The 100 most common Spanish words

Ranked by how often they're really used, each with its English translation. In the course, every one of them gets a picture and a funny sentence to help it stick.

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The 100 most common Spanish words
Rank	Word	Translation
1	de	of
2	la	the
3	que	that
4	en	in
5	no	no
6	un	a
7	se	himself
8	es	is
9	con	with
10	una	a
11	para	for
12	su	his
13	como	how
14	me	me
15	más	more
16	si	if
17	pero	but
18	mi	my
19	este	this
20	todo	all
21	ya	already
22	ha	has
23	cuando	when
24	sin	without
25	hay	there is
26	está	is
27	tu	your
28	sobre	on
29	también	also
30	porque	because
31	qué	what
32	así	like this
33	años	years
34	dos	two
35	bien	well
36	entre	between
37	puede	can
38	hasta	until
39	ahora	now
40	vez	time
41	ni	nor
42	parte	part
43	algo	something
44	tiempo	time
45	día	day
46	mejor	better
47	mucho	much
48	tan	so
49	ver	to see
50	vida	life
51	siempre	always
52	cada	each
53	gente	people
54	estado	state
55	mundo	world
56	otro	other
57	gran	great
58	menos	less
59	nunca	never
60	personas	people
61	tanto	so much
62	antes	before
63	poco	a little
64	trabajo	work
65	durante	during
66	lugar	place
67	creo	I believe
68	cómo	how
69	quiero	I want
70	cuenta	account
71	decir	to say
72	gobierno	government
73	país	country
74	casa	house
75	forma	form
76	aquí	here
77	hoy	today
78	quien	who
79	tres	three
80	caso	case
81	momento	moment
82	bueno	good
83	ciudad	city
84	mis	my
85	luego	then
86	nacional	national
87	parece	seems
88	poder	can
89	verdad	truth
90	historia	history
91	nadie	nobody
92	primera	first
93	cual	which
94	debe	must
95	tipo	type
96	general	general
97	mayor	older
98	tal	such
99	además	besides
100	mal	bad

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