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1000 Most Common Spanish Words You Can Use In Every Conversation

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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.

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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.