Spanish · Core 1000

The 1,000 most-frequent Spanish words. 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.

665 words

#	Word	Translation	Part of speech
1	elthe (masculine singular)	the (masculine singular)	definite-article
5	una, an (masculine)	a, an (masculine)	indefinite-article
7	deof, from	of, from	preposition
8	lathe (feminine singular)	the (feminine singular)	article
8	yand	and	conjunction
9	enin, on, at	in, on, at	preposition
10	ato, at	to, at	preposition
10	loit, him; the (neuter)	it, him; the (neuter)	pronoun
11	quethat, which, what	that, which, what	conjunction
12	nono, not	no, not	adverb
12	porfor, by, through	for, by, through	preposition
13	meme, myself	me, myself	pronoun
13	síyes; if	yes; if	adverb
14	unaa, an (feminine)	a, an (feminine)	indefinite-article
14	serto be (identity, essential qualities)	to be (identity, essential qualities)	verb
15	estarto be (state, location)	to be (state, location)	verb
16	sehimself, herself, themselves; oneself	himself, herself, themselves; oneself	pronoun
16	haberto have (auxiliary); there is / there are	to have (auxiliary); there is / there are	verb
17	teyou, yourself (informal)	you, yourself (informal)	pronoun
17	tenerto have, to possess	to have, to possess	verb
18	conwith	with	preposition
18	hacerto do, to make	to do, to make	verb
19	parafor, in order to	for, in order to	preposition
19	poderto be able to, can	to be able to, can	verb
20	losthe (masculine plural)	the (masculine plural)	article
20	decirto say, to tell	to say, to tell	verb
21	mimy	my	determiner
22	perobut, however	but, however	conjunction
24	bienwell, good, fine	well, good, fine	adverb
25	esethat	that	determiner
26	suhis, her, its, your (formal), their	his, her, its, your (formal), their	determiner
28	yoI	I	pronoun
29	delof the, from the	of the, from the	preposition
30	comolike, as, how	like, as, how	adverb
31	aquíhere	here	adverb
32	tuyour (informal singular)	your (informal singular)	determiner
33	alto the	to the	preposition
34	másmore, most	more, most	adverb
35	lehim, her, you (indirect object)	him, her, you (indirect object)	pronoun
36	estethis	this	determiner
37	todoall, everything, whole	all, everything, whole	determiner
38	yaalready, now, soon, anymore	already, now, soon, anymore	adverb
39	lasthe (feminine plural)	the (feminine plural)	article
40	ahoranow, right now	now, right now	adverb
41	muyvery	very	adverb
43	asílike this, like that, so, thus	like this, like that, so, thus	adverb
45	algosomething, anything, somewhat	something, anything, somewhat	pronoun
47	buenogood, fine, okay	good, fine, okay	adjective
49	cuandowhen	when	adverb
51	nosus, ourselves, each other	us, ourselves, each other	pronoun