Vocabulary: The Most Common Spanish Words

This is a list of the 175 most common Spanish words. For ease of learning, they are grouped into grammatical categories, and then in frequency order. The 100 most common Spanish words are the ones appearing in the left column of each category.

A printable one-page list of these words in frequency order without their translations—"01-25: de, la, que, y, el, en, a, los, se, no, un, las,..."—can be downloaded here: (top175spanishwords.doc, 34kb) or (top175spanishwords.pdf, 64kb)

These same words in alphabetical order with their translations are at Glossary: The Most Common Spanish Words, where you can also download a printable one-page version of the glossary.

If 175 words are too few, I have posted a newer page listing the 250 most common Spanish words.

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ARTICLES (etc.)
de of, from, by la the el the a to, at los the un a, an, one las the del of the, from the, by the una a, an, one al to the, at the dos two uno one cada each	tres three unos some, a few

CONJUNCTIONS
que that, who, which, than y and o or como as, like pero but si if porque because cuando when ni nor, neither donde where	e and aunque although, even though sino but, except mientras while

PREPOSITIONS
en in, on, into por through, for (means), along, by con with para in order to, for (ends) sin without sobre about, above, on top of entre between, among hasta until desde from, since	durante during, for (time) contra against hacia toward según according to

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PRONOUNS
se himself, herself, itself, yourself, yourselves, themselves each other lo it, that su his, her, your me (to) me le (to) him, her, you sus his, her, your, their yo I qué what(?) mi my nos (to) us, ourselves te (to) you eso that él he, him nada nothing esto this ella she, her	usted you cómo how(?) les (to) them, you algo something ellos they, them mí me nosotros we, us tu your

ADVERBS
no no, not más more ya already, now, soon muy very también also sí yes así so, thus, like this, like that bien well solo (solamente) only ahora now siempre always tan so entonces then después after, later menos less	aquí here antes before, earlier hoy today luego then, later además besides, in addition casi almost nunca never

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VERBS
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 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 creo I believe tienen have tenía had dice says, say vamos we go, we are going tener to have parece seems, seem poder to be able to pueden can

ADJECTIVES
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

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NOUNS
los años years la vez time (una vez = once) la parte part la vida life el tiempo time, weather el día day el mundo world	el estado state el gobierno government la casa house el hombre man el país country la forma way el año year el caso case el hecho fact el momento moment las cosas things España Spain el trabajo work 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

INTERJECTIONS
pues "well,"

The words on this page represent the 175 most common Spanish words as listed in the book Frecuencias del español: Diccionario de estudios léxicos y morfológicos by Ramón Almela, et al.

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