A practical vocabulary library
Spanish words,
ready for real life.
Learn the words you need for a meal, a train platform or a conversation with a neighbour. Each free guide pairs useful vocabulary with original examples, careful notes on Spain and practice that helps the language stick.
English explanations · Spanish noun gender · Everyday European Spanish · Five practice questions per guide
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Start with a situation.
Leave with a phrase.
Choose a topic you are likely to meet in the world. The guides explain how words behave, not just what they translate to: gender, agreement, regional choices and a little bit of grammar are all part of the picture.
A place to begin
Everyday foundations
Words for first conversations, plans and the things you do each day.
Spanish greetings: start a conversation well
A greeting does more than say hello: it signals whether you know someone, how formal the moment feels and whether you expect a brief exchange or a longer chat. In Spain, a warm buenos días in a shop and a relaxed hola with a classmate both sound natural; choosing between them is mostly about relationship and setting.
Open the guideSpanish numbers: count beyond diez
Numbers become useful as soon as you ask a price, give an address or say when you are free. Spanish number words have dependable patterns, but the joins matter: learn the tens first, then notice when y appears and where the accents sit.
Open the guideSpanish days and months: put plans on the calendar
Calendar language is small but high-value: it helps you book a table, understand opening hours and arrange to meet. Spanish weekday and month names are usually lowercase, and the article often does quiet work when you mean a repeated day or a specific date.
Open the guideCommon Spanish verbs: build sentences around useful actions
A small set of verbs lets you do a surprising amount: say what you need, explain where you are going and describe a routine. Learn each infinitive with a short sentence, then add the subject and time phrase that make it yours.
Open the guide100 common Spanish words for everyday sentences
A useful word list should help you make meaning, not promise that one ranking fits every speaker. This selection brings together 100 frequent, practical words across several parts of speech. It is a learner’s starter set, not a corpus-verified frequency order.
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People, places & routines
Build a vocabulary for home, family, study, work and getting around.
Spanish family members: talk about the people close to you
Family vocabulary is an easy route into real conversation: you can introduce someone, explain who lives nearby or ask about a family gathering. Spanish labels relationships precisely, so notice both the noun’s gender and whether a word changes when you mean a man or a woman.
Open the guideSpanish house and home: name the spaces you live in
Descriptions of a home bring together concrete nouns, location words and a few useful verbs. Learn each room with its article, then practise saying where things are and what a space is like.
Open the guideSpanish school vocabulary: learn the language of the classroom
School vocabulary helps you talk about lessons, ask what homework is due and describe what you are studying. In Spain, colegio often refers to primary school, instituto to secondary school and universidad to university, though institutions and regional terminology differ.
Open the guideSpanish jobs and professions: talk about what you do
Work vocabulary often appears in introductions and everyday conversation. The central pattern is simple: soy + profession, normally without an indefinite article. From there, add a workplace, a schedule or a question about someone’s role.
Open the guideSpanish travel vocabulary: get from here to there
Travel Spanish is most useful when it helps you solve a small problem: find the right platform, confirm a booking or understand where to get off. Learn each word alongside the question it helps you ask, and you will be ready for more than a memorised phrase.
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Out in the world
Make everyday exchanges clearer, from choosing lunch to finding your gate.
Spanish food and drink: from the market to the table
Food words become memorable when they belong to a scene: choosing fruit at a market, asking what is in a dish or describing breakfast. This guide favours everyday usage in Spain, where a few familiar items have different names from those used elsewhere.
Open the guideSpanish restaurant vocabulary: order with confidence
A restaurant interaction is a short sequence: greet, say how many people, ask about the menu, order and settle the bill. You do not need a perfect accent to make each step clear; a calm por favor and a specific request go a long way.
Open the guideSpanish airport vocabulary: from check-in to baggage claim
Airports run on signs, announcements and brief questions. A handful of reliable terms can help you find check-in, confirm a gate or report a missing bag. This guide uses language you are likely to encounter in Spain while keeping questions polite and direct.
Open the guideSpanish shopping vocabulary: find it, try it, pay for it
A useful shopping exchange is usually short: say what you are looking for, ask whether another size is available, try an item and confirm the price. Knowing a few everyday forms makes the interaction easier without turning it into a scripted performance.
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Describe what you notice
Talk about appearance, weather, the body and how you feel.
Spanish colours: describe what you see
A colour word can be a noun—el azul—or an adjective describing a noun—una camisa azul. The adjective’s ending matters: many colours change for feminine nouns, while several useful colour words keep the same form.
Open the guideSpanish body parts: describe what hurts or where
Body-part vocabulary can help with clothing, exercise and describing a sensation. This is a language guide, not medical advice: if you need care, use these words to communicate with a qualified professional and follow their guidance.
Open the guideSpanish health vocabulary: make your needs understood
When you are unwell, short and clear language is more helpful than a memorised diagnosis. This guide gives basic vocabulary for describing a need and asking where to get help; it is educational language support, not medical advice or a substitute for a clinician.
Open the guideSpanish weather: hace, está or hay?
Weather talk is a natural way to begin a conversation, but Spanish does not use one structure for every condition. The key is to learn the phrase with its verb: hace frío, está nublado, hay niebla.
Open the guideSpanish clothing: describe what you wear
Clothes vocabulary is easier to use when you practise it with colour, size and the verb llevar. In Spain, llevar commonly means to wear or carry; a simple sentence can therefore describe an outfit without needing a separate verb for “wear”.
Open the guideSpanish emotions: name a feeling with the right frame
Spanish feelings are expressed through adjectives, reflexive verbs and fixed phrases. A useful first distinction is whether you are describing a current state with estar, or using a tener expression such as tener miedo. Context shapes the best choice.
Open the guideLearn by noticing
A list is only the beginning.
Keep the article, hear the phrase, then use it in a sentence of your own. A little context turns vocabulary into language you can actually reach for.
Learn the whole word
Keep el or la beside a noun so its gender is never an afterthought.
Read it in a scene
Examples show what a phrase is doing and where a regional choice fits.
Try, then check
Five focused questions help you retrieve what you have just learned.
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Put your Spanish in context.
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