common spanish words

lo

it, him (direct-object pronoun)

por

for, by, through

te

you (direct-object pronoun)

se

himself, herself, itself

para

for,to

bien

well, good

está

he/she/it is (non-permanent)

eso

that

su

his, her, its

del

of the, from the, in the

como

how, as, like

al

to the

le

him, her, formal you (indirect object pronoun)

esto

this (for singular masculine nouns)

ya

already

todo

everything

vamos

lets go, come on

esta

this one (for singular feminine nouns)

algo

something

estoy

I am (non-permanent characteristics)

nos

us

nada

nothing

ha

he has, she has, it has (auxiliary)

este

this one (for singular masculine nouns)

sé

i know

estás

you are (non-permanent characteristics)

así

like this, so

puedo

i can

cómo

how

soy

I am (for essential characteristics)

ser

to be (for permanent characteristics)

hacer

to do, to make

son

they are (for permanent characteristics)

todos

all of us, all of them

eres

you are (permanent characteristics)

vez

time (as in "one time")

ese

that one

puede

he can, she can, it can

sabes

you know

sus

his, her (for plural nouns)

Dios

god

quién

who

quieres

you want

esa

that one (for singular feminine nouns)

tan

so

estaba

I was (non-permanent characteristics)

entre

between

hasta

until

desde

from

según

according to

contra

against

sino

but, rather, except

mismo

same

parte

part

gobierno

government

estado

state

forma

shape, way

caso

case

mitad

half

perduró

it lasted

sigue siendo común

remains common

comprender

understand

desarollo

understand

tener en cuenta

take into account

lo que había pasado

what had happened

rama

branch

fundador

founder

poderoso

powerful

o más bien

or rather

adoctrinar

to indoctrinate

ideario

ideology

fomentar

to encourage

sumiso/a

submissive, obedient

primordial

essential

preconizar

praise

recatado

modest

renundar

to resign / give up

propia

own

resumen

summary

afortunadamente

fortunately

disolver

to dissolve, to break up

acraicas

old fashioned (f. pl)

lo antes posible

as soon as possible

surgiriendo

suggesting

bien o bien

either or

el alcance de

the reach of

sencillo

simple

imprescindible

essential

en caso

in case

cada dos por tres

ever now and again

llevar a

leading to

cara a cara

face to face