Spanish Dictionary

Worksheets/activities

Reinforce your Spanish vocabulary with these free Spanish crosswords and wordsearches, available for download in PDF format.

Spanish phrases

List of basic Spanish words and phrases with their corresponding English translations. Topics covered include basic Spanish greetings, how to ask directions in Spanish, Spanish food terms, plus lists of basic Spanish vocabulary (adjectives, prepositions, function words). Also available:
 Print your own Spanish flash cards (free on-line tool)
 List of the most frequent Spanish words with associated word profiles.

Spanish verb forms

 Common verb forms
Most common Spanish verb forms found in newspaper and magazine articles. Learning these forms will help you to start reading Spanish.
 Spanish verb tables
Conjugtion tables of main regular and irregular verbs.

Mexican Spanish

A starting point if you want to learn Mexican Spanish: a list of common words of Mexican Spanish with their Peninsular Spanish counterparts. The list is open to feedback.

Language Identifier

If you're wondering What language is this?, then try this language identifier. It currently distinguishes between Spanish and a number of languages that may look similar to the untrained eye.

Spanish verbs and grammar

On-line Spanish grammar guides and exercises available on this site, including:
 Introduction to Spanish verbs
 Frequent Spanish verb forms (with meanings)
 Spanish verb tables
 Spanish pronouns

For instructions and tips, see the page on using the Spanish exercises.

Spanish Tutorials

Try out these interactive grammar tutorials:
 ser and estar: learn to make some simple sentences with adjectives;
 Introduction to Spanish verbs
 Practise various verb forms, including the present tense, perfect tense, imperfect, preterite (simple past), future, conditional, plus Continuous forms
 Saying I like (reverse constructions)
Many of these tutorials include simple interactive exercises (Java required).

Spanish language games

 Crossword games: reinforce your vocabulary learning with these Spanish crosswords.
 Wordsearch games: find Spanish words hidden in a grid of letters.
 Vocab pairs games: match cards bearing Spanish words with cards containing their English equivalents.

Common questions