Word lists · C2
The 10,000 most common Spanish words: 7001–7100
The 10,000 most frequent Spanish words, in order.
| # | Word | Type | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8342 | la consciencia | noun · f | consciousness; awareness (tomar consciencia) | C2 |
| 8343 | la vaina | noun · f | pod; sheath; thing; matter; hassle (Caribbean, Colombia) | C2 |
| 8344 | el talibán | noun · m | Taliban (member); Taliban (adjective) | C2 |
| 8345 | el testículo | noun · m | testicle | C2 |
| 8347 | la garza | noun · f | heron; egret | C2 |
| 8348 | fundido | adjective | melted; molten; cast (of metal); worn out; exhausted | C2 |
| 8349 | el / la ceo | noun · mf | CEO; chief executive | C2 |
| 8350 | matricular | verb | to enrol; to register (a student); to register (a vehicle) | C2 |
| 8351 | la cordillera | noun · f | mountain range; the Andes (Chile, Argentina: la cordillera) | C2 |
| 8352 | plateado | adjective | silver; silvery; silver-plated | C2 |
| 8353 | desobedecer | verb | to disobey; to defy; to break (a rule) | C2 |
| 8354 | el simio | noun · m | ape; simian | C2 |
| 8355 | el reclutamiento | noun · m | recruitment (of staff); military recruitment; enlistment | C2 |
| 8356 | acariciar | verb | to stroke; to caress; to pet; to cherish; to toy with (an idea) | C2 |
| 8357 | infrarrojo | adjective | infrared; infrared (radiation; noun use) | C2 |
| 8359 | mimar | verb | to pamper; to spoil; to treat oneself (mimarse) | C2 |
| 8362 | decretar | verb | to decree; to order (officially); to declare (a state, a measure) | C2 |
| 8363 | el galán | noun · m | heartthrob; handsome leading man; suitor (dated) | C2 |
| 8364 | el transcurso | noun · m | course (of an event, a period); passing (of time) | C2 |
| 8365 | desapercibido | adjective | unnoticed | C2 |
| 8366 | el foso | noun · m | moat; ditch; orchestra pit | C2 |
| 8368 | el banquillo | noun · m | bench (sports, substitutes); dock (of the accused) | C2 |
| 8369 | inadecuado | adjective | inappropriate; unsuitable; inadequate; insufficient | C2 |
| 8370 | extravagante | adjective | extravagant; flamboyant; lavish; wasteful (of spending, tastes) | C2 |
| 8374 | la filtración | noun · f | leak; seepage; leak (of information) | C2 |
| 8375 | la nostalgia | noun · f | nostalgia; homesickness | C2 |
| 8376 | el manicomio | noun · m | asylum; psychiatric hospital (dated); madhouse (chaotic place) | C2 |
| 8378 | el baúl | noun · m | trunk; chest; car boot (Latin America) | C2 |
| 8379 | el / la soprano | noun · mf | soprano (singer); soprano (voice range) | C2 |
| 8380 | el guerrillero | noun · m | guerrilla fighter; guerrilla (adjective) | C2 |
| 8381 | la ración | noun · f | portion; serving; ration; allowance | C2 |
| 8382 | sancionar | verb | to sanction; to penalise; to ratify; to sign into law | C2 |
| 8383 | afilar | verb | to sharpen; to hone; to sharpen (skills, wit) | C2 |
| 8384 | azteca | adjective | Aztec; Aztec (person) | C2 |
| 8385 | el pistolero | noun · m | gunman; gunslinger; hired gunman | C2 |
| 8386 | matarse | verb | to get killed; to kill oneself; to work oneself to death | C2 |
| 8387 | la partitura | noun · f | musical score; sheet music; film score | C2 |
| 8388 | la perforación | noun · f | drilling; boring; perforation (medical) | C2 |
| 8393 | el útero | noun · m | uterus; womb; womb (before birth) | C2 |
| 8397 | afinar | verb | to tune (an instrument); to fine-tune; to refine | C2 |
| 8398 | el / la novelista | noun · mf | novelist | C2 |
| 8399 | la caverna | noun · f | cave; cavern | C2 |
| 8400 | la tecla | noun · f | key (of a keyboard or piano); hit the nail on the head (dar en la tecla) | C2 |
| 8402 | el caimán | noun · m | caiman | C2 |
| 8406 | susceptible | adjective | susceptible; liable (to); touchy; easily offended | C2 |
| 8407 | defectuoso | adjective | defective; faulty | C2 |
| 8408 | la raja | noun · f | crack; slit; split; slice (of fruit, melon, cheese) | C2 |
| 8409 | el convenio | noun · m | agreement; accord; collective agreement | C2 |
| 8412 | el nitrógeno | noun · m | nitrogen | C2 |
| 8413 | custodiar | verb | to guard; to watch over; to safeguard; to hold in trust | C2 |
| 8416 | el medallón | noun · m | medallion; locket; medallion (round cut of meat) | C2 |
| 8417 | la inmobiliaria | noun · f | estate agency; property developer | C2 |
| 8418 | la jefatura | noun · f | leadership; post of chief; headquarters (police) | C2 |
| 8420 | perderse | verb | to get lost; to miss (an event, an opportunity) | C2 |
| 8421 | jubilar | verb | to retire (jubilarse); to retire (a person or an object) from service | C2 |
| 8422 | la cáscara | noun · f | peel; skin (of fruit); shell (of an egg, a nut) | C2 |
| 8423 | la gasolinera | noun · f | petrol station | C2 |
| 8425 | la travesía | noun · f | crossing; voyage; road through a town (Spain) | C2 |
| 8426 | el yuan | noun · m | yuan (Chinese currency) | C2 |
| 8430 | ambicionar | verb | to aspire to; to seek; to covet; to crave (power, wealth) | C2 |
| 8434 | la credibilidad | noun · f | credibility | C2 |
| 8435 | el mortero | noun · m | mortar (building material); mortar (for crushing) | C2 |
| 8436 | enteramente | adverb | entirely; completely | C2 |
| 8438 | duramente | adverb | harshly; severely; hard (of working, struggling) | C2 |
| 8439 | estancar | verb | to stop (a flow); to staunch; to stagnate; to stall (estancarse) | C2 |
| 8440 | el socialismo | noun · m | socialism | C2 |
| 8441 | sobrar | verb | to be left over; to be in excess; to be in the way; to be unwanted | C2 |
| 8442 | la plegaria | noun · f | prayer; supplication; plea; fervent appeal | C2 |
| 8445 | la descomposición | noun · f | decomposition; decay; breakdown; disintegration | C2 |
| 8447 | insoportable | adjective | unbearable; intolerable; insufferable; obnoxious (of a person) | C2 |
| 8448 | la contradicción | noun · f | contradiction; contrariness (espíritu de contradicción) | C2 |
| 8450 | el emblema | noun · m | emblem; badge; symbol; hallmark | C2 |
| 8452 | la ofensa | noun · f | offence; insult; offence (wrong, sin) | C2 |
| 8454 | el / la mánager | noun · mf | manager (of an artist, an athlete); manager (business executive) | C2 |
| 8457 | babilonio | adjective | Babylonian; Babylonian (person) | C2 |
| 8458 | el pajarito | noun · m | little bird; a little bird told me (me lo dijo un pajarito) | C2 |
| 8459 | el clip | noun · m | paper clip; clip (fastener); video clip | C2 |
| 8460 | el forastero | noun · m | outsider; stranger (from elsewhere); from elsewhere (adjective use) | C2 |
| 8461 | saldar | verb | to settle; to pay off (a debt); to end in; to result in (saldarse con) | C2 |
| 8462 | la morgue | noun · f | morgue | C2 |
| 8463 | la rupia | noun · f | rupee | C2 |
| 8468 | viable | adjective | viable; feasible; viable (able to survive or grow) | C2 |
| 8469 | todopoderoso | adjective | almighty; omnipotent; all-powerful (of a person, an institution) | C2 |
| 8470 | el buzón | noun · m | postbox; letterbox; voicemail; email inbox | C2 |
| 8471 | cortesano | adjective | courtly; of the royal court; courtier (noun use) | C2 |
| 8472 | el chicle | noun · m | chewing gum; chicle (tree resin) | C2 |
| 8473 | desestimar | verb | to dismiss; to reject (a claim, an appeal); to underestimate; to disregard | C2 |
| 8474 | la incapacidad | noun · f | inability; incapacity; sick leave; certified disability | C2 |
| 8475 | mentalmente | adverb | mentally; in one's head; mentally (state of mind) | C2 |
| 8476 | textil | adjective | textile; textile; fabric (noun use) | C2 |
| 8477 | sencillamente | adverb | simply; just; plainly; in a simple way | C2 |
| 8478 | la mortalidad | noun · f | mortality (death rate); mortality (being mortal) | C2 |
| 8479 | encomendar | verb | to entrust (a task, a person); to commend oneself (encomendarse) | C2 |
| 8481 | la mudanza | noun · f | move; relocation (house); change (literary) | C2 |
| 8482 | el genocidio | noun · m | genocide | C2 |
| 8484 | el tic | noun · m | tic (involuntary movement); quirk; verbal habit | C2 |
| 8485 | cautivar | verb | to captivate; to charm; to take captive (literary) | C2 |
| 8486 | pelar | verb | to peel; to skin; to cut (someone's) hair short (Latin America) | C2 |
| 8487 | el atraco | noun · m | hold-up; armed robbery; rip-off; daylight robbery | C2 |
| 8488 | el delirio | noun · m | delirium; delusion; frenzy; wild excitement | C2 |