh	N/A	Preposition
preguntar	to ask for information or clarification	to ask	preh-goon-tahr	N/A	Verb
encontrar	to find something by searching	to find	en-kon-trahr	N/A	Verb
dos	the number 2	two	dohs	N/A	Numeral
pequeño	small in size or amount	small	peh-keh-nyoh	N/A	Adjective
largo	of great length	long	lahr-goh	N/A	Adjective
muy	to a great extent	very	moo-ee	N/A	Adverb
Sentir	to experience a particular sensation or emotion	to feel	sen-teer	N/A	Verb
alguna	one or more of something, but not all	some	ahl-goo-nah	N/A	Adjective
cosa	an object or substance that can be perceived by the senses	thing	koh-sah	N/A	Noun
también	also; in addition	also	tahm-byehn	N/A	Adverb
aquí	in this place	here	ah-kee	N/A	Adverb
Nunca	at no time; not ever	never	noon-kah	N/A	Adverb
dejar	to cease to continue or to allow to remain	to leave	deh-hahr	N/A	Verb
persona	a human being	person	pehr-soh-nah	N/A	Noun
antiguo	belonging to a time long past	ancient	ahn-tee-gwoh	N/A	Adjective
cabeza	the upper part of the body where the brain is located	head	kah-beh-thah	Feminine	Noun