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Opposite Spanish Words

Thursday, August 23rd, 2012

We collected about 50 pairs of opposite Spanish words. This list is free for download.

Spanish English Spanish English
largo long corto short
verdadero true falso false
todo everything nada nothing
cerca close lejos far
ancho wide estrecho narrow
alto tall bajo short
gordo fat, obese delgado thin, skinny
listo smart tonto dumb
izquierda left derecho right
temprano early tarde late
rápido fast despacio slow
difícil difficult fácil easy
duro hard suave soft
subir to go up bajar to go down
guapo good looking feo ugly
interesante interesting aburrido boring
buen, bueno good mal, malo bad
mejor better peor worse
negro black blanco white
fuerte strong débil weak
siempre always nunca never
simpático pleasant, nice antipático unpleasant, not nice
ganar to win perder (e/ie) to lose
despierto awake dormido asleep
abierto open, opened cerrado closed
cubierto covered descubierto uncovered
grande big (size) pequeño small (size)
caliente hot frío cold
mucho a lot, much poco small (amount)
inicio start fin end
empieza begins termina ends
exacto right equivocado wrong
vacío empty lleno full
presente present pasado(a) past
dentro in fuera out
claridad light oscuro dark
rico rich pobre poor
barato cheap caro expensive
saludable well (healthy) indispuesto sick, unhealthy
arrancar start parar stop
ligero light pesado heavy
alegre happy triste sad
valiente brave cobarde cowardly
hacia adelante forward hacia atrás backward
perdido lost encontrado found
joven young viejo old
menor younger mayor older
mojado wet seco dry
limpio clean sucio dirty
amor love odio hate
más more menos less
aparecer appear desaparecer disappear
escrito written hablado spoken
nuevo new usado used
paz peace guerra war

Where to go next?


  1. PDF download:
    Opposite Spanish Words

  2. Common Spanish-English Cognates

  3. Common Spanish Adjectives

  4. Common Spanish Nouns

  5. Recommened Learn Spanish Resources

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Spanish Words for Weather

Friday, August 17th, 2012

People talk about weather all the time. Thus to build up your Spanish vocabulary, it is important to
learn these Spanish words that are related to weather.



altamente highly
atmósfera atmosphere
aviso advisory
brisa breeze
calor hot
centímetro centimeter
chaparrón downpour
chubasco squall, downpour
ciclón cyclone
clima climate
desconocido unknown
disperso scattered
despejado cloudless, clear
escarcha frost
este east
fresco cool
frío cold
granizada hailstorm
granizo hail, sleet
huracán hurricane
inundación flood
kilómetro kilometer
humedad humidity
leve light
llover to rain (v.)
lluvia rain
mapa map
mayormente mostly
metro meter
milla mile
mínimo minimum
neblina fog
nevada snowfall
nevar to snow (v.)
niebla fog
nieve snow
norte north
nube cloud
nublado cloudy
occidente west
oeste west
oriente east
parcialmente partly
pie foot
poniente west
posibilidad possibility
precipitación precipitation
presión air pressure
pronóstico forecast
pulgada inch
rocío dew
satélite satellite
sol sun
soleado sunny
sur south
temperatura temperature
tempestad (thunder) storm
terremoto earthquake
tiempo weather, time
tormenta storm
trueno thunder
ventisca snowstorm
visibilidad visibility
viento wind
vientos helados wind chill

Where to go next?


  1. PDF download:
    Spanish Words for Weather

  2. Common Spanish-English Cognates

  3. Common Spanish Adjectives

  4. Common Spanish Nouns

  5. Recommened Learn Spanish Resources

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Spanish Words for Animals

Saturday, August 11th, 2012

The following list gives the common Spanish words for animals. This list, together with other lists,
hopefully can help you build up your Spanish vocabulary.

la abeja bee
el águila eagle
la araña spider
la ardilla squirrel
el arenque herring
el atún tuna
el avestruz ostrich
la avispa wasp
la ballena whale
el bisonte bison
el bogavante lobster
el búfalo buffalo
el búho owl
el burro donkey
el buey ox
el caballo horse
la cabra goat
el calamar squid
el camello camel
el cangrejo crayfish, crab
el canguro kangaroo
el caracol snail
la carpa carp
el castor beaver
la cebra zebra
el cerdo pig
el ciervo deer, stag
el ciervo volante stag beetle
el cisne swan
el cocodrilo crocodile
el cochinillo piglet
el colibri hummingbird
el conejo rabbit
la cucaracha cockroach
el cuervo raven
el chimpancé chimpanzee
el delfín dolphin
el elefante elephant
el erizo hedgehog
el escorpión scorpion
el faisán pheasant
la foca seal
la gallina hen
el gallo cock, rooster
el ganado livestock
el gato cat
la gaviota gull, seagull
el gorila gorilla
el grillo cricket
el gusano worm
el halcón falcon
el hámster hamster
la hiena hyena
el hipopótamo hippo
la hormiga ant
el insecto insect
el jaguar jaguar
la jirafa giraffe
el lagarto lizard
la langosta locust
el león lion
el lobo wolf
el loro parrot
el mapache raccoon
la mariposa butterfly
la medusa jellyfish, medusa
el mono monkey
la mosca fly
el mosquito gnat, mosquito
el murciélago bat
la nutria otter
la oca goose
la onza cheetah
el oso bear
el oso polar polar bear
la ostra oyster
la oveja sheep
el pájaro bird
el paajarito little bird
la paloma dove
la panda panda
la pantera panther
el pato duck
el pavo turkey
el pavón peacock
el pelícano pelican
el perro dog
el pez fish
el pingüino penguin
el pulpo octopus
el pollo chicken
la rana frog
la rata rat
el ratón mouse
el renacuajo tadpole
el rinoceronte rhino, rhinoceros
el ruiseñor nightingale
el salmón salmon
el sapo toad
la serpiente snake
el ternero calf
el tiburón shark
el tigre tiger
el topo mole
el toro bull
la tortuga turtle
la trucha trout
la vaca cow
la víbora viper
el zorro fox

Where to go next?


  1. PDF download:
    Spanish Words for Animals

  2. Common Spanish-English Cognates

  3. Common Spanish Adjectives

  4. Common Spanish Nouns

  5. Recommened Learn Spanish Resources

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