1000 Most Common Spanish Words

The 1,000 most common Spanish words, ranked by frequency. Covers around 80% of spoken Spanish per Nation (2006); the workhorse vocabulary every learner needs.

Source: Nation (2006) on top-1k coverage of spoken English.

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993 words

#	Freq	Word	Translation	Part of speech	Qualifications
1	1	deof, from	of, from	preposition	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
2	2	quethat, which, what	that, which, what	conjunction	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
3	3	serto be (identity, essential qualities)	to be (identity, essential qualities)	verb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
4	4	nono, not	no, not	adverb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
5	5	ato, at	to, at	preposition	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
6	6	lathe (feminine singular)	the (feminine singular)	article	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
7	7	elthe (masculine singular)	the (masculine singular)	definite-article	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
8	8	estarto be (state, location)	to be (state, location)	verb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
9	9	yand	and	conjunction	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
10	10	enin, on, at	in, on, at	preposition	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
11	11	loit, him; the (neuter)	it, him; the (neuter)	pronoun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
12	12	una, an (masculine)	a, an (masculine)	indefinite-article	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
13	13	haberto have (auxiliary); there is / there are	to have (auxiliary); there is / there are	verb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
14	14	tenerto have, to possess	to have, to possess	verb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
15	15	porfor, by, through	for, by, through	preposition	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
16	16	hacerto do, to make	to do, to make	verb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
17	17	meme, myself	me, myself	pronoun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
18	18	irto go	to go	verb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
19	19	unaa, an (feminine)	a, an (feminine)	indefinite-article	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
20	20	poderto be able to, can	to be able to, can	verb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
21	21	losthe (masculine plural)	the (masculine plural)	article	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
22	22	sehimself, herself, themselves; oneself	himself, herself, themselves; oneself	pronoun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
23	23	teyou, yourself (informal)	you, yourself (informal)	pronoun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
24	24	decirto say, to tell	to say, to tell	verb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
25	25	conwith	with	preposition	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
26	26	parafor, in order to	for, in order to	preposition	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
27	27	mimy	my	determiner	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
28	28	suhis, her, its, your (formal), their	his, her, its, your (formal), their	determiner	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
29	29	quererto want, to love	to want, to love	verb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
30	30	todoall, everything, whole	all, everything, whole	determiner	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
31	31	perobut, however	but, however	conjunction	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
32	32	síyes; if	yes; if	adverb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
33	33	bienwell, good, fine	well, good, fine	adverb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
34	34	esothat (general/neuter)	that (general/neuter)	pronoun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
35	35	lasthe (feminine plural)	the (feminine plural)	article	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
36	36	verto see, to watch, to look at	to see, to watch, to look at	verb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
37	37	yoI	I	pronoun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
38	38	tuyour (informal singular)	your (informal singular)	determiner	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
39	39	buenogood, fine, okay	good, fine, okay	adjective	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
40	40	saberto know (facts), to taste	to know (facts), to taste	verb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
41	41	delof the, from the	of the, from the	preposition	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
42	42	comolike, as, how	like, as, how	adverb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
43	43	aquíhere	here	adverb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
44	44	alto the	to the	preposition	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
45	45	másmore, most	more, most	adverb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
46	46	esethat	that	determiner	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
47	47	lehim, her, you (indirect object)	him, her, you (indirect object)	pronoun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
48	48	creerto believe, to think	to believe, to think	verb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
49	49	estothis (general/neuter)	this (general/neuter)	pronoun	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation
50	50	deberto have to, to owe, must	to have to, to owe, must	verb	AQA GCSEaqa-gcse-foundation