Word lists · C2
The 10,000 most common Spanish words: 7201–7300
The 10,000 most frequent Spanish words, in order.
| # | Word | Type | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8638 | la choza | noun · f | hut; shack | C2 |
| 8639 | la diarrea | noun · f | diarrhoea; verbal diarrhoea (diarrea verbal) | C2 |
| 8640 | el tocino | noun · m | bacon (Latin America); pork fat; lard (Spain) | C2 |
| 8641 | la canoa | noun · f | canoe | C2 |
| 8645 | emotivo | adjective | moving; touching; emotional; easily moved (of a person) | C2 |
| 8646 | el espécimen | noun · m | specimen; character; piece of work (ironic) | C2 |
| 8647 | la escoba | noun · f | broom; escoba (Spanish card game) | C2 |
| 8648 | indispensable | adjective | indispensable; essential; irreplaceable (of a person) | C2 |
| 8649 | la astronomía | noun · f | astronomy | C2 |
| 8652 | recargar | verb | to recharge; to top up; to overload; to overburden | C2 |
| 8653 | desfilar | verb | to march past; to parade; to walk the catwalk | C2 |
| 8657 | el razonamiento | noun · m | reasoning; argument; line of reasoning | C2 |
| 8660 | la computación | noun · f | computing; computer science (Latin America); computation (calculation) | C2 |
| 8662 | la meseta | noun · f | plateau; landing (of a staircase) | C2 |
| 8663 | el transportador | noun · m | protractor (Latin America); carrier; haulage company | C2 |
| 8666 | el / la bolchevique | noun · mf | Bolshevik; Bolshevik (adjective) | C2 |
| 8668 | perverso | adjective | wicked; perverse; perverse (counterproductive) | C2 |
| 8669 | fracturar | verb | to fracture; to break (a bone); to split; to fragment (a group) | C2 |
| 8670 | la destreza | noun · f | skill; dexterity; skills; competences (destrezas) | C2 |
| 8671 | la malla | noun · f | mesh; netting; leggings; swimsuit (varies by country) | C2 |
| 8673 | la teología | noun · f | theology; theology (school of thought) | C2 |
| 8674 | distraído | adjective | absent-minded (by nature); distracted (at the moment) | C2 |
| 8676 | la viña | noun · f | vineyard; winery (Chile) | C2 |
| 8677 | la prefectura | noun · f | prefecture (administrative district); coast guard (Argentina: la Prefectura) | C2 |
| 8678 | el sudoeste | noun · m | south-west; south-western part of a region | C2 |
| 8680 | el bisabuelo | noun · m | great-grandfather; great-grandparents (bisabuelos) | C2 |
| 8681 | la confrontación | noun · f | confrontation; clash; comparison; cross-checking | C2 |
| 8684 | el curry | noun · m | curry (dish); curry powder | C2 |
| 8685 | merecido | adjective | deserved; well-earned; comeuppance (su merecido) | C2 |
| 8686 | anhelar | verb | to long for; to yearn for; to aspire to; to crave | C2 |
| 8688 | consiguiente | adjective | resulting; consequent; therefore (por consiguiente) | C2 |
| 8693 | el holocausto | noun · m | the Holocaust; holocaust; massacre; burnt offering | C2 |
| 8695 | infame | adjective | vile; despicable; dreadful; appalling (quality) | C2 |
| 8697 | el cantón | noun · m | canton (Switzerland); canton (local administrative unit; Costa Rica, Ecuador) | C2 |
| 8700 | el / la aristócrata | noun · mf | aristocrat; aristocrat (refined person) | C2 |
| 8701 | desilusionar | verb | to disappoint; to disillusion; to become disillusioned (desilusionarse) | C2 |
| 8702 | brotar | verb | to sprout; to bud; to gush; to well up | C2 |
| 8703 | el vatio | noun · m | watt | C2 |
| 8704 | enamorarse | verb | to fall in love; to fall in love with (a place, a thing) | C2 |
| 8705 | apodar | verb | to nickname; to be known as (apodado) | C2 |
| 8706 | la ostra | noun · f | oyster; gosh! (¡ostras!, Spain) | C2 |
| 8707 | el trineo | noun · m | sledge; sleigh | C2 |
| 8710 | el dígito | noun · m | digit; double-digit figure (dos dígitos) | C2 |
| 8712 | la trucha | noun · f | trout; sharp; on the ball (andar trucha, Mexico) | C2 |
| 8713 | la inquisición | noun · f | the Inquisition; inquisition; relentless questioning | C2 |
| 8715 | mediocre | adjective | mediocre; average; poor; second-rate | C2 |
| 8718 | la hospitalidad | noun · f | hospitality; hospitality (industry) | C2 |
| 8720 | la beneficencia | noun · f | charity; benevolence; public welfare (historical) | C2 |
| 8721 | unánime | adjective | unanimous; shared by everyone; general | C2 |
| 8722 | galáctico | adjective | galactic; star-studded (galácticos) | C2 |
| 8723 | abolir | verb | to abolish; to scrap; to do away with | C2 |
| 8725 | el bollo | noun · m | bun; sweet pastry (Spain); dent; bump | C2 |
| 8727 | el pijama | noun · m | pyjamas | C2 |
| 8729 | la radiografía | noun · f | X-ray (image); in-depth portrait; analysis | C2 |
| 8731 | insuficiente | adjective | insufficient; inadequate; fail (mark) | C2 |
| 8736 | el cuidador | noun · m | carer; keeper; attendant | C2 |
| 8737 | teñir | verb | to dye; to tinge; to colour (figurative) | C2 |
| 8739 | despreciable | adjective | despicable; contemptible; negligible (nada despreciable: not to be sneezed at) | C2 |
| 8740 | el cometa | noun · m | comet | C2 |
| 8740 | la cometa | noun · f | kite | C2 |
| 8743 | liviano | adjective | light (in weight; Latin America); light (food, clothing); flimsy | C2 |
| 8744 | esculpir | verb | to sculpt; to carve; to sculpt; to shape (a body, a career) | C2 |
| 8749 | el yacimiento | noun · m | deposit; field (minerals, oil); archaeological site | C2 |
| 8750 | fechar | verb | to date (put a date on); to date (establish the age of) | C2 |
| 8752 | el calamar | noun · m | squid | C2 |
| 8753 | ingerir | verb | to swallow; to ingest; to consume; to take in (regularly) | C2 |
| 8754 | el barbero | noun · m | barber | C2 |
| 8757 | sensacional | adjective | sensational; fantastic; sensationalist (headline, news) | C2 |
| 8758 | la poética | noun · f | poetics (theory of poetry); poetics (an author's poetic style) | C2 |
| 8760 | la inquietud | noun · f | unease; restlessness; worry; interests; intellectual curiosity (inquietudes) | C2 |
| 8761 | la elegancia | noun · f | elegance; grace; class (con elegancia) | C2 |
| 8763 | inhumano | adjective | inhuman; cruel; superhuman; extreme (effort) | C2 |
| 8765 | la recreación | noun · f | recreation; leisure; re-creation; reconstruction | C2 |
| 8766 | el temblor | noun · m | tremor; trembling; earth tremor; earthquake (Latin America) | C2 |
| 8767 | la incertidumbre | noun · f | uncertainty; limbo; not knowing | C2 |
| 8769 | eclesiástico | adjective | ecclesiastical; of the church; clergyman (noun use) | C2 |
| 8770 | el incentivo | noun · m | incentive; incentive (tax break, grant) | C2 |
| 8771 | el seudónimo | noun · m | pseudonym; pen name; alias; username (online) | C2 |
| 8772 | históricamente | adverb | historically; at a record level; unprecedentedly | C2 |
| 8776 | el anteojo | noun · m | glasses; spectacles (anteojos, Latin America); spyglass; small telescope | C2 |
| 8777 | el / la vocalista | noun · mf | lead singer; vocalist | C2 |
| 8778 | el capellán | noun · m | chaplain; military chaplain | C2 |
| 8779 | el capitolio | noun · m | capitol (legislature building); the Capitol (US Congress) | C2 |
| 8780 | estimulante | adjective | stimulating; exciting (intellectually); stimulant (substance) | C2 |
| 8781 | el suspenso | noun · m | suspense (Latin America); fail (Spain) | C2 |
| 8783 | el / la premier | noun · mf | prime minister (Peru; also UK, Canada) | C2 |
| 8784 | el portaaviones | noun · m | aircraft carrier | C2 |
| 8790 | el envenenamiento | noun · m | poisoning; poisoning (of a relationship, a climate) | C2 |
| 8791 | masticar | verb | to chew; to mull over; to chew over | C2 |
| 8792 | el trámite | noun · m | procedure; formality; paperwork; mere formality (de mero trámite) | C2 |
| 8793 | sostenido | adjective | sustained; steady; sharp (music) | C2 |
| 8794 | el feto | noun · m | foetus | C2 |
| 8797 | el melón | noun · m | melon; fool; dunce (colloquial, Spain) | C2 |
| 8798 | el / la conserje | noun · mf | caretaker; building concierge; concierge (hotel) | C2 |
| 8799 | la municipalidad | noun · f | municipality; town hall (as an institution); municipality (the territory) | C2 |
| 8802 | nórdico | adjective | Nordic; duvet (Spain: el nórdico) | C2 |
| 8803 | el morse | noun · m | Morse code | C2 |
| 8804 | visualizar | verb | to visualise; to picture; to view; to display (a file, a page) | C2 |
| 8808 | el colegial | noun · m | schoolboy; schoolchild (Latin America); schoolboy-like; childish (adjective use) | C2 |
| 8810 | la gema | noun · f | gem; gemstone; gem (something excellent) | C2 |