Word lists · C2
The 10,000 most common Spanish words: 8001–8086
The 10,000 most frequent Spanish words, in order.
| # | Word | Type | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9856 | la duna | noun · f | dune | C2 |
| 9857 | caótico | adjective | chaotic; messy; disorganised (life, room) | C2 |
| 9858 | seductor | adjective | seductive; alluring; tempting; attractive (offer, idea) | C2 |
| 9860 | emparentar | verb | to become related (by marriage); to be related (languages, species): estar emparentado con | C2 |
| 9862 | la contratación | noun · f | hiring; recruitment; taking out (a service, insurance); contracting | C2 |
| 9864 | el broche | noun · m | brooch; clasp; fastener | C2 |
| 9865 | la subvención | noun · f | subsidy; grant (public funding) | C2 |
| 9866 | intermitente | adjective | intermittent; on and off; indicator (noun use, Spain) | C2 |
| 9868 | la semejanza | noun · f | resemblance; similarity; likeness (a semejanza de: in the likeness of) | C2 |
| 9871 | el fascismo | noun · m | fascism | C2 |
| 9874 | la demencia | noun · f | dementia; madness; folly (informal) | C2 |
| 9877 | el corpus | noun · m | corpus (body of texts); Corpus (Christi): the religious feast | C2 |
| 9880 | el alzheimer | noun · m | Alzheimer's disease | C2 |
| 9881 | rodante | adjective | on wheels; rolling (casa rodante); rolling stock (material rodante) | C2 |
| 9882 | la humildad | noun · f | humility; humbleness (modest social origin) | C2 |
| 9883 | enérgico | adjective | energetic; vigorous; firm; forceful (measures, protest) | C2 |
| 9884 | el azulejo | noun · m | tile (glazed ceramic) | C2 |
| 9885 | la escotilla | noun · f | hatch (on a ship); hatch (submarine, spacecraft, aircraft) | C2 |
| 9886 | la yegua | noun · f | mare | C2 |
| 9888 | simpatizar | verb | to get on well with; to take to; to sympathise with; to support (a cause, a party) | C2 |
| 9889 | halagar | verb | to flatter; to compliment; to please; to gratify (me halaga que...) | C2 |
| 9890 | reactivar | verb | to revive; to restart (an economy, a project); to reactivate (an account, a device) | C2 |
| 9891 | el caudillo | noun · m | caudillo; strongman leader | C2 |
| 9893 | la sigla | noun · f | acronym; abbreviation (made of initials) | C2 |
| 9896 | la valoración | noun · f | assessment; evaluation; valuation (price estimate) | C2 |
| 9897 | el pimiento | noun · m | sweet pepper; (importar un pimiento) not to care a bit | C2 |
| 9898 | prusiano | adjective | Prussian; Prussian (person; noun use) | C2 |
| 9901 | la condecoración | noun · f | decoration; medal (honour); awarding of an honour (ceremony) | C2 |
| 9903 | el mareo | noun · m | dizziness; travel sickness; hassle; fuss (informal) | C2 |
| 9904 | carnívoro | adjective | carnivorous; meat-eating; carnivore (animal; noun use) | C2 |
| 9905 | la sardina | noun · f | sardine; (como sardinas en lata) packed tight | C2 |
| 9908 | nutrir | verb | to nourish; to feed; to feed (an idea, a work); nutrirse de | C2 |
| 9909 | neto | adjective | net (after deductions); net (overall result) | C2 |
| 9911 | brutalmente | adverb | brutally; violently; brutally; extremely (as an intensifier) | C2 |
| 9913 | el cava | noun · m | cava (Spanish sparkling wine); vena cava (anatomy) | C2 |
| 9915 | desacreditar | verb | to discredit; to damage the reputation of | C2 |
| 9916 | el grillo | noun · m | cricket (insect); shackles; fetters (usually plural) | C2 |
| 9918 | pasivo | adjective | passive; inactive; liabilities (accounting; noun use) | C2 |
| 9920 | perjudicial | adjective | harmful; detrimental | C2 |
| 9921 | el / la durmiente | noun · mf | sleeper; sleeping person; railway sleeper (Latin America) | C2 |
| 9924 | el / la suboficial | noun · mf | non-commissioned officer; sergeant | C2 |
| 9925 | el piojo | noun · m | louse (lice) | C2 |
| 9927 | domar | verb | to break in; to tame (animals); to tame; to control (feelings, a person) | C2 |
| 9929 | la ansia | noun · f | longing; eagerness; craving; anxiety (ansias) | C2 |
| 9931 | el oráculo | noun · m | oracle; oracle; infallible authority (figurative) | C2 |
| 9933 | el naufragio | noun · m | shipwreck; collapse; ruin (of a plan, a business) | C2 |
| 9935 | la mecha | noun · f | wick; fuse; highlights; lock of hair (mechas) | C2 |
| 9936 | fallido | adjective | failed; unsuccessful; bad (debt, loan); uncollectable | C2 |
| 9937 | el lugareño | noun · m | local; villager; local; of the place (adjective use) | C2 |
| 9938 | el / la paracaidista | noun · mf | parachutist; paratrooper; squatter (Mexico, informal) | C2 |
| 9940 | el pony | noun · m | pony | C2 |
| 9941 | la gaseosa | noun · f | soft drink; fizzy drink | C2 |
| 9942 | catastrófico | adjective | catastrophic; disastrous (informal) | C2 |
| 9943 | barroco | adjective | baroque (art, music, architecture); baroque; over-elaborate (style) | C2 |
| 9947 | tallado | adjective | carved (wood, stone); cut (gemstone); chiselled (body) | C2 |
| 9950 | la picada | noun · f | bite; sting (insect, snake); dive (en picada: nosedive) | C2 |
| 9955 | travieso | adjective | mischievous; naughty | C2 |
| 9956 | la sosa | noun · f | caustic soda; lye | C2 |
| 9956 | soso | adjective | bland; tasteless; dull; lacking charm (person, joke) | C2 |
| 9960 | notablemente | adverb | markedly; considerably; notably; in particular | C2 |
| 9962 | el bastidor | noun · m | frame; embroidery hoop; chassis; wings (of a stage); backstage (bastidores) | C2 |
| 9963 | obsceno | adjective | obscene; indecent; obscene (shockingly excessive) | C2 |
| 9965 | variado | adjective | varied; diverse; assorted; mixed | C2 |
| 9966 | el mástil | noun · m | mast; flagpole; neck (of a guitar) | C2 |
| 9967 | la condolencia | noun · f | condolence (usually plural) | C2 |
| 9969 | el estribor | noun · m | starboard | C2 |
| 9970 | cortejar | verb | to court; to woo; to court (voters, investors) | C2 |
| 9971 | la providencia | noun · f | providence; divine care; measure; court order (providencias) | C2 |
| 9972 | la defunción | noun · f | death (official, formal) | C2 |
| 9973 | el suéter | noun · m | jumper | C2 |
| 9975 | el oporto | noun · m | port (wine) | C2 |
| 9976 | el burdeos | noun · m | Bordeaux (wine); burgundy; wine-red (colour) | C2 |
| 9977 | deponer | verb | to depose; to remove from office; to lay down; to give up (arms, an attitude) | C2 |
| 9978 | el cártel | noun · m | cartel (criminal organisation); cartel (price-fixing group of companies) | C2 |
| 9979 | llorón | adjective | crybaby; tearful (someone who cries easily); La Llorona (the weeping woman of folklore); sauce llorón | C2 |
| 9980 | el polen | noun · m | pollen | C2 |
| 9981 | paranormal | adjective | paranormal | C2 |
| 9982 | entrometer | verb | to meddle; to butt in (entrometerse); nosy; meddlesome (entrometido, adjective) | C2 |
| 9984 | refinado | adjective | refined (processed); refined; sophisticated (taste, manners) | C2 |
| 9986 | fugaz | adjective | fleeting; brief; shooting (estrella fugaz) | C2 |
| 9988 | la improvisación | noun · f | improvisation (music, theatre); improvisation; making do (lack of planning) | C2 |
| 9989 | el tenor | noun · m | tenor (singer, voice); wording; tenor (of a text) | C2 |
| 9991 | el cacahuete | noun · m | peanut (Spain) | C2 |
| 9993 | la barbilla | noun · f | chin | C2 |
| 9995 | georgiano | adjective | Georgian (from the country of Georgia); Georgian (British period, 18th century) | C2 |
| 9999 | ágil | adjective | agile; nimble; quick; efficient (a process, a method) | C2 |