Word lists · C2
Spanish words 9001–9100
The Spanish words ranked 9001 to 9100 by how often they appear in speech and writing.
| # | Word | Type | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9001 | traumático | adjective | traumatic (psychologically); traumatic (physical injury) | C2 |
| 9002 | la neurona | noun · f | neuron; brains; mental capacity (neuronas) | C2 |
| 9004 | galés | adjective | Welsh; Welsh (person or language) | C2 |
| 9005 | el atributo | noun · m | attribute; quality; attribute (grammar, computing) | C2 |
| 9006 | el jesuita | noun · m | Jesuit (member of the Society of Jesus); Jesuit (adjective) | C2 |
| 9007 | el yogur | noun · m | yoghurt; a pot of yoghurt | C2 |
| 9009 | el compartimento | noun · m | compartment; compartment (train) | C2 |
| 9010 | el cantor | noun · m | singer (formal, folk); cantor; chanter (church) | C2 |
| 9011 | comestible | adjective | edible; groceries; foodstuffs (comestibles) | C2 |
| 9012 | la seta | noun · f | mushroom (Spain) | C2 |
| 9014 | el marica | noun · m | offensive homophobic slur (recognition only); mate (Colombia, among friends) | C2 |
| 9015 | el vals | noun · m | waltz; waltz (quinceañera dance) | C2 |
| 9016 | parisino | adjective | Parisian; Parisian (person) | C2 |
| 9017 | ateo | adjective | atheist; godless; irreligious | C2 |
| 9018 | apoderarse | verb | to seize; to take possession of; to take hold of (a feeling) | C2 |
| 9019 | el semen | noun · m | semen | C2 |
| 9020 | el azufre | noun · m | sulphur; brimstone (devil association) | C2 |
| 9022 | fúnebre | adjective | funeral (adjective); funereal; gloomy; mournful | C2 |
| 9024 | riguroso | adjective | rigorous; strict; harsh; severe (winter, rules) | C2 |
| 9025 | la avena | noun · f | oats; oatmeal; oat drink (Mexico, Colombia) | C2 |
| 9026 | el apagón | noun · m | blackout; power cut; mental blackout; blank | C2 |
| 9027 | el nutriente | noun · m | nutrient; nutrient (soil, plants) | C2 |
| 9028 | senior | adjective | senior (rank, experience); senior (sports category) | C2 |
| 9029 | el fax | noun · m | fax | C2 |
| 9030 | el aviador | noun · m | aviator; pilot; airman (military) | C2 |
| 9032 | el alcaide | noun · m | prison governor; warden; castellan; governor of a castle (historical) | C2 |
| 9033 | enrollar | verb | to roll up; to coil; to ramble on (enrollarse) | C2 |
| 9034 | bla | interjection | blah (empty talk) | C2 |
| 9036 | el subtítulo | noun · m | subtitle (of a book, article); subtitle (film captions) | C2 |
| 9037 | espinoso | adjective | thorny; prickly; tricky; thorny (issue) | C2 |
| 9038 | conmemorativo | adjective | commemorative | C2 |
| 9043 | acorralar | verb | to corner; to trap; to herd into a pen | C2 |
| 9044 | el cromosoma | noun · m | chromosome | C2 |
| 9045 | diariamente | adverb | daily; every day | C2 |
| 9047 | el telón | noun · m | curtain (theatre); backdrop (telón de fondo) | C2 |
| 9049 | radiante | adjective | radiant; beaming; radiant (giving off heat or light) | C2 |
| 9050 | el básquetbol | noun · m | basketball | C2 |
| 9052 | activamente | adverb | actively | C2 |
| 9053 | la artesanía | noun · f | handicraft; craftsmanship; artisanal; handmade (de artesanía) | C2 |
| 9054 | la res | noun · f | head of cattle; beef (carne de res, Latin America) | C2 |
| 9057 | pulir | verb | to polish; to buff; to blow; to polish off (money, food) | C2 |
| 9060 | periodístico | adjective | journalistic; press (adjective); journalistic (style) | C2 |
| 9061 | el hito | noun · m | milestone; landmark event; boundary stone; marker post | C2 |
| 9062 | pornográfico | adjective | pornographic; obscene (figurative) | C2 |
| 9063 | la oleada | noun · f | wave (of people, events, heat); surge; rush (of emotion) | C2 |
| 9064 | el látigo | noun · m | whip; scourge; lash (figurative) | C2 |
| 9065 | la génesis | noun · f | genesis; origin; Genesis (book of the Bible) | C2 |
| 9066 | el bambú | noun · m | bamboo | C2 |
| 9067 | el alce | noun · m | moose; elk | C2 |
| 9068 | la instantánea | noun · f | snapshot; photograph; snapshot (overview of a situation) | C2 |
| 9069 | la iniciación | noun · f | initiation (rite); introduction; first steps (to a subject) | C2 |
| 9071 | montañoso | adjective | mountainous | C2 |
| 9072 | pos | interjection | well... (colloquial for pues, Mexico) | C2 |
| 9073 | la inflación | noun · f | inflation (economic); inflation (of a quantity, grades) | C2 |
| 9074 | expirar | verb | to expire; to run out; to pass away (literary) | C2 |
| 9075 | el bikini | noun · m | bikini; ham-and-cheese toasted sandwich (bikini, Spain) | C2 |
| 9077 | la virginidad | noun · f | virginity; purity; untouched state | C2 |
| 9081 | el estereotipo | noun · m | stereotype | C2 |
| 9084 | veinticuatro | number | twenty-four; round the clock (veinticuatro siete) | C2 |
| 9085 | vigente | adjective | in force; current (law, rule); valid; still current (contract, passport) | C2 |
| 9086 | el / la principiante | noun · mf | beginner; beginner (adjective use) | C2 |
| 9087 | la estadía | noun · f | stay (in a place); demurrage; waiting time (transport) | C2 |
| 9088 | sensato | adjective | sensible; level-headed (person); sensible; sound (decision, advice) | C2 |
| 9089 | el chelín | noun · m | shilling; Austrian schilling (former currency) | C2 |
| 9091 | la liebre | noun · f | hare; to let the cat out of the bag (levantar la liebre) | C2 |
| 9092 | minimizar | verb | to minimise; to reduce to a minimum; to downplay; to belittle | C2 |
| 9093 | la hondura | noun · f | depth (literary); depth; profundity (of feelings, thought) | C2 |
| 9094 | vil | adjective | vile; despicable; base; filthy (vil metal) | C2 |
| 9096 | la ráfaga | noun · f | gust (of wind); burst (gunfire, light) | C2 |
| 9097 | vibrar | verb | to vibrate; to thrill; to be stirred | C2 |
| 9098 | invernal | adjective | wintry; winter (adjective) | C2 |
| 9100 | estafar | verb | to swindle; to defraud; to rip off; to overcharge (colloquial) | C2 |