Spanish vocabulary
Spanish vocabulary for real conversations
These pages teach Latin American Spanish, the Spanish you will hear at a café in Mexico City, on a bus in Bogotá, or on a call with family in Los Angeles. When Spain uses a different word, like coche for carro, we show it next to the Latin American form. Every noun comes with el or la, so you learn its gender from the start. The flag is Spain's, because that is the Spanish flag in our set.
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PortugueseGreetings & Essentials
Hellos, thank-yous, polite phrases, and the small words every conversation needs.
Food & Drink
Meals, ingredients, drinks, and the phrases you need at a café or restaurant.
People & Family
Family members, friends, jobs, and how to talk about the people in your life.
Emotions & Descriptions
Feelings, personality, and the adjectives you use to describe people and things.
Body & Health
Body parts, symptoms, and what to say at the doctor or pharmacy.
Everyday Verbs
The 100 action words you use most, from “to be” to “to invite”.
Travel & Getting Around
Transport, directions, hotels, money, and phrases for finding your way.
Home, Clothes & Daily Life
Rooms, furniture, clothes, work and school, and shopping.
Nature, Animals & Weather
Animals, landscapes, plants, and how to talk about the weather.
Time, Numbers & Colors
Numbers 0–1,000, days, months, seasons, colors, and telling time.
Why speaking matters
Why saying words out loud helps them stick
Reading a word list teaches you to recognize a word. Using it in a sentence, out loud, teaches you to produce it when you need it. That is the skill a real conversation asks for.
ChatPal is built around that second step: you pick a scenario, speak, and get feedback, so the words on this page become words you can actually say.
The ChatPal way
Learn a word, then use it out loud
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See it in context.
Every word here comes with real example sentences, not just a translation.
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Say it out loud.
In ChatPal you speak Spanish with an AI conversation partner, at your own pace.
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Get feedback.
ChatPal gives you personalized feedback on what you said, so you know what to fix.
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Use it in real scenarios.
Practice ordering food, meeting people, or asking for directions until the words come naturally.
FAQ
Learning Spanish vocabulary
How many Spanish words do I need to have a conversation?
A few hundred words, built around verbs like ser, estar, tener, and ir, will carry you through simple conversations. Spanish and English share many cognates, like hospital, familia, and importante, so you already know more than you think.
What is the hardest part of Spanish vocabulary for English speakers?
False friends and gender. Embarazada means pregnant, not embarrassed. Éxito means success, not exit. Sensible means sensitive, not sensible. Learn each noun with el or la so the gender sticks.
How do I remember Spanish words long-term?
Say each new word in a short sentence about your own day, out loud. The rolled r in arroz and the written accent in café only feel natural after you have said them many times. Come back to a topic a few days later and try to use the words without looking.
Can I practice speaking Spanish with AI?
Yes. In ChatPal you practice Latin American Spanish by speaking with an AI conversation partner, in scenarios like ordering tacos or asking for directions. After each conversation you get personalized feedback on what you said.
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