Learn Spanish vocabulary
The Spanish words you actually need, from A1 to C1 — by level and by topic. Hear every word, practise it four ways, and review it right before you would forget.
You do not need tens of thousands of Spanish words to communicate. A few hundred high-frequency words cover most of everyday conversation, and a couple of thousand let you follow most of what you hear. The challenge is not finding word lists — it is remembering the words a week later and recalling them when you speak.
MimicSpanish gives you two ways in. Core words by level (A1 to C1) are the most-used Spanish words — learn them in order and you have what you need to understand and speak. Topic sets (travel, food, work, health and more) give you the words for a real situation at your level. Every word comes with its article (el or la), its syllables with the stressed one marked, the meaning in your language, two example sentences and native Latin American audio.
Learning is active, not just flipping cards. Mark the words you already know and skip them; for new words, every five words you practise straight away — listen and pick the meaning, fill the gap in a sentence, listen and type the word, then say it out loud. Anything you miss comes back until you get it, and then the word joins your spaced review.
How vocabulary practice works
Start with core A1 words, or open a topic like travel or work and pick your level. Each part is 10 words.
Listen and pick the meaning, fill the gap in a real sentence, listen and type it (accents count), and say it out loud.
Words come back right before you would forget them — recall the meaning or type the word, then rate how well you knew it.
Why this works better than long lists
Reviews land just before you would forget a word, so each one takes less effort and lasts longer.
A word you cannot pronounce is a word you will not use. Every card has native audio.
el día, la mano, el problema: learning the article with each noun saves you from guessing later.
Hundreds of Spanish words look like English ones — información, posible, hospital. Watch out for false friends like embarazada (pregnant).
Every common verb has its own table — present, past, future, subjunctive and commands — with irregular forms highlighted and audio for each form.
Spanish vocabulary — FAQ
Learn high-frequency words first, a few at a time, with their pronunciation and an example of how they are used. Review them with spaced repetition so they come back just before you would forget them, and use them out loud in sentences. Small daily sessions beat long cramming sessions.
Around 500–1,000 well-chosen words cover a large part of everyday conversation, and about 2,000–3,000 let you understand most of what you hear in daily life. Frequency matters more than total count: the most common words appear in almost every sentence.
Start with the words you will use every day: greetings and polite phrases, numbers, days and time, family, food and drink, common verbs (ser, estar, tener, ir, querer, poder, hacer) and question words (qué, dónde, cuándo, cuánto, cómo, por qué).
A review method that schedules each word based on how well you remembered it. Easy words come back after longer and longer gaps; words you missed come back soon. It lets you remember more words with less review time than going through the same list again and again.
Memory fades fast after a single exposure — that is normal. Words stick when you meet them several times at increasing intervals, hear and say them, and see them in real sentences. Spaced review and practising with dialogues do exactly that.
Want to hear the words in real sentences? Practise with Spanish conversation dialogues and Spanish listening practice.