Spanish Vocabulary

🔹 Common Verbs in Speech (20)

  1. acabar – to finish, to end

  2. lograr – to achieve, to manage to

  3. parecer – to seem, to appear

  4. dejar – to leave (behind), to allow

  5. seguir – to continue, to follow

  6. suceder – to happen, to occur

  7. contar – to count, to tell (a story)

  8. recordar – to remember, to remind

  9. olvidar – to forget

  10. perder – to lose, to miss (an event)

  11. encontrar – to find, to meet

  12. conseguir – to get, to obtain

  13. esperar – to hope, to wait

  14. entender – to understand

  15. creer – to believe, to think

  16. parecerse – to look like, to resemble

  17. tratar (de) – to try (to), to deal with

  18. mantener – to maintain, to support

  19. caer(se) – to fall (down)

  20. sentir – to feel

🔹 Transition Words / Connectors (20)

  1. además – moreover, besides

  2. sin embargo – however, nevertheless

  3. aunque – although, even though

  4. en cambio – on the other hand

  5. por lo tanto – therefore

  6. así que – so, thus

  7. por eso – that’s why, therefore

  8. de hecho – in fact

  9. a pesar de – in spite of, despite

  10. en realidad – actually, in reality

  11. mientras tanto – meanwhile

  12. por ejemplo – for example

  13. es decir – that is to say

  14. en resumen – in summary

  15. al contrario – on the contrary

  16. en lugar de – instead of

  17. en cuanto a – regarding, as for

  18. gracias a – thanks to

  19. debido a – due to, because of

  20. sin duda – without a doubt

🔹 Common Speech Fillers / Phrases (15)

  1. pues – well…, then…

  2. o sea – I mean, in other words

  3. este… – um…

  4. a ver – let’s see…, well…

  5. bueno – well, okay

  6. entonces – so, then

  7. claro – of course

  8. vale (Spain) / está bien (LatAm) – okay, fine

  9. anda – come on, wow

  10. en fin – anyway, in the end

  11. ni modo – oh well, too bad

  12. ya – already, okay, enough

  13. todavía no – not yet

  14. ¿sabes? – you know?

  15. ¿me entiendes? – do you understand me?

🔹 Useful Adjectives (15)

  1. claro – clear, obvious

  2. oscuro – dark, obscure

  3. cansado – tired

  4. listo – ready, smart

  5. seguro – safe, certain, sure

  6. propio – own, proper

  7. ajeno – foreign, someone else’s

  8. real – real, royal

  9. falso – false, fake

  10. común – common, ordinary

  11. extraño – strange, weird

  12. raro – rare, odd

  13. correcto – correct, right, proper

  14. equivocado – mistaken, wrong

  15. pobre – poor

🔹 Everyday Nouns (20)

  1. la vez – time, occasion

  2. la cosa – thing

  3. el hecho – fact, event

  4. la manera / el modo – way, manner

  5. la parte – part, portion

  6. el lugar – place

  7. el mundo – world

  8. la gente – people

  9. el rato – while, short time

  10. el momento – moment

  11. el asunto – matter, issue

  12. la situación – situation

  13. la razón – reason

  14. la palabra – word

  15. el pensamiento – thought

  16. la mente – mind

  17. el cuerpo – body

  18. el alma – soul

  19. la voz – voice

  20. el sentido – sense, meaning

🔹 Adverbs / Expressions of Frequency & Manner (10)

  1. apenas – hardly, barely

  2. casi – almost

  3. quizá(s) – maybe, perhaps

  4. todavía – still, yet

  5. ya no – no longer

  6. de pronto – suddenly

  7. de nuevo – again

  8. de repente – suddenly

  9. enseguida – right away, immediately

  10. juntos – together