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The 100 most common adverbs in Spanish 🇪🇸

Spanish adverbs ranked by how often they appear, each with its translation and an example sentence. Press the speaker to hear a word.

#	Spanish	English	Example
1	como	as	No es tan alta como nosotras.She's not as tall as us.
2	más	more, -er	Teresa es más lista que su hermano.Teresa is more clever than her brother.
3	mucho	much, a lot, far, way	Es mucho más difícil salir que entrar.It is way harder to get out than to get in.
4	cuando	when
5	también	also, too, as well
6	muy	very	Tengo un coche muy caro.I have a very expensive car.
7	sólo	Superseded spelling of solo.
8	hasta	even	Hasta yo me enteré del asunto.Even I heard about the matter.
9	bien	well	Toca bien el piano.He plays the piano well.
10	qué	what a, such
11	donde	where, in what place	Deja los libros donde quieras.Leave the books where you want.
12	así	like this, like that, as such, thus, so, thereby, this way, that way	¡Así se hace! Lo hiciste genial.Way to go! You did great.
13	cual	like, as, in the manner of
14	tanto	so much, long, hard, often, etc.	Te amo tanto.I love you so much.
15	tan	so, as	Eres tan rico como te sientes.You are as rich as you feel.
16	siempre	always	¿Por qué siempre me mientes?Why do you always lie to me?
17	antes	earlier, before, sooner, previously, formerly, beforehand	Nos conocimos antes, ¿te acuerdas?We met before, remember?
18	ahora	now	La juventud de ahora entiende esto y más.Today's youth understands this and more.
19	además	in addition, moreover, furthermore, further, also, additionally
20	cómo	how?
21	menos	less
22	aquí	here
23	hoy	today
24	mas	Misspelling of más.
25	nunca	never	Nunca he probado la langosta.I've never tasted lobster.
26	luego	then	Me jubilé, luego volví a trabajar.I retired, then I went back to work.
27	casi	almost
28	aún	still, yet	Aún no ha llegado.He has not arrived yet.
29	poco	little	Comí poco.I ate little / I didn’t eat much.
30	mientras	meanwhile
31	allí	there
32	después	later, afterwards, afterward, post
33	todavía	still, yet	¿Estás todavía escribiendo?Are you still writing?
34	especialmente	specially
35	ahí	there: used to designate a place near the listener
36	tampoco	neither, nor, also not
37	realmente	really, actually, genuinely
38	allá	there, over there, thither, yonder
39	mañana	tomorrow
40	solamente	only, alone, merely	Quisiera solamente destacar su trabajo sobre los derechos civiles.I would just like to highlight his work on civil rights.
41	cerca	close, near, around, about, nearly, nigh
42	aun	even
43	precisamente	precisely
44	simplemente	simply
45	justo	right, just
46	finalmente	finally, in the end
47	directamente	directly, firsthand
48	arriba	above, over	Todavía está arriba.He is still upstairs.
49	totalmente	totally
50	actualmente	at present, currently, now, nowadays	Actualmente está en Chicago.At the present time he's in Chicago.
51	dónde	where?, in what place?	¿Dónde está tu madre?Where is your mother?
52	adelante	forward
53	siquiera	at least, at the least	Él molesta tanto que ni siquiera los sordomudos pueden soportarlo.He's so annoying that not even deafmutes can tolerate him.
54	quizá	perhaps, maybe
55	quizás	maybe, perhaps	Quizás tenga que irme temprano.I might have to leave early.
56	lejos	far	Y me oyes desde lejos, y mi voz no te alcanza:And you hear me from afar, and my voice does not reach you:
57	asimismo	likewise
58	ayer	yesterday
59	apenas	barely, scarcely	Apenas logré terminar el proyecto a tiempo.I barely managed to finish the project on time.
60	claramente	clearly
61	probablemente	probably, likely
62	igualmente	equally
63	principalmente	mainly
64	completamente	completely
65	generalmente	generally, normally
66	únicamente	only, uniquely
67	jamás	never	No lo he visto jamás.I've never seen it.
68	atrás	behind
69	fuera	outside
70	abajo	down, downwards	Abajo están la cocina y el salón.The kitchen and lounge are downstairs.
71	detrás	behind, at the rear
72	posteriormente	afterwards, later
73	prácticamente	practically
74	inmediatamente	immediately
75	normalmente	normally, usually, most of the time, customarily	Normalmente los viernes, desayuno la fruta, pero hoy, desayunaré los cereales.Normally on Fridays, I eat fruit for breakfast, but today, I'll eat cereal.
76	hasta ahora	up to now, so far, heretofore	Hasta ahora nunca hemos tenido este problema.Up to now we've never had this problem.
77	aproximadamente	approximately	Es aproximadente diez dólares.It's approximately ten dollars.
78	anteriormente	previously
79	necesariamente	necessarily	Por eso, el nihilismo sartreano conduce necesariamente al genocidio.Therefore, Sartrean nihilism necessarily leads to genocide.
80	perfectamente	perfectly
81	rápidamente	rapidly, quickly
82	acaso	perhaps
83	exactamente	exactly
84	exclusivamente	exclusively
85	asi	Misspelling of así.
86	seguramente	surely, certainly
87	recientemente	recently
88	particularmente	particularly
89	cuánto	how much, how many	¿A cuánto están las naranjas?How much are the oranges?
90	fundamentalmente	fundamentally
91	fácilmente	easily
92	tambien	Misspelling of también.
93	efectivamente	effectively
94	dentro	inside
95	non	Archaic form of no.
96	suficientemente	sufficiently
97	nuevamente	again
98	previamente	previously
99	relativamente	relatively
100	encima	on top	No tengo dinero encima.I don't have money on me.

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