Word lists · C1
The 5,000 most common Spanish words: 1701–1800
The 5,000 most frequent Spanish words, in order.
| # | Word | Type | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1636 | el móvil | noun · m | mobile phone (Spain); motive | B1 |
| 1637 | la audiencia | noun · f | audience (TV, radio); hearing (court) | B1 |
| 1638 | histórico | adjective | historical; historic (momentous) | B1 |
| 1639 | el mapa | noun · m | map | B1 |
| 1640 | vigilar | verb | to watch over, to guard | B1 |
| 1641 | forzar | verb | to force (open); to force (someone to do something) | B1 |
| 1643 | el sector | noun · m | sector | B1 |
| 1644 | expulsar | verb | to expel, to throw out | B1 |
| 1645 | el monstruo | noun · m | monster | B1 |
| 1646 | el senador | noun · m | senator | B1 |
| 1647 | la tía | noun · f | aunt; woman, "girl" (Spain, informal) | B1 |
| 1648 | la bandera | noun · f | flag | B1 |
| 1649 | el capítulo | noun · m | chapter; episode | B1 |
| 1650 | limpio | adjective | clean; clean (honest) | B1 |
| 1651 | seco | adjective | dry; curt, abrupt | B1 |
| 1652 | sospechoso | adjective | suspicious | B1 |
| 1652 | el sospechoso | noun · m | suspect | B1 |
| 1653 | la tribu | noun · f | tribe | B1 |
| 1654 | la sesión | noun · f | session; showing (cinema) | B1 |
| 1655 | besar | verb | to kiss | B1 |
| 1657 | el incendio | noun · m | fire (large) | B1 |
| 1658 | mínimo | adjective | minimum, tiny | B1 |
| 1658 | el mínimo | noun · m | minimum; como mínimo: at least | B1 |
| 1659 | mexicano | adjective | Mexican | B1 |
| 1660 | triste | adjective | sad; gloomy, dreary | B1 |
| 1661 | el empleo | noun · m | job, employment; use | B1 |
| 1662 | la villa | noun · f | villa, country house; small town | B1 |
| 1663 | disculpar | verb | to excuse, to forgive; disculparse: to apologise | B1 |
| 1664 | transformar | verb | to transform; transformarse en: to turn into | B1 |
| 1665 | el / la asistente | noun · mf | assistant; attendee | B1 |
| 1666 | el techo | noun · m | roof; ceiling | B1 |
| 1667 | la cuerda | noun · f | rope; string (of an instrument) | B1 |
| 1668 | el sujeto | noun · m | subject (grammar); guy, individual | B1 |
| 1669 | el esclavo | noun · m | slave | B1 |
| 1670 | acostar | verb | to put to bed; acostarse: to go to bed, to lie down | B1 |
| 1671 | limpiar | verb | to clean | B1 |
| 1672 | el ritmo | noun · m | rhythm; pace | B1 |
| 1673 | aplicar | verb | to apply (a product); aplicarse: to apply (rule) | B1 |
| 1674 | físico | adjective | physical | B1 |
| 1674 | el físico | noun · m | physicist | B1 |
| 1675 | el robo | noun · m | theft, robbery | B1 |
| 1676 | la ventaja | noun · f | advantage | B1 |
| 1677 | comparar | verb | to compare | B1 |
| 1678 | entero | adjective | whole, entire | B1 |
| 1679 | la reacción | noun · f | reaction | B1 |
| 1680 | entendido | adjective | understood; expert (entendido en) | B1 |
| 1681 | el examen | noun · m | exam, test | B1 |
| 1682 | la asociación | noun · f | association; association (of ideas) | B1 |
| 1683 | la bebida | noun · f | drink, beverage | B1 |
| 1684 | la cola | noun · f | tail; queue, line | B1 |
| 1685 | precioso | adjective | beautiful, lovely; precious | B1 |
| 1686 | el torneo | noun · m | tournament | B1 |
| 1688 | pintar | verb | to paint; pintarse: to put on make-up | B1 |
| 1689 | lucir | verb | to look good, to suit; to shine | B1 |
| 1690 | apuesto | adjective | handsome | B1 |
| 1691 | el campamento | noun · m | camp, campsite | B1 |
| 1692 | el / la sargento | noun · mf | sergeant | B1 |
| 1693 | la provincia | noun · f | province | B1 |
| 1694 | la formación | noun · f | training, education; formation | B1 |
| 1695 | detenido | adjective | arrested, detained | B1 |
| 1695 | el detenido | noun · m | detainee | B1 |
| 1696 | la masa | noun · f | dough, mass; crowd (mass) | B1 |
| 1697 | el candidato | noun · m | candidate | B1 |
| 1698 | inventar | verb | to invent; to make up | B1 |
| 1699 | la categoría | noun · f | category; de categoría: high quality, classy | B1 |
| 1701 | traducir | verb | to translate | B1 |
| 1703 | aparte | adverb | apart, aside; aparte de: apart from, besides | B1 |
| 1704 | la corona | noun · f | crown; wreath | B1 |
| 1705 | añadir | verb | to add | B1 |
| 1706 | independiente | adjective | independent | B1 |
| 1707 | el comportamiento | noun · m | behaviour | B1 |
| 1708 | la milla | noun · f | mile | B1 |
| 1709 | el concurso | noun · m | contest, competition | B1 |
| 1710 | arruinar | verb | to ruin; arruinarse: to go bankrupt | B1 |
| 1711 | la amistad | noun · f | friendship | B1 |
| 1712 | moral | adjective | moral | B1 |
| 1712 | la moral | noun · f | morale; morality, ethics | B1 |
| 1713 | agradable | adjective | pleasant, nice | B1 |
| 1714 | el cáncer | noun · m | cancer | B1 |
| 1715 | aproximadamente | adverb | approximately | B1 |
| 1716 | el lobo | noun · m | wolf | B1 |
| 1718 | la inteligencia | noun · f | intelligence | B1 |
| 1719 | obligado | adjective | obliged, forced; obligatory, unavoidable | B1 |
| 1720 | cancelar | verb | to cancel; to settle, to pay off (Latin America) | B1 |
| 1721 | el idioma | noun · m | language | B1 |
| 1722 | el cadáver | noun · m | corpse | B1 |
| 1723 | contestar | verb | to answer, to reply; to answer (the phone) | B1 |
| 1724 | la academia | noun · f | academy; private school, language school (Spain) | B1 |
| 1725 | el desastre | noun · m | disaster; mess (informal) | B1 |
| 1726 | el lanzamiento | noun · m | launch; throw (sport) | B1 |
| 1727 | medir | verb | to measure; to be (x tall, long) | B1 |
| 1728 | inspirar | verb | to inspire; to breathe in | B1 |
| 1729 | transmitir | verb | to broadcast; to convey, to pass on | B1 |
| 1730 | la caza | noun · f | hunting | B1 |
| 1731 | la huella | noun · f | footprint, trace; fingerprint | B1 |
| 1732 | el cabello | noun · m | hair | B1 |
| 1733 | el monte | noun · m | mountain, hill; scrubland, bush | B1 |
| 1734 | proporcionar | verb | to provide, to supply | B1 |
| 1735 | acceder | verb | to access, to enter; to agree (to) | B1 |
| 1736 | la basura | noun · f | rubbish | B1 |