Lesson note
The 100 most common everyday words that are not verbs, most common first. Together with the Top 100 Verbs they make up roughly 69% of the words in Spanish film and TV dialogue (these words alone, roughly 51%; an estimate, not a measure of everyday speech). Ranked by how often each word occurs in film and TV dialogue and in our own lessons. Each row groups a word with its other forms. The ranking is general Spanish; the Puerto Rican extras at the end are not ranked.
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Words 1–20 · Palabras 1–20
- 4a / an / some
- un / una / unos / unasoon / OO-nah / OO-nohs / OO-nahs
- 9and
- yee
- 10for / by / because of
- porpohr
- 17for / in order to
- paraPAH-rah
- 16himself / herself / themselves; each other
- seseh
- 8in / on
- enehn
- 12it / him
- loloh
- 7me / you / us (object)
- me / te / nosmeh / teh / nohs
- 15my
- mi / mismee / mees
- 6no / not
- nonoh
- 2of / from
- dedeh
- 13of the / to the
- del / aldehl / ahl
- 5that / than
- quekeh
- 1the
- el / la / los / lasehl / lah / lohs / lahs
- 19this / that (things)
- esto / esoEHS-toh / EH-soh
- 3to / at
- aah
- 20well / fine
- bienbyehn
- 11what
- quékeh
- 14with
- conkohn
- 18yes
- sísee
Words 21–40 · Palabras 21–40
- 38a lot / much / many
- mucho / muchaMOO-choh / MOO-chah
- 22all / everything
- todo / toda / todos / todasTOH-doh / TOH-dah / TOH-dohs / TOH-dahs
- 29already / now
- yayah
- 27but
- peroPEH-roh
- 24good
- bueno / buenaBWEH-noh / BWEH-nah
- 35he / she
- él / ellaehl / EH-yah
- 25here
- aquí / acáah-KEE / ah-KAH
- 26his / her / their / your (formal)
- su / sussoo / soos
- 39how
- cómoKOH-moh
- 28I
- yoyoh
- 34if
- sisee
- 30more
- másmahs
- 33one / two / three
- uno / dos / tresOO-noh / dohs / trehs
- 37something
- algoAHL-goh
- 40thank you / thanks
- graciasGRAH-syahs
- 21this / these
- este / esta / estos / estasEHS-teh / EHS-tah / EHS-tohs / EHS-tahs
- 31to him, her, you / to them
- le / lesleh / lehs
- 36very
- muymwee
- 32you (informal / formal)
- tú / ustedtoo / oos-TEHD
- 23your (informal)
- tu / tustoo / toos
Words 41–60 · Palabras 41–60
- 49day
- díaDEE-ah
- 55favor (por favor = please)
- favorfah-VOHR
- 53house / home
- casaKAH-sah
- 47like / as
- comoKOH-moh
- 57like this / so
- asíah-SEE
- 46me / you (after a preposition)
- mí / timee / tee
- 56nothing
- nadaNAH-dah
- 45now
- ahoraah-OH-rah
- 43only / alone
- soloSOH-loh
- 51or
- ooh
- 48other / another
- otro / otraOH-troh / OH-trah
- 60so / so much
- tan / tantotahn / TAHN-toh
- 41that / those
- ese / esa / esos / esasEH-seh / EH-sah / EH-sohs / EH-sahs
- 50there
- ahí / allí / alláah-EE / ah-YEE / ah-YAH
- 58they / you all
- ellos / ellas / ustedesEH-yohs / EH-yahs / oos-TEH-dehs
- 44time (as in 'one time'); otra vez = again
- vezvehs
- 59time / weather
- tiempoTYEHM-poh
- 52when
- cuandoKWAHN-doh
- 42where
- dóndeDOHN-deh
- 54who
- quiénkyehn
Words 61–80 · Palabras 61–80
- 68also / too
- tambiéntahm-BYEHN
- 77always
- siempreSYEHM-preh
- 71because
- porquePOHR-keh
- 76before
- antesAHN-tehs
- 73better / best
- mejormeh-HOHR
- 78big / great
- grandeGRAHN-deh
- 75father / mother
- padre / madrePAH-dreh / MAH-dreh
- 63friend
- amigo / amigaah-MEE-goh / ah-MEE-gah
- 66hello
- holaOH-lah
- 67little / few
- pocoPOH-koh
- 69mom / dad
- mamá / papámah-MAH / pah-PAH
- 74new
- nuevo / nuevaNWEH-voh / NWEH-vah
- 62night
- nocheNOH-cheh
- 72sir, Mr. / ma'am, Mrs.
- señor / señoraseh-NYOHR / seh-NYOH-rah
- 64son / daughter (children)
- hijo / hijaEE-hoh / EE-hah
- 80then / so
- entoncesehn-TOHN-sehs
- 65thing
- cosaKOH-sah
- 70true / truth (¿verdad? = right?)
- verdadvehr-DAHD
- 79without
- sinseen
- 61year
- añoAH-nyoh
Words 81–100 · Palabras 81–100
- 93about / on / over
- sobreSOH-breh
- 97after / later
- despuésdehs-PWEHS
- 91boy, guy / girl
- chico / chicaCHEE-koh / CHEE-kah
- 99child
- niño / niñaNEE-nyoh / NEE-nyah
- 87first
- primero / primerapree-MEH-roh / pree-MEH-rah
- 83hour / time
- horaOH-rah
- 100life
- vidaVEE-dah
- 88man
- hombreOHM-breh
- 81never
- nuncaNOON-kah
- 92of course / clear
- claroKLAH-roh
- 96outside
- fuera / afueraFWEH-rah / ah-FWEH-rah
- 84same / self
- mismo / mismaMEES-moh / MEES-mah
- 98someone
- alguienAHL-gyehn
- 95still / yet
- todavía / aúntoh-dah-VEE-ah / ah-OON
- 89today
- hoyoy
- 86tomorrow / morning
- mañanamah-NYAH-nah
- 85until / even
- hastaAHS-tah
- 94we
- nosotros / nosotrasnoh-SOH-trohs / noh-SOH-trahs
- 82with me / with you
- conmigo / contigokohn-MEE-goh / kohn-TEE-goh
- 90work / job
- trabajotrah-BAH-hoh
🇵🇷 Puerto Rican extras (not ranked) · Extras puertorriqueños
- buddy / close friend
- panaPAH-nah
- bus
- guaguaGWAH-gwah
- friend group / crew
- corillokoh-REE-yoh
- jeans
- mahonesmah-OH-nehs
- lunch
- loncheLOHN-cheh
- mess / commotion
- revolúreh-voh-LOO
- small roadside eatery / casual food-and-drink stop
- chinchorrocheen-CHOH-rroh
- trash can / garbage can
- zafacónsah-fah-KOHN
- yay! / woo!
- wepaWEH-pah