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Top 100 Spanish Words Every Beginner Should Know

Lalo Team·Updated April 17, 2026·3 min read

The most frequent 100 words in Spanish cover a huge portion of everyday conversation. Learning these first gives you the biggest return on your study time.

#WordTranslation
1deof, from, about
2lathe (feminine singular)
3quethat, which, who
4elthe (masculine singular)
5enin, on, at
6yand
7ato, at
8losthe (masculine plural)
9sehimself, herself, itself, themselves
10delof the, from the
11lasthe (feminine plural)
12una, an, one (masculine)
13porfor, by, through
14conwith
15nono, not
16unaa, an, one (feminine)
17suhis, her, its, your (formal), their
18parafor, in order to
19esis (third person singular of ser)
20alto the, at the
21loit, him (direct object)
22comolike, as, how
23másmore, most, plus
24perobut
25sushis, her, its, your (formal), their (plural)
26lehim, her, you (formal, indirect object)
27yaalready, now, yet
28oor
29estethis (masculine)
30yes, itself
31porquebecause
32estathis (feminine)
33entrebetween, among
34cuandowhen
35muyvery
36sinwithout
37sobreabout, on, over
38serto be (permanent/essential)
39tambiénalso, too
40meme, myself
41hastauntil, up to, even
42haythere is, there are
43dondewhere
44sonare (third person plural of ser)
45unoone
46teyou (informal, object), yourself
47nineither, nor, not even
48mimy
49siif, whether
50esethat (masculine)
51habíathere was, there were, had
52todoall, every, everything
53ellashe, her
54bienwell, good, fine
55fuewas, went (past tense of ser/ir)
56otroother, another
57erawas (imperfect of ser), era
58otraother, another (feminine)
59hacerto do, to make
60tiempotime, weather
61yoI
62asílike this, so, thus
63cualwhich, what
64élhe, him
65dostwo
66nosus, ourselves
67hahas (auxiliary verb)
68desdefrom, since
69pocolittle, few, a bit
70puedecan, is able to (third person)
71ahoranow
72partepart, portion
73despuésafter, later, afterwards
74hanhave (third person plural auxiliary)
75cosathing
76grandebig, large, great
77aquíhere
78tienehas, have (third person of tener)
79tenerto have, to hold
80nadanothing, anything
81vidalife
82díaday
83estarto be (temporary/location)
84mismosame, self
85hombreman
86mundoworld
87entoncesthen, so, at that time
88gobiernogovernment
89todosall, everyone, everybody
90muchomuch, a lot
91antesbefore, previously
92irto go
93decirto say, to tell
94mujerwoman, wife
95sidobeen (past participle of ser)
96paíscountry, nation
97añoyear
98menosless, fewer, minus
99poderto be able to, can, power
100ciudadcity

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