Spanish core 1,000 words

The 666 most frequent Spanish words - covering around 85% of everyday spoken Spanish.

666 words
#Word
1elthe (masculine singular)
2lathe (feminine singular)
3losthe (masculine plural)
4lasthe (feminine plural)
5una, an (masculine)
6unaa, an (feminine)
7deof, from
8yand
9enin, on, at
10ato, at
10loit, him; the (neuter)
11quethat, which, what
12nono, not
12porfor, by, through
13meme, myself
13siyes; if
14serto be (identity, essential qualities)
15estarto be (state, location)
16haberto have (auxiliary); there is / there are
16sehimself, herself, themselves; oneself
17teyou, yourself (informal)
17tenerto have, to possess
18conwith
18hacerto do, to make
19parafor, in order to
19poderto be able to, can
20decirto say, to tell
21mimy
22perobut, however
24bienwell, good, fine
25esothat (neuter)
26suhis, her, its, your (formal), their
28yoI
29delof the, from the
30comolike, as, how
31aquíhere
32tuyour (informal singular)
33alto the
34másmore, most
35lehim, her, you (indirect object)
36estothis (neuter)
37todoall, everything, whole
38yaalready, now, soon, anymore
40ahoranow, right now
41muyvery
43asílike this, like that, so, thus
45algosomething, anything, somewhat
47buenogood, fine, okay
49cuandowhen
51nosus, ourselves, each other
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