Spanish Vocabulary

You're standing in a market in a Spanish-speaking city, you want to ask the price, and the right words need to be ready. These Spanish vocabulary quizzes give you exactly those words, building a beginner's foundation topic by topic with audio throughout.

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🐣💬 Basic Phrases

Heading somewhere Spanish-speaking and want phrases you will actually use? These Spanish Vocabulary quizzes on basic phrases give you the everyday expressions for real conversations.

💯 Numbers

Want to handle prices, phone numbers, and ages in Spanish? This Spanish Vocabulary set on numbers builds your count from single digits up across four quizzes.

🏷️💳 Shopping

Ready to shop in Spanish, from the market to the checkout? This Spanish Vocabulary set on shopping covers the places, money, goods, and verbs across fourteen quizzes.

🏷️🧩 Shopping (match)

Did you know one Spanish word means both box and checkout? These Spanish Vocabulary matching quizzes on shopping cover the words and the double meanings behind them.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Describing People

Want to describe what someone looks like and what they are like in Spanish? This Spanish Vocabulary set on describing people gives you the adjectives across twelve quizzes.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑🧩 Describing People (match)

Did you know mayor in Spanish has nothing to do with a city mayor? These Spanish Vocabulary matching quizzes on describing people cover the adjectives and the false friends hiding among them.

🚗✈️ Getting There

Landing somewhere Spanish-speaking and need to find your way? These Spanish Vocabulary quizzes on travel words cover everything from the airport to the hotel front desk.

📚🎒 School

Heading back to class in Spanish? This Spanish Vocabulary set on school words covers the building, the supplies, the people, and the work across twelve quizzes.

🎒🧩 School (match)

Why is matemáticas (math) always plural in Spanish? These Spanish Vocabulary matching quizzes on school words cover the vocabulary and the quirks that surprise learners.

🎨 Colors

Want to name any color in Spanish, from rojo (red) traffic lights to a cielo azul (blue sky)? This Spanish Vocabulary set on colors builds instant recognition across ten quizzes.

🎨🧩 Colors (match)

Why does azul (blue) stay the same while rojo (red) becomes roja? These Spanish Vocabulary matching quizzes on colors cover the words and the small grammar rules that come with them.

🏡 At Home

Want to describe a home in Spanish, from the rooms to the furniture inside them? This Spanish Vocabulary set on home words builds your house vocabulary from the ground up across ten quizzes.

🏡🧩 At Home (match)

Did you know the Spanish word for closet changes depending on which country you are in? These Spanish Vocabulary matching quizzes on home words dig into the vocabulary and the regional quirks that come with it.

🎬 Entertainment

Want to talk about movies, music, and shows in Spanish? These Spanish Vocabulary quizzes on entertainment give you the words for film, TV, books, and live performances.

👷👩‍💼 Occupations

Want to talk about jobs and careers in Spanish? These Spanish Vocabulary quizzes on occupations give you the words for professions and the regional twists that come with them.

💼💹 Business

Working with Spanish-speaking colleagues or clients? These Spanish Vocabulary quizzes on business words give you the precise language of meetings, finance, and the workplace.

🦋🌼 Nature (match)

Did you know one Spanish word covers both a leaf and a sheet of paper? These Spanish Vocabulary matching quizzes on nature words cover the outdoors and the surprises tucked inside the vocabulary.

✍️🎭 False and True Cognates

Can you tell a real Spanish-English lookalike from a trap? These Spanish Vocabulary quizzes on false and true cognates teach you which familiar-looking words you can actually trust.

❓🧩 Asking Questions (match)

Do you know why por qué (why) and porque (because) are not the same word? These Spanish Vocabulary quizzes on question words sort out the essential ways to ask for information in Spanish.

Time

Want to tell time and talk about your day in Spanish? This Spanish Vocabulary set on time covers the clock, the calendar, and everyday time words across four quizzes.

Essential Spanish Vocabulary for Beginners

Each quiz matches Spanish words to their English meanings, with later sets adding listening, spelling, and full sentences. You will learn question words like dónde (where), greetings such as mucho gusto (nice to meet you), home words like cocina (kitchen), colors, numbers, and the travel and business terms a trip or a job calls for.

The sets stretch into describing people, jobs, school, nature, entertainment, and the tricky business of cognates and false friends. Earlier words spiral back in harder formats, so nothing you learn quietly slips away.

Spanish Vocabulary with Audio Pronunciation

Many quizzes include audio, so you hear each word spoken and match the sound to its spelling. Hearing a word like buenos días (good morning) said aloud helps you catch it when a native speaker uses it at full speed.

Where a Single Accent Changes Everything

A written accent does a lot of work in Spanish. Cómo (how) with an accent asks a question, while como (I eat, or like) without one does not, and the same goes for qué versus que. One word can stretch too, since techo covers both a ceiling inside and a roof on top.

A handful of well-placed phrases changes how a trip feels, since people warm up fast when you make the effort, and because the sets cover the situations travelers meet first, you get an outsized payoff for a small amount of study.

Watch for the false friends too, like estufa, which means stove across most of Latin America but a space heater in Spain, so the same word can point to two very different things depending on where you are.

Start with the situation you will meet first, whether that is the market or the introductions, and try these interactive Spanish quizzes.