1000 Common Spanish Words

que

that, who, which

de

from, of, by

no

no

a

to, into, at

la

the (sing. fem.); it/her (object pronoun)

el

the (sing. masc.)

ser

to be (v.); being/person (n.)

y

and

en

in, inside, on

lo/los

it/him, them (object pronoun)

un

a, an, one (masc.)

por

for, because of, by, through,

qué

what, which, how (adv.)

me

me (object pronoun)

una

a, an, one (fem.)

te

you (object pronoun)

los

the (pl. masc.)

se

himself, herself, itself, each other (reflexive)

con

with

para

for, in order to

mi

me

estar

to be (v.)

si

if, whether

bien

properly, well, OK, fine

pero

but

yo

I ; self

eso

that, that thing

las

the (pl. fem.); them, you all (object pronoun)

yes

su/sus

his, her, its, their (possesion)

tu

your

aquí

here

como

as, like; since, because

le/les

him, her, them, it, you all (object pronoun)

más

more, plus (math)

esto

this, this one (masc.)

ya

already, now, soon

todo

all, every, the whole, each

esta

this, this one (fem.)

ir

to go (v.), attend, to work (function properly),

está

estar (present tense - él/ella/usted)(Command - tú)

es

ser (present tense - él/ella/usted)

vamos

ir (present tense or command - nosotros)

muy

very

hay

haber (present tense - él/ella/usted)

haber

to be or to exist (There is/There are)

ahora

now; in a minute

algo

something, some

estoy

estar (present tense - yo)

tengo

tener (present tense - yo)

nos

us (Pronoun)

you

nada

nothing, anything (when talking negatively); the void

cuando

when

ha

haber (present tense - él/ella/usted)

este

this, this one (masc.)

saber (present tense -yo); ser (command - tu)

estás

estar (present tense - tú)

así

like this, like that, in this way

tener

to have, to be (age) (v.)

poder

can, to be able to (v.); power (n.)

saber

to know, be familiar with

puedo

poder (present tense - yo)

cómo

how, why

querer

to want (v.) ; to love, to like (v.)

quiero

querer (present tense - yo)

sólo

only

soy

ser (present tense - yo)

tiene

tener (present tense - él/ella/usted)