The 1000 Most Common Spanish Words

a

(preposition) to, at

(IMPORTANT: the preposition EN is used when you are "at the store", "at the restaurant," etc. "A" is used for time-at 3:00- and when you are moving/going to/toward a place)

a partir de

"from", beginning with" desde

a través de

"through, across"

abajo

down, below, downstairs

abandonar

to abandon

abrir

to open, unlock

absoluto/a

absolute

abuelo

grandfathers, grandpa

acabar, acabar de

to finish, just finished...(infinitive)

acaso

perhaps, maybe

aceptar

to accept

acercar

to approach, to get near

acompañar

to accompany

acordar (acordarse)

to agree (upon), estar de acuerdo--to be in agreement (to remember)

actitud

attitude

actividad

activity

acto

act

actual

current, of the present time (day)

actuar

to act

acuerdo

an agreement (noun)

adelante

ahead, forward

además de

in addition to, besides, furthermore (preposición)

además

in addition, besides, furthermore (adverbio)

adquirir

to acquire

advertir

to warn, to advise, to give notice, to give warning, to take notice of

afectar

to influence, affect

afirmar

to affirm

agua

water

ahí, allí

there

ahora

now

aire

air

al

to, to the

alcanzar

to reach

alejar

to move away, get further away from

alemán/mana

German

algo

something

alguien

somebody, someone

algún

"some, any

alguno/a

some, any

allá

way over there

alma

soul

alto/a

tall, high, stop

altura

height

amar

to love

ambos/bas

both

americano/a

american

amigo/a

friend

amor

love

amplio/plia

ample, broad, wide

añadir

to add

análisis

analysis

andar, caminar

to walk

animal

animal

año

year

ante

before, in front of

anterior

previous

antes de

before

antiguo/gua

ancient, old

anunciar

to announce

aparecer

to appear

apenas

hardly,scarcely

aplicar

to apply, to apply oneself

apoyar

to support, lean

aprender

to learn

aprovechar

to take advantage of (an opportunity, etc)

aquel

that

aquello/a

that

aquí (acá)

here

árbol

tree

arma

weapon

arriba

up

arte

art

asegurar

to assure

así como

as well as, such, like that

así que

so, therefore

así

like this

aspecto

aspect

asunto

matter, business

atención

attention

atrás

back, behind

atreverse

to dare

aumentar

to increase, raise

aun

even (connector--No iré, aun sabiendo que será divertido)

aún

still (a time adverb--Aún no he terminado--I still haven't finished) sinónimo: todavía

aunque

even though, although

auténtico/a

authentic

autor/a

author

autoridad (la)

authority

avanzar

to advance

ayer

yesterday

ayuda

(noun)aid, help

ayudar

to help

azul

blue

bajar

to bring down, lower, go down

bajo/a

low, short, faint (luz baja would be faint or low light)

barrio

neighborhood

base

base, basis

bastante

fairly, rather, enough

bastar

to be enough, suffice