1000 Everyday Spanish Words
Build a functional foundation in beginner Spanish by learning the most frequent, practical words in context. Master essential vocabulary for travel, daily routines, food, and conversation without getting bogged down in complex grammar. Move smoothly from your first survival phrases to connecting full thoughts on your own.
Like Duolingo, but for 1000 Everyday Spanish Words. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
29 levels across 4 sections, about 58 minutes end to end, roughly 12 days at five minutes a day. It moves through Getting Started with Immediate Exchanges, Naming the Routine and the Immediate World, Navigating Spaces and Taking Action, and Linking Thoughts and Expressing Details. It starts from scratch.
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Key ideas in 1000 Everyday Spanish Words
- 'Buenos días' is used until roughly midday or lunchtime
- 'Buenas tardes' covers afternoon hours until sundown
- 'Buenas noches' serves as both an evening greeting and a bedtime farewell
- 'De nada' translates to 'you're welcome' and smoothly closes a polite exchange
- 'Por favor' makes a request rather than receiving thanks
- 'Gracias' expresses gratitude rather than acknowledging it
- '¿Cuánto cuesta...?' attaches directly to an item to ask about price
- '¿Dónde está...?' asks about physical location or directions
- Both frames let you plug in a bare noun without conjugating a verb
- 'Más despacio, por favor' asks the speaker to slow down their tempo, keeping the conversation in Spanish
- Repair expressions let beginners control the flow of spoken Spanish instead of abandoning the interaction
- '¿Cómo se dice...?' asks for a specific missing word without restarting the sentence
- 'Necesito' works immediately when followed by an unmodified infinitive verb or a basic noun
- You do not need to conjugate the second verb (e.g., 'Necesito cargar...' or 'Necesito un cargador')
- It expresses an immediate requirement without requiring polite conditional forms like 'quisiera'
- Core family nouns ending in '-o' typically designate male relatives (hijo, hermano)
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Where 1000 Everyday Spanish Words takes you
- 1
Getting Started with Immediate Exchanges
- First Contact: Greetings, Politeness, and Instant Needs
- People, Roles, and Describing Who Is Who
- 2
Naming the Routine and the Immediate World
- Numbers, Time, and Daily Rhythm
- Food, Drink, and Navigating Meals
- Home, Personal Spaces, and Daily Belongings
- 3
Navigating Spaces and Taking Action
- The Action Core: High-Frequency Power Verbs
- The City, Transport, and Finding Your Way
- 4
Linking Thoughts and Expressing Details
- Expressing Conditions, Emotions, and the Environment
- The Connective Tissue: Questions, Conjunctions, and Flow
4 sections · 9 units · 29 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
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