Frequency list
The 5,000 most frequent Spanish words
Ranked by how often each word appears in real Spanish. Start at #1 and work down - the first few hundred words alone unlock most everyday conversation. Every word links to its own page with a meaning, its part of speech, and its place in the frequency list; 828 of them also carry an example sentence.
Words #1 - 100 of 5,000 - page 1 of 50.
#1deof; from#2quethat#3nonot#4ato; at#5lafeminine singular definite article; the#6elmasculine singular definite article; the#7yand#8eshe/she/it is (present form of ser)#9enin, at, on#10lohim; it (direct object pronoun); the (neuter article, before an adjective)#11unan; a#12porby#13quéwhat; which#14meaccusative of yo: me (I)#15unaa; an (feminine); one#16losthe (masculine plural); them (direct object pronoun)#17seA reflexive or reciprocal pronoun: oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; themselves; yourselves; each other; one another#18teyou; to you; yourself (object pronoun)#19conwith#20parafor, to (expressing a recipient)#21estáhe/she/it is (present form of estar)#22mimy (possessive, used before a noun)#23perobut#24síyes, yeah, (used to respond affirmatively to a question, used both informally and formally)#25siif, whether#26bienwell (adverbial form of bueno)#27esothat (neuter pronoun)#28suapocopic form of suyo his, her, its, one's, their, your (formal)#29lasfeminine plural definite article; the#30yofirst-person singular pronoun in the nominative case; I#31delof the, from the (+ a masculine noun in singular)#32comoas (to such an extent or degree)#33aquíhere#34tuapocopic form of tuyo, your#35alcontraction of a + el, literally “at the, to the”#36másmore; -er (used to make comparisons)#37leto him, for him; dative of él#38estothis (neuter pronoun)#39todoall; every#40yanow (often as opposed to before), anymore, no longer#41estoyI am (present form of estar)#42ahoranow (at the present time)#43muyapocopic form of mucho; very#44hahe/she/it has (present form of haber)#45estathis (feminine)#46asílike this; like that; as such; thus; so; thereby; this way, that way#47vamoswe go; let's go (present form of ir)#48algosomething, anything#49haythere is; there are (impersonal form of haber)#50buenogood#51tengoI have (present form of tener)#52élhe, him, masculine personal third person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions)#53cuandowhen#54estásyou are (present form of estar)#55séI know (present form of saber); be (tú command of ser)#56túsecond person pronoun in singular tense; you#57nosdative of nosotros: to us, for us (us)#58nadanothing, zero, zilch, not...anything#59cómohow?#60estethis#61oor#62heI have (present form of haber, used with a past participle)#63serto be (essentially or identified as)#64tienehe/she/it has (present form of tener)#65puedoI can (present form of poder)#66ellashe, her (used subjectively and after prepositions)#67quieroI want (present form of querer)#68hacerto do#69fuehe/she/it went (preterite form of ir)#70graciasthank you, thanks#71veztime, instance#72erahe/she/it was, I was (imperfect form of ser); also: era, age#73soyI am (present form of ser)#74sóloexclusively; just; only#75todosmasculine plural of todo (entire)#76porquebecause#77sonthey are, you (plural) are (present form of ser); also: sound#78tienesyou have (present form of tener)#79creoI believe; I think (present form of creer)#80voyI go (present form of ir)#81sabesyou know (present form of saber)#82estabaI was, he/she/it was (imperfect form of estar)#83puedehe/she/it can, you (formal) can (present form of poder)#84eresyou are (present form of ser)#85esethat; that one (masculine)#86ustedsecond person formal; you (singular)#87entoncesthen, next, thereupon, at that time, at that point#88holahello, hi, hey#89solosole; one; only; single (unique)#90verdadtruth#91casahouse#92tanso, as#93quiénwho?, whom?; (with “de”) whose?#94susplural of su; one's, his, her, its, their (with plural possessee) (her)#95tiempotime#96dostwo#97esathat (feminine)#98nuncanever#99dóndewhere?; in what place?#100vahe/she/it goes, you (formal) go (present form of ir)
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