Spanish: First 60 Words
by FlashQuest
Sixty everyday Spanish words for a true beginner, one picture each: food, drinks, animals, things at home, clothes, the body, colors, the sky, outdoors and getting around. See the picture, pick the Spanish word. Every noun comes with its article, el or la.
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Made by FlashQuest. Last updated November 2026. Drafted with AI help.
- What is this in Spanish? (a crunchy fruit)
- la manzana
- La manzana is an apple; the stress falls on the middle: man-ZA-na.
- What is this in Spanish? (a pet that barks)
- el perro
- El perro is a dog; roll the double r, because pero with one r means but.
- What is this in Spanish? (a pet with whiskers)
- el gato
- El gato is a cat; a female cat is la gata.
- What is this in Spanish? (a clear drink)
- el agua
- El agua is water; it takes el even though agua is a feminine word, because it starts with a stressed a.
- What is this in Spanish? (a baked loaf)
- el pan
- El pan is bread; a bakery is la panadería, the bread shop.
- What is this in Spanish? (a white drink)
- la leche
- La leche is milk; café con leche is coffee with milk.
- What is this in Spanish? (something you read)
- el libro
- El libro is a book; careful, a library is la biblioteca and a bookstore is la librería.
- What is this in Spanish? (a place to live)
- la casa
- La casa is a house; mi casa means my house, or my home.
- What is this in Spanish? (bright in the daytime sky)
- el sol
- El sol is the sun; think solar, as in solar power.
- What is this in Spanish? (it has wings and feathers)
- el pájaro
- El pájaro is a bird; the accent marks the stress: PÁ-ja-ro.
- What is this in Spanish? (a wedge with holes)
- el queso
- El queso is cheese; a quesadilla is a tortilla with melted cheese.
- What is this in Spanish? (laid by a hen)
- el huevo
- El huevo is an egg; huevos rancheros is a well-known egg dish.
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What is this in Spanish? (a round citrus fruit)
la naranja
La naranja is an orange; naranja is also the word for the color orange.
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What is this in Spanish? (a long orange vegetable)
la zanahoria
La zanahoria is a carrot; the h is silent: za-na-O-ria.
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What is this in Spanish? (red and good in a salad)
el tomate
El tomate is a tomato; English took the word from Spanish, which took it from the Nahuatl word tomatl.
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What is this in Spanish? (a cold treat in a cone)
el helado
El helado is ice cream; helado also means frozen, and ice is el hielo.
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What is this in Spanish? (a hot dark drink)
el café
El café is coffee; it also means a café, the place where you drink it.
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What is this in Spanish? (a hot drink made with a bag)
el té
El té is tea; the accent keeps it apart from te, meaning you, as in te quiero.
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What is this in Spanish? (it swims and has fins)
el pez
El pez is a fish in the water; fish on your plate is el pescado.
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What is this in Spanish? (a pink farm animal)
el cerdo
El cerdo is a pig; on a menu, pork is often carne de cerdo.
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What is this in Spanish? (a farm animal that gives milk)
la vaca
La vaca is a cow; vaccine comes from vacca, the Latin word for cow.
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What is this in Spanish? (long ears, it hops)
el conejo
El conejo is a rabbit; the j sounds like an English h: co-NE-ho.
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What is this in Spanish? (small, with big round ears)
el ratón
El ratón is a mouse; in Spain a computer mouse is also el ratón.
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What is this in Spanish? (a big cat with a mane)
el león
El león is a lion; a lioness is la leona.
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What is this in Spanish? (you eat your meals at it)
la mesa
La mesa is a table; in English a mesa is a flat-topped hill, shaped like a table.
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What is this in Spanish? (you sit on it)
la silla
La silla is a chair; in most places the ll sounds like the y in yes: SEE-ya.
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What is this in Spanish? (you sleep in it)
la cama
La cama is a bed; to go to bed is ir a la cama.
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What is this in Spanish? (you open it to go in)
la puerta
La puerta is a door; think portal, a doorway, from the same Latin root.
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What is this in Spanish? (glass you look out of)
la ventana
La ventana is a window; it comes from viento, wind, an opening that lets the air in.
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What is this in Spanish? (it opens a lock)
la llave
La llave is a key; in most places the ll sounds like y: YA-veh.
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What is this in Spanish? (it tells the time)
el reloj
El reloj is a clock or a watch; the final j is soft and often barely heard.
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What is this in Spanish? (it lights up a room)
la lámpara
La lámpara is a lamp; the accent marks the stress: LÁM-pa-ra.
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What is this in Spanish? (you wear it on your foot)
el zapato
El zapato is a shoe; a shoe store is la zapatería.
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What is this in Spanish? (you wear it on your head)
el sombrero
El sombrero is any hat, not only the wide one; it comes from sombra, shade.
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What is this in Spanish? (one piece of clothing, with a skirt)
el vestido
El vestido is a dress; it comes from vestir, to dress, a cousin of the English word vest.
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What is this in Spanish? (it has five fingers)
la mano
La mano is a hand; it ends in o but still takes la.
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What is this in Spanish? (it has five toes)
el pie
El pie is a foot; say it PYEH, not like the English word pie.
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What is this in Spanish? (you see with it)
el ojo
El ojo is an eye; the j sounds like an English h: O-ho.
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What is this in Spanish? (you smile with it)
la boca
La boca is a mouth; a bocadillo, a sandwich, is a little mouthful.
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What is this in Spanish? (you listen with it)
la oreja
La oreja is the ear you can see; the hearing inside is el oído.
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What is this in Spanish? (you smell with it)
la nariz
La nariz is a nose; the plural ends in -ces: las narices.
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What color is this in Spanish? (like a ripe strawberry)
rojo
Rojo is red; with a feminine word it becomes roja: la manzana roja.
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What color is this in Spanish? (like a clear sky)
azul
Azul is blue; it stays the same for el and la words: el mar azul, la casa azul.
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What color is this in Spanish? (like fresh grass)
verde
Verde is green; think verdant, green and leafy.
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What color is this in Spanish? (like a lemon)
amarillo
Amarillo is yellow; a city in Texas is named Amarillo.
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What color is this in Spanish? (like the night sky)
negro
Negro is black; with a feminine word it becomes negra: la noche negra.
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What color is this in Spanish? (like fresh snow)
blanco
Blanco is white; think blank, a blank white page.
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What is this in Spanish? (a crescent in the night sky)
la luna
La luna is the moon; think lunar, as in a lunar eclipse.
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What is this in Spanish? (it has five points)
la estrella
La estrella is a star; a movie star is also una estrella.
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What is this in Spanish? (white and fluffy, up high)
la nube
La nube is a cloud; nublado means cloudy.
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What is this in Spanish? (drops falling from a gray cloud)
la lluvia
La lluvia is rain; llueve means it is raining.
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What is this in Spanish? (white flakes in winter)
la nieve
La nieve is snow; the Sierra Nevada is named for its snowy peaks.
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What is this in Spanish? (it has a trunk and leaves)
el árbol
El árbol is a tree; think arbor, a shady spot under trees.
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What is this in Spanish? (it has petals)
la flor
La flor is a flower; think floral and florist.
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What is this in Spanish? (tall, with a snowy top)
la montaña
La montaña is a mountain; the ñ sounds like the ny in canyon.
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What is this in Spanish? (sand next to the sea)
la playa
La playa is a beach; Playa del Carmen is a beach town in Mexico.
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What is this in Spanish? (two wheels and pedals)
la bicicleta
La bicicleta is a bicycle; most people shorten it to la bici.
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What is this in Spanish? (it flies, with wings and windows)
el avión
El avión is an airplane; think aviation.
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What is this in Spanish? (it floats on the waves)
el barco
El barco is a boat or a ship; a small boat is often called una barca.
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What is this in Spanish? (it runs on rails)
el tren
El tren is a train; it sounds almost the same as the English word.
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