The 20/80 Rule. PARTE I
Imagine that with only 20% of vocabulary you could be able to handle 80% of normal conversations. Imagine that instead of trying to memorize 1000 words; 200 would be enough. Imagine that instead of learning and conjugating 100 verbs; 20 would be sufficient.
Well, that’s what the experts call the 20/80 Rule.
Today, I am going to present a list of some of the most common words in Spanish.
This list has been generated from subtitles of movies and television series with a total of about 27.4 million words. So, take it seriously 😉
| rank | word | translation |
| 1. | que | that, which |
| 2. | de | from, of |
| 3. | no | no |
| 4. | a | to |
| 5. | la | the |
| 6. | el | the |
| 7. | es | you are #1, s/he-it #1 |
| 8. | y | and |
| 9. | en | in, at, on |
| 10. | lo | it |
| 11. | un | a |
| 12. | por | for #1 |
| 13. | ¿qué? | what? |
| 14. | me | me, myself |
| 15. | una | a |
| 16. | te | you, yourself |
| 17. | los | the |
| 18. | se | yourself, herself, himself, itself |
| 19. | con | with |
| 20. | para | for #2 |
| 21. | mi | my |
| 22. | está | you are #2, s/he-it is #2 |
| 23. | si | if |
| 24. | bien | fine, well |
| 25. | pero | but |
| 26. | yo | I |
| 27. | eso | that |
| 28. | las | the |
| 29. | sí | yes |
| 30. | su | your, her, his, its |
| 31. | tu | your |
| 32. | aquí | here |
| 33. | del | from the, of the |
| 34. | al | to the |
| 35. | como | as, like |
| 36. | le | you, her, him, it |
| 37. | más | more |
| 38. | esto | this |
| 39. | ya | already, now |
| 40. | todo | all, everything |
| 41. | esta | this |
| 42. | vamos | we go, come on |
| 43. | muy | very |
| 44. | hay | there is, there are |
| 45. | ahora | now |
| 46. | algo | something |
| 47. | estoy | I am #2 |
| 48. | tengo | I have #1 |
| 49. | nos | us |
| 50. | tú | you |
¡Next time I will give you more words guys!