Word lists · C2
The 10,000 most common Spanish words: 6901–7000
The 10,000 most frequent Spanish words, in order.
| # | Word | Type | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8194 | perecer | verb | to perish; to die (in a disaster); to cease to exist; to die out | C2 |
| 8195 | el hemisferio | noun · m | hemisphere (of the Earth); cerebral hemisphere | C2 |
| 8196 | la afición | noun · f | hobby; liking; fans; supporters (collectively) | C2 |
| 8197 | la anécdota | noun · f | anecdote; short true story; mere detail; passing incident | C2 |
| 8200 | monumental | adjective | monumental; of historic monuments; huge; colossal | C2 |
| 8201 | la generosidad | noun · f | generosity | C2 |
| 8203 | el dilema | noun · m | dilemma | C2 |
| 8204 | el uranio | noun · m | uranium | C2 |
| 8205 | degradar | verb | to demote; to downgrade; to degrade; to erode | C2 |
| 8206 | patrullar | verb | to patrol | C2 |
| 8207 | sucesivamente | adverb | successively; and so on | C2 |
| 8209 | el vocabulario | noun · m | vocabulary; language; way of speaking (cuida tu vocabulario) | C2 |
| 8210 | el lama | noun · m | lama (Tibetan Buddhist teacher) | C2 |
| 8210 | la lama | noun · f | silt; slime (rare) | C2 |
| 8213 | el atún | noun · m | tuna | C2 |
| 8215 | puramente | adverb | purely; solely | C2 |
| 8216 | abreviar | verb | to abbreviate; to shorten; to cut short; to hurry along | C2 |
| 8217 | solemne | adjective | solemn; formal; utter; downright (before a negative noun) | C2 |
| 8221 | la gaviota | noun · f | seagull | C2 |
| 8223 | el remordimiento | noun · m | remorse; pang of conscience | C2 |
| 8225 | eludir | verb | to dodge; to evade; to escape; to elude | C2 |
| 8227 | la lavandería | noun · f | laundry; launderette; laundry room | C2 |
| 8228 | la chatarra | noun · f | scrap metal; junk; worthless thing | C2 |
| 8230 | persistir | verb | to persist; to continue; to persist (in doing something) | C2 |
| 8231 | el éxtasis | noun · m | ecstasy; rapture; ecstasy (the drug) | C2 |
| 8232 | el redactor | noun · m | editor; staff writer; drafter; author (of a text) | C2 |
| 8233 | el sinónimo | noun · m | synonym; synonym (figurative: ser sinónimo de) | C2 |
| 8235 | el bautismo | noun · m | baptism; baptism of fire (first tough experience) | C2 |
| 8238 | geológico | adjective | geological | C2 |
| 8239 | nato | adjective | born (natural, innate); ex officio (as in miembro nato) | C2 |
| 8241 | recurrente | adjective | recurring; repeated; appellant (in a legal appeal) | C2 |
| 8242 | ilegalmente | adverb | illegally | C2 |
| 8244 | el complot | noun · m | plot; conspiracy | C2 |
| 8245 | estonio | adjective | Estonian; Estonian (person or language) | C2 |
| 8246 | el / la vip | noun · mf | VIP (very important person); VIP (exclusive, reserved) | C2 |
| 8247 | la pasarela | noun · f | catwalk; runway; footbridge; gangway | C2 |
| 8249 | concretamente | adverb | specifically; to be precise | C2 |
| 8251 | discapacitado | adjective | disabled; with a disability | C2 |
| 8253 | finlandés | adjective | Finnish; Finn (person) | C2 |
| 8254 | áspero | adjective | rough; coarse; harsh; gruff | C2 |
| 8255 | enredar | verb | to tangle; to snarl; to embroil; to get caught up in | C2 |
| 8256 | chupar | verb | to suck; to soak up; to drink (alcohol; slang) | C2 |
| 8258 | ansiar | verb | to long for; to yearn for; to aspire to (freedom, change) | C2 |
| 8259 | la tortilla | noun · f | tortilla (flat maize or wheat bread); omelette (Spain) | C2 |
| 8260 | el bocadillo | noun · m | sandwich (in a baguette or roll); speech balloon (comics) | C2 |
| 8261 | el agresor | noun · m | aggressor; attacker; aggressor (state or side) | C2 |
| 8262 | replicar | verb | to retort; to answer back; to replicate; to reproduce | C2 |
| 8264 | el auge | noun · m | boom; peak; heyday | C2 |
| 8270 | inverso | adjective | inverse; reverse; opposite; conversely (a la inversa) | C2 |
| 8271 | ilimitado | adjective | unlimited | C2 |
| 8273 | reconsiderar | verb | to reconsider; to rethink | C2 |
| 8274 | irrelevante | adjective | irrelevant; unimportant | C2 |
| 8275 | el aeródromo | noun · m | aerodrome; small airfield | C2 |
| 8277 | desertar | verb | to desert (the army); to abandon; to drop out (of) | C2 |
| 8278 | la tripa | noun · f | belly; gut; tripe; offal (tripas) | C2 |
| 8279 | contundente | adjective | forceful; decisive; convincing; blunt (object, weapon) | C2 |
| 8280 | la medición | noun · f | measurement; measuring; reading; measured value | C2 |
| 8281 | hala | interjection | wow! (surprise); come on!; hurry up! | C2 |
| 8282 | concurrir | verb | to gather; to attend; to turn out; to coincide; to combine (of factors) | C2 |
| 8284 | el racismo | noun · m | racism | C2 |
| 8285 | resbalar | verb | to slip; to slide; to roll off (me resbala: I couldn't care less) | C2 |
| 8286 | el dardo | noun · m | dart; barbed remark; dig | C2 |
| 8287 | medicinal | adjective | medicinal | C2 |
| 8288 | la discreción | noun · f | discretion; tact; discretion; free choice (a discreción) | C2 |
| 8289 | el pasatiempo | noun · m | hobby; pastime; puzzle (crossword, word search) | C2 |
| 8290 | fundamentalmente | adverb | fundamentally; essentially; mainly | C2 |
| 8292 | el pañal | noun · m | nappy; in its infancy (estar en pañales) | C2 |
| 8293 | atracar | verb | to rob; to hold up; to dock; to moor | C2 |
| 8294 | escéptico | adjective | sceptical; sceptic (person) | C2 |
| 8295 | el enigma | noun · m | enigma; mystery; riddle; puzzle | C2 |
| 8296 | el párrafo | noun · m | paragraph; chat (echar un párrafo) | C2 |
| 8297 | el drogadicto | noun · m | drug addict | C2 |
| 8298 | la problemática | noun · f | set of problems; issues | C2 |
| 8299 | demente | adjective | demented (dated, clinical); crazy; mad (colloquial) | C2 |
| 8300 | el granito | noun · m | granite; small grain (granito de arena: a small contribution) | C2 |
| 8302 | el mormón | noun · m | Mormon (member of the church); Mormon (adjective) | C2 |
| 8303 | el óxido | noun · m | rust; oxide | C2 |
| 8308 | el consultorio | noun · m | doctor's surgery; consulting room; advice column; phone-in (consultorio) | C2 |
| 8309 | el colgante | noun · m | pendant; hanging; suspended (adjective use) | C2 |
| 8310 | cursar | verb | to study; to take (a course, a degree); to process; to forward (a request) | C2 |
| 8311 | el salvavidas | noun · m | life jacket; lifebuoy; lifeguard (Latin America) | C2 |
| 8312 | la prevención | noun · f | prevention; wariness; prejudice (tener prevención) | C2 |
| 8313 | el gremio | noun · m | guild; craft association; trade association; professional body | C2 |
| 8314 | el escorpión | noun · m | scorpion; Scorpio (zodiac sign) | C2 |
| 8317 | el tacón | noun · m | heel (of a shoe); high heels (tacones) | C2 |
| 8318 | enmascarar | verb | to mask; to disguise; to put on a mask (enmascararse) | C2 |
| 8319 | tenso | adjective | tense; taut; tense (atmosphere, relations) | C2 |
| 8320 | pinchar | verb | to prick; to puncture; to DJ; to spin records (Spain) | C2 |
| 8321 | el ovni | noun · m | UFO; oddity; unclassifiable thing | C2 |
| 8324 | la nuca | noun · f | nape; back of the neck | C2 |
| 8327 | el subdirector | noun · m | deputy director; assistant head | C2 |
| 8328 | la guarida | noun · f | den; lair; hideout; haunt | C2 |
| 8330 | la alcantarilla | noun · f | sewer; storm drain; culvert (under a road) | C2 |
| 8331 | morado | adjective | purple; bruise (noun use) | C2 |
| 8334 | deliberar | verb | to deliberate; to confer; to weigh up; to think over | C2 |
| 8337 | problemático | adjective | problematic; troublesome; difficult; troubled (of a person) | C2 |
| 8338 | anfibio | adjective | amphibious; amphibian (noun use) | C2 |
| 8339 | el non | noun · m | odd number (as in pares y nones); no way! (¡nones!) | C2 |
| 8340 | el rocío | noun · m | dew; spray; light mist | C2 |
| 8341 | inaceptable | adjective | unacceptable | C2 |