The 1000 Most Common Spanish Words

Start here: the first 100 words

The first 100 words alone cover about 51% of everyday spoken Spanish. If you are starting out, learn these first. Everything after builds on them.

1. de of; 's; used after the thing owned and before the owner
2. que that
3. no not
4. a to
5. la feminine singular definite article; the
6. el masculine singular definite article; the
7. y and
8. es to be (essentially or identified as)
9. en in, at, on
10. lo accusative of él and usted (when referring to a man), and a variant of ello in many constructions; him, you (formal), it, that
11. un an; a
12. por for; by; through; because of
13. qué what
14. me accusative of yo: me
15. una a; an (feminine)
16. los masculine singular definite article; the
17. se A reflexive or reciprocal pronoun: oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; themselves; yourselves; each other; one another
18. te dative of tú and vos: to you, for you
19. con with
20. para for, to (expressing a recipient)
21. está to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space)
22. mi my
23. pero but
24. sí yes
25. si if, whether
26. bien well; fine; okay (state of being satisfied with the status quo)
27. eso that
28. su his; her; its; their; your (formal)
29. las feminine plural definite article; the
30. yo I
31. del of the; from the (de + el)
32. como as (introducing a basis of comparison or equality)
33. aquí here (in the speaker's location)
34. tu your
35. al to the; at the (a + el)
36. más more; -er (used to make comparisons)
37. le to him, for him; dative of él
38. esto this
39. todo everything
40. ya now (often as opposed to before), anymore, no longer
41. estoy to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space)
42. ahora now (at the present time)
43. muy very
44. ha have; forms the perfect aspect
45. esta this
46. así like this; like that; as such; thus; so; thereby; this way, that way
47. vamos to go (away from speaker and listener)
48. algo something, anything
49. hay there is; there are
50. bueno good
51. tengo to have; to possess
52. él he, him, masculine personal third person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions)
53. cuando when
54. estás to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space)
55. sé to know, to understand (a fact)
56. tú second person pronoun in singular tense; you
57. nos dative of nosotros: to us, for us
58. nada nothing, zero, zilch, not...anything
59. cómo how
60. este this
61. o or
62. he have; forms the perfect aspect
63. ser to be (essentially or identified as)
64. tiene to have; to possess
65. puedo to be able to, can
66. ella she, her (used subjectively and after prepositions)
67. quiero to want
68. hacer to do
69. fue to be (essentially or identified as)
70. gracias thanks
71. vez time, instance
72. era to be (essentially or identified as)
73. soy to be (essentially or identified as)
74. sólo superseded spelling of solo
75. todos everyone; all
76. porque because
77. son to be (essentially or identified as)
78. tienes to have; to possess
79. creo to believe
80. voy to go (away from speaker and listener)
81. sabes to know, to understand (a fact)
82. estaba to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space)
83. puede to be able to, can
84. eres to be (essentially or identified as)
85. ese that
86. usted second person formal; you (singular)
87. entonces then, next, thereupon, at that time, at that point
88. hola hello; hi
89. solo only; solely; just
90. verdad truth
91. casa house
92. tan so, as
93. quién who?, whom?; (with “de”) whose?
94. sus your (with plural possessee)
95. tiempo time
96. dos two
97. esa that
98. nunca never
99. dónde where
100. va to go (away from speaker and listener)