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The 100 most common verbs in Spanish 🇪🇸

Spanish verbs 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	ser	to be	¿Qué voy a ser si te he dado lo que soy?What am I going to be if I've given you what I am?
2	haber	to have	He trabajado muy duro durante este mes.I have worked very hard during this month.
3	poder	to be able, can	¿Puedes acompañarme mañana?Could you come with me tomorrow?
4	tener	to have, possess	El estadio es enorme. Puede tener una capacidad de hasta cien mil espectadores.The stadium is huge. It can hold up to one hundred thousand spectators.
5	estar	to be	¿Dónde estás?Where are you?
6	hacer	to do	¿Qué haces?What are you doing?
7	decir	to say, to tell	Es un mentiroso. Nunca dice la verdad.He's a liar. He never tells the truth.
8	deber	to owe	Debo mucho dinero.I owe a lot of money.
9	dar	to give, to give out	Me han dado en la cabeza.They hit me on my head.
10	ver	to see, to spot	Vine, vi, vencí.I came, I saw, I conquered.
11	querer	to desire, to want, to want to	Yo quiero leer ese libro.I want to read that book.
12	pasar	to pass, to hand, to slip	¿Cómo pasaste la seguridad?How did you get past security?
13	encontrar	to meet	María y Gertrudis se escondieron cerca de las flores, y los chicos las encontraron a las chicas.Mary and Gertrude hid themselves near the flowers, and the boys found the girls.
14	saber	to know , to wit	Sabe hablar español.He knows how to speak Spanish.
15	llegar	to arrive, get	Cuando llegues a casa, mándame un mensaje.When you get home, send me a message.
16	seguir	to follow	Este tío sigue hablando sin parar.This guy keeps talking nonstop.
17	poner	to put, to put up, to place, to lay	Pon eso en su lugar.Put that in its place.
18	parecer	to seem, to see fit	¿Qué te parece si vamos al bar?What do you think about going to a bar?
19	llevar	to take, to carry, to take away, to carry away, to carry around, to bring, to bear, to lug	Le llevaré un regalo a Rosa para su cumpleaños.I will take a present to Rosa for her birthday.
20	tratar	to treat	No se trata de ti todo el tiempo.It's not about you all the time.
21	dejar	to leave	Dejé la cerveza arriba.I left the beer upstairs.
22	conocer	to know , to be familiar with, to be acquainted with	Mucho gusto en conocerlaNice to meet you.
23	realizar	to carry out, to perform, to conduct, to implement
24	hablar	to talk, to speak, to communicate using words	Hablamos del proyecto.We talk about the project.
25	existir	to exist
26	escribir	to write	Escribe todas sus ideas en un cuaderno.She writes all her ideas in a notebook.
27	quedar	to be	Quedo contento con el coche.I am pleased with the car .
28	permitir	to allow, permit	No les permitieron ir.They were not allowed to go.
29	pensar	to think	Pienso, luego existo.I think, therefore I am.
30	llamar	to summon, to call	Te estuve llamando a voces.I was summoning you by voice.
31	vivir	to live, to be alive	Vive de migas, nada más.He lives on crumbs, nothing more.
32	utilizar	to use, to make use of, to utilize
33	considerar	to consider, to regard, to see, to look, to view
34	tomar	to take	Los niños toman clases de inglésThe children take English classes
35	producir	to produce
36	presentar	to present, to submit
37	volver	to return, to revert, to get back	Si realmente estás pensando en volver a aquel lugar sucio, debes haberte enloquecido totalmente.If you're really thinking about going back to that filthy place, you must have gone totally crazy.
38	venir	to come
39	buscar	to seek, search for, look for, try to find, to scour	Lo siento, pero te lo buscaste.I am sorry, but you brought this on yourself.
40	establecer	to establish
41	incluir	to include, to enclose, to contain	Esta lista es solo una muestra, si considera que deberíamos incluir a algún autor inclúyalo en los comentarios.This list just a sample, if you think we should include an author, please include them in the comments.
42	recibir	to receive, get
43	crear	to create	Un imán en reposo crea un campo magnético y si se mueve crea además un campo eléctrico.A magnet at rest creates a magnetic field and if it moves it also creates an electric field.
44	trabajar	to work
45	leer	to read	Quiero leer el periódico.I want to read the newspaper.
46	aparecer	to appear, to turn up, to pop up, to come up
47	mantener	to keep	Mantenga la tapa cerrada, por favor.Keep the lid closed, please.
48	usar	to use
49	entender	to understand, to fathom
50	resultar	to result, to turn out, to end up, to prove	Todo resultó bien.Everything came out okay in the end.
51	desarrollar	to develop	La empresa está desarrollando un nuevo lenguaje de programación.The company is developing a new programming language.
52	ofrecer	to offer, to offer up, to provide	de eso no ofrece dudathere's no doubt about that
53	publicar	to publish
54	esperar	to hope for, hope to	Espera que no sea necesario.He hopes it won't be necessary.
55	necesitar	to need
56	perder	to lose	No quiero perderme nada.I don't want to miss anything.
57	mostrar	to show	Quiero mostrarte el jardínI want to show you the garden.
58	contar	to count, to tally	Cuando contaba treinta años.When he was thirty years of age
59	empezar	to start, begin, to get started	Hace poco que empezó a comer vegetales.He recently started eating vegetables.
60	comenzar	to begin, to commence	Yo me senté sobre un banco en el jardín, y comencé a leer un libro interesante.I sat on a bench in the garden, and I started to read an interesting book.
61	contener	to contain	contener el alientohold one's breath
62	formar	to form, to create
63	obtener	to obtain
64	cambiar	to change, to shift, to switch, to alter	La marea ha cambiado.The tide has turned / shifted.
65	convertir	to convert
66	salir	to go out, to leave, to depart, to head out	Solo espero que el gran evento salga sin problemas.I just hope that the big event goes off without a hitch.
67	suponer	to suppose, to surmise, to assume, to guess, to imagine, to figure, to say, to take it	Supongamos que no quiere ser encontrado. ¿Entonces qué?Let's say he doesn't want to be found. What then?
68	servir	to serve	Es una empresa que sirve a los discapacitados.It's a business that serves the disabled.
69	pedir	to ask for something	Él le pidió agua al camarero.He asked the waiter for water.
70	recordar	to remember, to recollect	¿Recuerdas a aquella mujer que no dejaba de tocar las ventanas, aunque se lo pedimos repetidamente?Do you remember that woman who wouldn't stop touching the windows, even though we kept asking her [not to]?
71	conseguir	to achieve, succeed in, reach, accomplish, attain
72	entrar	to enter
73	ocurrir	to happen, to occur	Se me ocurrió una idea.I came up with an idea.
74	referir	to report	¿A qué te refieres?What are you referring to?
75	reconocer	to recognize
76	explicar	to explain
77	ayudar	to help	¿Puedo ayudarle en algo?Can I help you in any way?
78	constituir	to constitute
79	lograr	to get, to obtain
80	enviar	to send	Me gustaría enviarles flores.I would like to send them flowers.
81	acabar	to finish, to end	Acabarás haciendo lo que él diga.You'll end up doing what he says.
82	intentar	to try, to attempt, especially: to strain or put forth effort in so doing	Intento correr pero me canso mucho.I try to run, but I get very tired.
83	disponer	to prepare, arrange
84	mirar	to look at	Estábamos mirando la televisión.We were watching TV.
85	representar	to represent
86	gustar	to be pleasing to	Me gusta esta manzanaI like this apple.
87	alcanzar	to reach, to attain or achieve, to catch up with
88	responder	to answer, to reply
89	dirigir	to direct
90	señalar	to signal
91	afectar	to affect, to have an effect on, to influence	El alcohol puede afectar su juicio.Alcohol can impair your judgment.
92	decidir	to decide, to make up one's mind, to determine, to choose to	El juez podría decidir que fue muerte accidental.The judge could rule it an accidental death.
93	visitar	to visit
94	indicar	to indicate, to bespeak
95	relacionar	to relate
96	significar	to signify
97	cumplir	to fulfil, to fulfill, to meet, to deliver	No prometas lo que no puedas cumplir.Do not promise what you cannot deliver.
98	participar	to participate, to take part, to partake
99	evitar	to avoid, to bypass, to evade, to circumvent, to dodge, to shun, to eschew	Después de haberlo evitado muchas horas, acabó por decirnos la verdad.After having avoided it for several hours, he ended up telling us the truth.
100	dedicar	to dedicate, to spend time

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