Word lists · C2
The 10,000 most common Spanish words: 2001–2100
The 10,000 most frequent Spanish words, in order.
| # | Word | Type | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | dañado | adjective | damaged | B1 |
| 1953 | dañar | verb | to damage, to harm; to break down, to stop working (dañarse) | B1 |
| 1954 | la maldición | noun · f | curse; damn! | B1 |
| 1955 | confesar | verb | to confess, to admit; to reveal (a secret, a feeling) | B1 |
| 1956 | la costumbre | noun · f | habit; custom, tradition | B1 |
| 1957 | el piano | noun · m | piano | B1 |
| 1958 | insistir | verb | to insist; to keep trying, to persist | B1 |
| 1959 | el dispositivo | noun · m | device; operation, security measures | B1 |
| 1960 | avisar | verb | to let know, to notify; to warn | B1 |
| 1961 | universitario | adjective | university (adj.) | B1 |
| 1961 | el universitario | noun · m | university student | B1 |
| 1962 | el propietario | noun · m | owner, landlord | B1 |
| 1963 | fabricar | verb | to manufacture, to make; to fabricate, to make up | B1 |
| 1964 | anciano | adjective | elderly | B1 |
| 1964 | el anciano | noun · m | elderly person, old man | B1 |
| 1965 | el tesoro | noun · m | treasure; darling, sweetheart | B1 |
| 1966 | alejarse | verb | to move away, to get away; to drift apart | B1 |
| 1967 | la personalidad | noun · f | personality; prominent figure | B1 |
| 1968 | la botella | noun · f | bottle | B1 |
| 1969 | el ejercicio | noun · m | exercise (physical); exercise (task) | B1 |
| 1970 | ligero | adjective | light (weight); slight, mild | B1 |
| 1970 | ligero | adverb | quickly, fast | B1 |
| 1972 | adquirir | verb | to acquire, to buy; to gain, to develop | B1 |
| 1973 | empujar | verb | to push; to push, to drive (someone to do something) | B1 |
| 1974 | el comentario | noun · m | comment, remark; commentary | B1 |
| 1975 | la parada | noun · f | stop (bus, metro); stop, halt (pause) | B1 |
| 1976 | principalmente | adverb | mainly, mostly | B1 |
| 1977 | el arco | noun · m | arch; bow (weapon, violin) | B1 |
| 1978 | la magia | noun · f | magic; magic tricks | B1 |
| 1979 | clasificar | verb | to classify, to sort; to qualify (for a competition) | B1 |
| 1980 | el lenguaje | noun · m | language (speech, communication); way of speaking, style | B1 |
| 1982 | el incidente | noun · m | incident | B1 |
| 1983 | el / la adolescente | noun · mf | teenager, adolescent | B1 |
| 1984 | la granja | noun · f | farm (small) | B1 |
| 1985 | curar | verb | to cure, to heal; to treat, to dress (a wound) | B1 |
| 1986 | proceder | verb | to proceed (to do something); to come from, to originate | B1 |
| 1987 | impresionar | verb | to impress; to shock, to unsettle | B1 |
| 1988 | comunista | adjective | communist | B1 |
| 1988 | el / la comunista | noun · mf | communist (person) | B1 |
| 1989 | estimar | verb | to estimate; to hold dear, to think highly of | B1 |
| 1990 | generalmente | adverb | generally, usually | B1 |
| 1992 | dudar | verb | to doubt; to hesitate | B1 |
| 1993 | ilegal | adjective | illegal | B1 |
| 1995 | deshacer | verb | to undo, to take apart; to melt, to dissolve (deshacerse) | B1 |
| 1996 | soñar | verb | to dream (while asleep); to dream of, to long for | B1 |
| 1999 | la instrucción | noun · f | instructions, directions; training, education | B1 |
| 2000 | definir | verb | to define; to determine, to settle | B1 |
| 2001 | apagar | verb | to turn off, to switch off; to put out (a fire) | B1 |
| 2002 | el instrumento | noun · m | instrument (music); tool, instrument (precision) | B1 |
| 2003 | el inspector | noun · m | inspector; police inspector, detective | B1 |
| 2004 | la columna | noun · f | column (pillar); column (in a table or newspaper) | B1 |
| 2006 | la selección | noun · f | selection, choice; national team | B1 |
| 2007 | la circunstancia | noun · f | circumstance | B1 |
| 2008 | el duque | noun · m | duke | B1 |
| 2009 | la sensación | noun · f | feeling, sensation; sensation, stir | B1 |
| 2010 | la herramienta | noun · f | tool; tool (software, means) | B1 |
| 2011 | el tanque | noun · m | tank (container); tank (military) | B1 |
| 2012 | recientemente | adverb | recently | B1 |
| 2013 | la promesa | noun · f | promise; promising talent | B1 |
| 2014 | estúpido | adjective | stupid, silly | B1 |
| 2015 | suave | adjective | soft, smooth; gentle, mild | B1 |
| 2016 | el investigador | noun · m | researcher; investigator | B1 |
| 2018 | girar | verb | to turn, to rotate; to turn (change direction) | B1 |
| 2019 | el cristal | noun · m | glass (pane); crystal | B1 |
| 2020 | la juventud | noun · f | youth (time of life); young people | B1 |
| 2021 | acostumbrado | adjective | used to, accustomed | B1 |
| 2021 | acostumbrar | verb | to get used to (acostumbrarse a); to be in the habit of, to usually | B1 |
| 2022 | la fortuna | noun · f | fortune, wealth; luck, fortune | B1 |
| 2023 | específico | adjective | specific; specific (to), particular to | B1 |
| 2024 | la frase | noun · f | sentence; phrase, saying | B1 |
| 2025 | horrible | adjective | horrible, awful | B1 |
| 2026 | ceder | verb | to give in, to yield; to give up, to hand over | B1 |
| 2027 | el estadio | noun · m | stadium; stage, phase (formal) | B1 |
| 2028 | gastar | verb | to spend (money); to use up, to consume | B1 |
| 2029 | la explosión | noun · f | explosion, blast; outburst, boom | B1 |
| 2030 | el pantalón | noun · m | trousers | B1 |
| 2032 | el poema | noun · m | poem | B1 |
| 2033 | aparentemente | adverb | apparently, seemingly | B1 |
| 2035 | la mezcla | noun · f | mix, mixture; mortar, concrete mix (construction) | B1 |
| 2037 | mental | adjective | mental | B1 |
| 2038 | agarrar | verb | to grab, to hold; to take (a bus, a taxi) | B1 |
| 2039 | sabio | adjective | wise | B1 |
| 2039 | el sabio | noun · m | wise person, scholar | B1 |
| 2041 | enojado | adjective | angry | B1 |
| 2041 | enojar | verb | to get angry (enojarse); to make angry, to annoy | B1 |
| 2042 | el alcohol | noun · m | alcohol (drinks); rubbing alcohol | B1 |
| 2044 | inicial | adjective | initial, first | B1 |
| 2044 | la inicial | noun · f | initial (letter) | B1 |
| 2045 | infantil | adjective | children's, for children; childish | B1 |
| 2046 | el impacto | noun · m | impact, effect; impact (collision), hit | B1 |
| 2047 | bravo | adjective | fierce, wild; angry (parts of Latin America) | B1 |
| 2047 | bravo | interjection | bravo! well done! | B1 |
| 2048 | breve | adjective | brief, short; en breve: shortly, soon | B1 |
| 2049 | el comercio | noun · m | trade, commerce; shop, business | B1 |
| 2050 | el borde | noun · m | edge, rim; brink, verge | B1 |
| 2051 | ascender | verb | to go up, to climb; to be promoted, to promote | B1 |
| 2052 | pleno | adjective | full, complete; right in the middle of | B1 |
| 2053 | el queso | noun · m | cheese | B1 |
| 2054 | el salto | noun · m | jump, leap; big step forward, leap | B1 |
| 2055 | el cuchillo | noun · m | knife | B1 |