Word lists · C2
The 10,000 most common Spanish words: 5201–5300
The 10,000 most frequent Spanish words, in order.
| # | Word | Type | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5857 | la munición | noun · f | ammunition | C1 |
| 5858 | picante | adjective | spicy, hot; risqué, saucy | C1 |
| 5860 | la pólvora | noun · f | gunpowder | C1 |
| 5861 | varar | verb | to run aground; to leave stranded (varado) | C1 |
| 5862 | la renovación | noun · f | renewal; renovation | C1 |
| 5864 | la aduana | noun · f | customs; customs house | C1 |
| 5866 | amargar | verb | to make bitter, to turn bitter; to embitter, to spoil | C1 |
| 5867 | la angustia | noun · f | anguish, distress; anxiety | C1 |
| 5868 | la brecha | noun · f | gap (social, economic); breach, opening | C1 |
| 5869 | alternativo | adjective | alternative | C1 |
| 5870 | tatuar | verb | to tattoo | C1 |
| 5871 | restablecer | verb | to restore, to re-establish; to recover (restablecerse) | C1 |
| 5872 | la mejilla | noun · f | cheek | C1 |
| 5873 | el segmento | noun · m | segment; segment (market, population) | C1 |
| 5875 | grosero | adjective | rude, impolite; coarse, crude (material) | C1 |
| 5875 | el / la grosero | noun · mf | rude person, boor | C1 |
| 5876 | gravemente | adverb | seriously, gravely | C1 |
| 5877 | la fosa | noun · f | grave, pit; cavity (anatomy) | C1 |
| 5879 | la cera | noun · f | wax; earwax | C1 |
| 5880 | el evangelio | noun · m | gospel; gospel, creed | C1 |
| 5881 | el gancho | noun · m | hook; appeal, charm | C1 |
| 5882 | la matemática | noun · f | mathematics | C1 |
| 5883 | la contaminación | noun · f | pollution; contamination | C1 |
| 5885 | el / la mentor | noun · mf | mentor | C1 |
| 5886 | el / la mozo | noun · mf | waiter (River Plate, Chile, Peru); young man, lad | C1 |
| 5890 | el reno | noun · m | reindeer | C1 |
| 5891 | feminista | adjective | feminist | C1 |
| 5891 | el / la feminista | noun · mf | feminist | C1 |
| 5892 | delatar | verb | to inform on, to denounce; to give away, to betray (a feeling) | C1 |
| 5894 | el / la suplente | noun · mf | substitute, stand-in | C1 |
| 5896 | fotográfico | adjective | photographic | C1 |
| 5897 | navideño | adjective | Christmas (adjective) | C1 |
| 5898 | el pulgar | noun · m | thumb; big toe | C1 |
| 5899 | neutral | adjective | neutral (impartial); neutral (colour, tone) | C1 |
| 5904 | el peón | noun · m | labourer, farmhand; pawn (chess) | C1 |
| 5905 | la mención | noun · f | mention; honourable mention | C1 |
| 5907 | persa | adjective | Persian | C1 |
| 5907 | el / la persa | noun · mf | Persian (person, language); flea market (Chile) | C1 |
| 5909 | el plátano | noun · m | banana; plantain | C1 |
| 5913 | el / la boxeador | noun · mf | boxer | C1 |
| 5914 | la redacción | noun · f | writing, composition; editorial staff, newsroom | C1 |
| 5917 | el torpedo | noun · m | torpedo | C1 |
| 5918 | el moro | noun · m | Moor | C1 |
| 5919 | el teclado | noun · m | keyboard (computer); keyboard (music) | C1 |
| 5920 | comandar | verb | to command, to lead | C1 |
| 5921 | premiar | verb | to reward, to give a prize to | C1 |
| 5922 | precipitar | verb | to hasten, to precipitate; to rush into things (precipitarse) | C1 |
| 5924 | la fraternidad | noun · f | brotherhood; fraternity (US university) | C1 |
| 5925 | el billón | noun · m | trillion (a million million) | C1 |
| 5926 | racial | adjective | racial | C1 |
| 5927 | aceptable | adjective | acceptable; passable, fair | C1 |
| 5928 | formular | verb | to formulate, to put forward; to file, to make (a complaint, request) | C1 |
| 5929 | la ambición | noun · f | ambition; greed, thirst (for power, money) | C1 |
| 5930 | dieciocho | number | eighteen; Dieciocho (Chilean national holiday) | C1 |
| 5931 | el zar | noun · m | tsar; tsar (head of an area) | C1 |
| 5932 | productivo | adjective | productive | C1 |
| 5933 | atascar | verb | to block, to clog; to get stuck, to jam (atascarse) | C1 |
| 5934 | inminente | adjective | imminent | C1 |
| 5937 | la confirmación | noun · f | confirmation; confirmation (religious) | C1 |
| 5939 | la motivación | noun · f | motivation, drive; motive, reason | C1 |
| 5940 | la funda | noun · f | cover, case; pillowcase | C1 |
| 5941 | el / la poli | noun · mf | cop, copper | C1 |
| 5942 | trazar | verb | to draw, to trace; to plan out, to outline | C1 |
| 5944 | la inclinación | noun · f | slope, tilt; inclination, tendency | C1 |
| 5945 | azotar | verb | to whip, to flog; to lash, to batter | C1 |
| 5946 | proveniente | adjective | coming from, originating from | C1 |
| 5947 | vago | adjective | lazy, idle; vague, hazy | C1 |
| 5948 | la sucesión | noun · f | succession (throne, inheritance); series, sequence | C1 |
| 5949 | ofensivo | adjective | offensive, insulting; offensive (military, sport) | C1 |
| 5952 | el motel | noun · m | motel; hotel rented by the hour (for couples) | C1 |
| 5953 | la caldera | noun · f | boiler; cauldron, large pot | C1 |
| 5955 | el / la instructor | noun · mf | instructor | C1 |
| 5956 | el folleto | noun · m | leaflet, brochure | C1 |
| 5957 | la proposición | noun · f | proposal; clause, proposition (grammar, logic) | C1 |
| 5958 | heroico | adjective | heroic | C1 |
| 5961 | codificar | verb | to encode; to codify (laws) | C1 |
| 5962 | el / la narrador | noun · mf | narrator; commentator (sport) | C1 |
| 5964 | propagar | verb | to spread; to propagate (plants) | C1 |
| 5965 | hábil | adjective | skilful, clever; working (día hábil) | C1 |
| 5966 | la antorcha | noun · f | torch (flaming); torch (Olympic, symbolic) | C1 |
| 5968 | el prestigio | noun · m | prestige | C1 |
| 5969 | la conservación | noun · f | conservation, preservation; state of preservation | C1 |
| 5970 | rígido | adjective | rigid, stiff; strict, inflexible | C1 |
| 5971 | la excursión | noun · f | excursion, trip | C1 |
| 5972 | la reliquia | noun · f | relic (religious); heirloom, relic | C1 |
| 5974 | asqueroso | adjective | disgusting, revolting; despicable, vile | C1 |
| 5975 | la palanca | noun · f | lever, crowbar; leverage, means of pressure | C1 |
| 5976 | el rap | noun · m | rap | C1 |
| 5978 | posar | verb | to pose; to place gently, to rest | C1 |
| 5979 | el taco | noun · m | taco; heel (of a shoe) | C1 |
| 5981 | desprender | verb | to detach, to unfasten; to give off (smell, heat) | C1 |
| 5982 | vacante | adjective | vacant | C1 |
| 5982 | la vacante | noun · f | vacancy, job opening | C1 |
| 5983 | patético | adjective | pathetic, pitiful; deeply moving, tragic | C1 |
| 5984 | la normalidad | noun · f | normality | C1 |
| 5985 | la imitación | noun · f | imitation; imitation, fake | C1 |
| 5986 | el / la dirigente | noun · mf | leader, executive | C1 |
| 5987 | recrear | verb | to recreate; to delight oneself (recrearse) | C1 |
| 5989 | el fríjol | noun · m | bean | C1 |
| 5990 | el mercurio | noun · m | mercury (element); Mercury (planet) | C1 |