A-level Spanish vocabulary list

Every word our GCSE and A-level Spanish courses teach: the vocabulary an A-level candidate is expected to know. The GCSE course's words come first, in course order and marked Foundation or Higher, then the words the A-level course adds, by AQA A-level theme: the 5,000 most common Spanish words and our topic vocabulary. AQA prescribes no A-level word list, so this one is ours, not the exam board's. The locked strong-language chapter is left out.

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5331 words
# Freq Word
11deof, from
22quéwhat (interrogative); how, what a... (exclamative)
32quethat, which, what
43serto be (identity, essential qualities)
54nono, not
65ato, at
76lathe (feminine singular)
87elthe (masculine singular)
98estarto be (state, location)
109yand
1110enin, on, at
1211loit, him; the (neuter)
1312una, an (masculine)
1413haberto have (auxiliary); there is / there are
1514tenerto have, to possess
1615porfor, by, through
1716hacerto do, to make
1817meme, myself
1918irto go
2019unaa, an (feminine)
2120poderto be able to, can
2221losthe (masculine plural)
2322sehimself, herself, themselves; oneself
2423teyou, yourself (informal)
2524decirto say, to tell
2625conwith
2726parafor, in order to
2827mimy
2928suhis, her, its, your (formal), their
3029quererto want, to love
3130todoall, everything, whole
3231perobut, however
3332síyes; if
3433bienwell, good, fine
3534esothat (general/neuter)
3635lasthe (feminine plural)
3736verto see, to watch, to look at
3837yoI
3938tuyour (informal singular)
4039buenogood, fine, okay
4140saberto know (facts), to taste
4241delof the, from the
4342cómohow (interrogative and exclamative)
4442comolike, as, how
4543aquíhere
4644élhe, him (after a preposition)
4744alto the
4845másmore, most
4946esethat
5047lehim, her, you (indirect object)