The 500 most common words in Spanish by Andrew D.

Miles
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500 Common Words in Spanish

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A
a veces sometimes abrir open accidente accident actuar act adentro inside adis bye adivinar guess admitir admit afortunado lucky afuera outside agarrar catch agenda agenda agua water ahora now ahorrar save aire air al lado beside algo something alguno some all there almuerzo lunch alrededor around alto high amable kind amarillo yellow

ambos both amigo friend amor love anillo ring antes before ao year apartamento apartment apostar bet apreciar appreciate aprender learn aquel that aquellos those aqu here arreglar fix arrojar throw atacar attack atencin attention atrs back autobs bus ayudar help azul blue

B
bailar dance bar bar bebe baby

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beber drink besar kiss bien well bienvenido welcome blanco white boca mouth boda wedding bolgrafo pen bonito pretty brazo arm bueno good

cara face crcel jail casa house casamiento marriage casarse marry casi almost caso case causa cause cena dinner cerca near cerrar close chico boy

C
cabeza head caer fall caf coffee caja box calendario calendar caliente hot calle street calmar calm cama bed cambiar change caminar walk camino road

cien hundred cinco five cinta tape cita date ciudad city claro clear clase class club club coche car cdigo code colgar hang comenzar start comer eat comida food
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cmo how compaa company completo complete comprar buy comprobar check conducir drive confiar trust contar count contra against control control corazn heart correr run cortar cut corte court corto short cosa thing creer believe cul which cundo when cuatro four cuerpo body cuidadoso careful culpa blame cumpleaos birthday curso course

D
daar hurt dar give debajo under deber owe decir say decir tell decisin decision dedo finger definitivamente definitely departamento department derecha right desayuno breakfast descansar rest desde since desear wish despertar wake despus after detrs behind da day dilogo dialogue diez ten diferente different difcil difficult dinero money

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disfrutar enjoy disparar shoot diversin fun divertido funny doctor doctor dolor pain dnde where dormir sleep dos two dulce sweet duro hard

entre between enviar send equipo team equivocado wrong errar miss error mistake escribir write escritorio desk escuchar listen escuela school especial special

E
edificio building efectivo cash l he; him el the eleccin choice ella she encontrar find enfadado angry enfermo sick entender understand entero whole entonces then

esperanza hope esperar wait esposa wife estado state estar be esto this estos these evidencia evidence exactamente exactly excepto except excusa excuse experiencia experience explicar explain
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fcil easy familia family favor favour fecha date feliz happy fiesta party finalizar end firmar sign frio cold fuego fire fuerte strong futuro future

H
habitacin room hablar speak hacer do; make hacer make hasta until hecho fact hermana sister hermano brother hermoso beautiful hielo Ice hija daughter hijo son

G
gafas glasses ganar win gastar spend gato cat gente people grande big gratis free guerra war gustar like

historia story hola hello hombre man honesto honest honor honour hora hour hospital hospital hotel hotel hoy today humano human
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idea idea iglesia church igual same imaginar imagine importante important informacin information intentar try interesante interesting ir go izquierda left

leer read lejos far levantar pick ley law libro book limpio clean lnea line lo mess lista list listo ready llamar call lleno full lluvia rain

J
joven young juego game jugar play juntos together justo fair

loco crazy lucha fight lugar place luz light

M
madre mother malo bad manejar handle mano hand mantener keep maana tomorrow
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K L
la the lado side lpiz pencil largo long

maravilloso wonderful marido husband marrn brown ms more medio middle mejor better mencionar mention menos less mensaje message mentir lie merecer deserve mes month mesa table mi my mientras while mil thousand milln million minuto minute mo mine mirar look mojado wet momento moment mover move mucho much; many mujer woman mundo world

msica music muy very

N
nada nothing nadie nobody necesitar need negocios business negro black nia girl nio boy no no noche night nombre name nosotros we nota note novio boyfriend nuestro our nuevamente again nuevo new nmero number nunca never

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O
observar watch obvio obvious ocho eight ocupado busy odiar hate oficina office ofrecer offer or hear olvidar forget ordenador computer ordenar order orgulloso proud oscuro dark

pared wall pareja couple parte part pasado past pasar pass paso step pegar hit pelcula movie peligro danger pelo hair pensar think peor worse pequeo small perder lose perdido lost perdn sorry perdonar forgive perfecto perfect permanecer stay pero but perro dog persona person personal personal pertenecer belong pie foot plan plan
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P
padre father pagar pay pas country palabra word palo stick papel paper par even parar stop

pobre poor poco little poder can polica police poner put por favor please porque because porqu why posible possible precio price pregunta question preguntar ask preocuparse worry presidente president primero first prisin prison probablemente probably probar prove problema problem pronto soon proteger protect prximo next pueblo town puerta door punto point

Q
qu what querer want querido dear quin who quizs perhaps

R
radio radio rpido fast razn reason real real realizar realize realmente really recordar remember recto straight regalo gift relajar relax respetar respect respuesta answer reunin meeting reunirse meet rojo red romper break
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saber know saltar jump sangre blood seco dry secreto secret seguir follow segundo second seguro sure seis six semana week sentarse sit sentir feel ser be serio serious sexo sex si if s yes siempre always siete seven significar mean silla chair simple simple sin without situacin situation

socio partner sof sofa solamente only solo alone sonar sound sorpresa surprise sostener hold su his; her; your; their suceder happen sueo dream suerte luck suficiente enough suma sum suponer suppose suyo yours; his; hers

T
tal vez maybe tambin also tarde late telfono phone temprano early tener have terminar finish terrible terrible

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test test ta aunt tiempo time to uncle tocar touch todo all tomar take total total trabajar work trabajo job traer bring tranquilo quiet tres three t you tu your turno turn tuyo yours

V W X Y Z
vaso glass veinte twenty venir come ventana window ver see verdad truth verdadero true verde green vestido dress viaje trip vida life viejo old vivir live vosotros you voz voice vuestro your y and ya already yo I; me
No se incluyen algunas preposiciones muy comunes (a, en etc.) porque su significado vara mucho con el contexto. En las palabras con ms de una acepcin se incluye slo el significado ms usual.
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U
ltimo last uno one usar use usted you

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