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1000 Most Common Spanish Words You Can Use In Every Conversation

justlearnj
Justlearn
8/29/2020
20 minute read

Do you know how many words are there in Spanish?

Generally speaking, nearly one million.

 

So many words are not easy to memorize, let alone properly used. Most of them you won’t even need at all in everyday conversations.

According to researchers, people use only around 10% to 20% of words in their day to day life.

So, if you want to learn Spanish faster, the best solution is learning the most common Spanish words. 

 

Now, let’s see which are the most common Spanish words that can help you learn the language faster, and participate in different conversations.

 

1000 Most Common Spanish Words

 

Studies have shown that learning 1,000 words that are used frequently covers around 88% of the vocabulary. Here, we mean words that are used every day.

Basic Spanish words are vital for every Spanish student.

 

If you expand your vocabulary to  2,000 most common words in Spanish, then you have 92.7%  of the everyday vocabulary covered.

 

Who would think that with only 1,000 or 2,000 words, you would be able to speak about everyday topics?

 

In the following lines, find the list of most common words in Spanish, more than 100 of them. But if you wish to reach your goal of 1,000 words, you can find them HERE.

 

Most Common Spanish Nouns And Pronouns

Nouns are, literally, the basics when learning a language. The good thing about nouns is that they are mostly easy to memorize and recall them when you need them.

Below, we’ve listed some of the most common Spanish nouns as well as pronouns.

 

Nouns

Spanish

English

el año 

year

el caso  

case

el día

day

el hecho 

fact

el mundo

world

el estado

state

el gobierno

government

el hombre

man

el momento  

moment

el país 

country

el tiempo

time, weather

el trabajo 

work

los años

years

la casa 

house

la parte

part

la vez

time (una vez- once)

la vida

life

las cosas

things

España

Spain

los días

days

la política 

policy, politics

las veces

times

la gente

people

el lugar

place

el ejemplo 

example

las personas

people

la mujer

woman



Pronouns

 

Spanish

English

se

himself, herself, itself, yourself, yourselves, themselves

each other

Yo

I

tu

you

él  

he, him

ella

She, her

usted

You

nosotros, nosotras

we

ellos, elas

they

lo

It, that

me

(to) me

te

(to) you

nos

(to) us, ourselves

le

(to) him, her, you

su

his, her, your

sus

his, her, your, their

nada

nothing

algo

something



Common Spanish Adjectives

 

The world is not only black and white. Adjectives give color to our world.

Let’s admit that without adjectives, we can’t say or describe not even one single thing.

So, naturally, you need to know some of the most common Spanish adjectives to be able to explain your thoughts in a higher way.

 

Spanish

English

este

this

todo

all

esta 

this

todos

all, everyone

ese

that

mismo  

same

otro  

other, another

esa

that

bueno

good

otra  

other, another

tanto

so much

otros

other, others

poco

little (not much)

mucho

much

gran

great, big

estos

these

general

general

todas

all, everyone

mayor

bigger, older

mejor 

better

toda

all

tal 

such

otras 

other, others

estas

these

primera

first

algunos

some



Most Used Spanish Verbs

 

No matter how many nouns or adjectives you know, if you don’t learn verbs, it’s all in vain.

Without a verb, there is no sentence.

Luckily for you, below you can find some of the most common verbs. Take a look and start memorizing.

 

Spanish

English

es

is, are

ha

has, have

son

are

está

is, are

hay

there is, there are

ser

to be

era 

was, were

había

there was, there were

tiene

has, have

fue

was. were

puede

can

pueden  

can

han

have

hacer 

to make, to do

hace  

make(s), do(es)

decir  

to say

va

go(es)

estaba

was, were

sea 

(might) be

ver  

to see

están 

are

sido 

been

dijo  

said

he  

I have

tienen

have

tener 

to have

tenía  

had

creo 

I believe

dice  

says, say

vamos 

we go, we are going

parece  

seems, seem

poder  

to be able to



Let’s Not Forget About Spanish Adverbs and Prepositions

Like adjectives, adverbs and prepositions also help you in a way that neither a noun or a verb can.

They can explain the things you have in mind better.

Here are some of the most commonly used adverbs and prepositions:

 

Adverbs

 

Spanish

English

no

no, not

sí  

yes

más  

more

también  

also

muy

very

ya  

already, now, soon

así  

so, like this, like that

bien  

well

ahora  

now

siempre 

always

solo (solamente)

  only

tan  

so

entonces  

then

después  

after, later

menos 

less

aquí  

here

antes  

before, earlier

hoy  

today

luego  

then, later

casi  

almost

nunca 

never

además  

besides, in addition



Prepositions

 

Spanish

English

en  

in, on, into

con

with

por  

through, for (means), along, by

para  

in order to, for (ends)

sin  

without

sobre  

about, above, on top of

hasta  

until

entre  

between, among

desde  

from, since

durante  

during, for (time)

contra 

against

hacia  

toward

según  

according to



What About The Spanish Conjunctions?

Adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions give colors to your thoughts and descriptions, while nouns and verbs are the basic. 

But what about the conjunctions? 

They are an essential part of one language as well. Thanks to conjunctions, not only can we make longer sentences but can explain something with more details.

In the following lines, you can find some of the most frequently used conjunctions.

 

Spanish

English

y 

and

o

or

como 

as, like

que 

that, who, which, than

si  

if

porque  

because

cuando  

when

ni  

nor, neither

donde  

where

aunque  

although, even though

sino  

but, except

mientras  

while

 

Final Thoughts

Now you have the most common words in Spanish in one place. 

 

We are all different, which means that the way you learn a language might not suit someone else. So, the best way to learn Spanish words is to find out which method suits you.

But don’t forget that practice makes the most of it. So, don’t wait any longer and start practicing with Spanish tutors on Justlearn

Remember that small steps will take you to your path to Spanish fluency.

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