All 100 Basic English Words with Spanish Translations

Every word in the course with its Spanish translation, part of speech and audio, grouped into the ten levels you learn them in. Want to learn them in order? Start with the guide to the first 100 English words, or jump straight into a free practice session.

Level 1 — Greetings & Politeness

The words you need to open and close a conversation politely: hello, goodbye, please, thanks, and how to ask for help.

Level 2 — People & Pronouns

Who is doing what. English pronouns like I, you, he and she, plus the question words who and what.

Level 3 — Core Verbs

The ten verbs that carry most everyday English: be, have, do, go, come, see, look, want, like and know. · See the basic English verbs guide

Level 4 — Everyday Actions

Things you do every day — eat, drink, sleep, read, write, speak, listen, play, walk and run.

Level 5 — Family & People

How to talk about the people around you: family members, boys and girls, teachers and students.

Level 6 — Home & Everyday Things

The objects and places you use daily — home, school, door, table, chair, book, phone, water and food.

Level 7 — Time & Numbers

Say when something happens and count the first few things: day, night, morning, today, tomorrow, now, and one to three.

Level 8 — Describing Things

Basic adjectives that let you describe almost anything: big, small, good, bad, new, old, happy, sad, hot and cold.

Level 9 — Colours, Animals & Nature

Colours you see every day, three common animals, and two words for the weather outside.

Level 10 — Questions & Places

Ask where, when, why and how, and say where something is with in, on, under, here and there.

Learned the list? Reading is the easy half — practice until you can answer on your own.

Practice them free

Once these 100 words are yours, the same word-by-word method is waiting for German at alemánbásico — the first 1000 German words, explained in Spanish. For everything else a beginner needs, see the language learning resources for beginners collected by Begin With Words.