Esperanto — top 312 words
High-frequency vocabulary for English speakers. Reveal each card, then rate your recall — the schedule adapts (SM-2) and is stored on your device.
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| # | Esperanto | English |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | mi | I — 1st-person singular |
| 2 | vi | you (singular & plural) |
| 3 | li | he |
| 4 | ni | we |
| 5 | ili | they |
| 6 | ĉi tio | this |
| 7 | tio | that (thing) |
| 8 | ĉi tie | here |
| 9 | tie | there |
| 10 | kiu | who; which one |
| 11 | kio | what |
| 12 | kie | where |
| 13 | kiam | when |
| 14 | kiel | how; as |
| 15 | ne | not; no |
| 16 | ĉiu | all; every, each |
| 17 | multa | many, much |
| 18 | kelka | some, a few |
| 19 | malmulta | few, little |
| 20 | alia | other |
| 21 | unu | one |
| 22 | du | two |
| 23 | tri | three |
| 24 | kvar | four |
| 25 | kvin | five |
| 26 | granda | big, large |
| 27 | longa | long |
| 28 | larĝa | wide, broad |
| 29 | dika | thick |
| 30 | peza | heavy |
| 31 | malgranda | small, little |
| 32 | mallonga | short |
| 33 | mallarĝa | narrow |
| 34 | maldika | thin |
| 35 | virino | woman |
| 36 | viro | man (male) |
| 37 | homo | human being, person |
| 38 | infano | child |
| 39 | edzino | wife |
| 40 | edzo | husband |
| 41 | patrino | mother |
| 42 | patro | father |
| 43 | besto | animal |
| 44 | fiŝo | fish |
| 45 | birdo | bird |
| 46 | hundo | dog |
| 47 | pediko | louse |
| 48 | serpento | snake |
| 49 | vermo | worm |
| 50 | arbo | tree |
| 51 | arbaro | forest |
| 52 | bastono | stick |
| 53 | frukto | fruit |
| 54 | semo | seed |
| 55 | folio | leaf |
| 56 | radiko | root |
| 57 | arboŝelo | bark (of a tree) |
| 58 | floro | flower |
| 59 | herbo | grass |
| 60 | ŝnuro | rope |
| 61 | haŭto | skin |
| 62 | viando | meat |
| 63 | sango | blood |
| 64 | osto | bone |
| 65 | graso | fat (noun) |
| 66 | ovo | egg |
| 67 | korno | horn |
| 68 | vosto | tail |
| 69 | plumo | feather |
| 70 | haro | hair |
| 71 | kapo | head |
| 72 | orelo | ear |
| 73 | okulo | eye |
| 74 | nazo | nose |
| 75 | buŝo | mouth |
| 76 | dento | tooth |
| 77 | lango | tongue |
| 78 | ungo | fingernail |
| 79 | piedo | foot |
| 80 | kruro | leg |
| 81 | genuo | knee |
| 82 | mano | hand |
| 83 | flugilo | wing |
| 84 | ventro | belly |
| 85 | intestaro | guts, intestines |
| 86 | kolo | neck |
| 87 | dorso | back |
| 88 | brusto | breast, chest |
| 89 | koro | heart |
| 90 | hepato | liver |
| 91 | trinki | to drink |
| 92 | manĝi | to eat |
| 93 | mordi | to bite |
| 94 | suĉi | to suck |
| 95 | kraĉi | to spit |
| 96 | vomi | to vomit |
| 97 | blovi | to blow |
| 98 | spiri | to breathe |
| 99 | ridi | to laugh |
| 100 | vidi | to see |
| 101 | aŭdi | to hear |
| 102 | scii | to know (a fact) |
| 103 | pensi | to think |
| 104 | flari | to smell |
| 105 | timi | to fear |
| 106 | dormi | to sleep |
| 107 | vivi | to live |
| 108 | morti | to die |
| 109 | mortigi | to kill |
| 110 | batali | to fight |
| 111 | ĉasi | to hunt |
| 112 | bati | to hit, strike |
| 113 | tondi | to cut |
| 114 | dividi | to split, divide |
| 115 | mortpiki | to stab |
| 116 | grati | to scratch |
| 117 | fosi | to dig |
| 118 | naĝi | to swim |
| 119 | flugi | to fly |
| 120 | marŝi | to walk |
| 121 | veni | to come |
| 122 | kuŝi | to lie (as in a bed) |
| 123 | sidi | to sit |
| 124 | stari | to stand |
| 125 | turniĝi | to turn (intransitive) |
| 126 | fali | to fall |
| 127 | doni | to give |
| 128 | teni | to hold |
| 129 | premi | to squeeze |
| 130 | froti | to rub |
| 131 | lavi | to wash |
| 132 | viŝi | to wipe |
| 133 | tiri | to pull |
| 134 | puŝi | to push |
| 135 | ĵeti | to throw |
| 136 | ligi | to tie, bind |
| 137 | kudri | to sew |
| 138 | kalkuli | to count, calculate |
| 139 | diri | to say |
| 140 | kanti | to sing |
| 141 | ludi | to play |
| 142 | flosi | to float |
| 143 | flui | to flow |
| 144 | frostiĝi | to freeze |
| 145 | ŝveli | to swell |
| 146 | suno | sun |
| 147 | luno | moon |
| 148 | stelo | star |
| 149 | akvo | water |
| 150 | pluvo | rain |
| 151 | rivero | river |
| 152 | lago | lake |
| 153 | maro | sea |
| 154 | salo | salt |
| 155 | ŝtono | stone |
| 156 | sablo | sand |
| 157 | polvo | dust |
| 158 | tero | earth; ground |
| 159 | nubo | cloud |
| 160 | nebulo | fog |
| 161 | ĉielo | sky; heaven |
| 162 | vento | wind |
| 163 | neĝo | snow |
| 164 | glacio | ice |
| 165 | fumo | smoke |
| 166 | fajro | fire |
| 167 | cindro | ash |
| 168 | bruli | to burn |
| 169 | vojo | road, way |
| 170 | monto | mountain |
| 171 | ruĝa | red |
| 172 | verda | green |
| 173 | flava | yellow |
| 174 | blanka | white |
| 175 | nigra | black |
| 176 | nokto | night |
| 177 | tago | day |
| 178 | jaro | year |
| 179 | varma | warm |
| 180 | malvarma | cold |
| 181 | plena | full |
| 182 | nova | new |
| 183 | malnova | old |
| 184 | bona | good |
| 185 | malbona | bad |
| 186 | putra | rotten |
| 187 | malpura | dirty |
| 188 | rekta | straight |
| 189 | ronda | round |
| 190 | akra | sharp (as a knife) |
| 191 | malakra | dull, blunt |
| 192 | glata | smooth |
| 193 | malseka | wet |
| 194 | seka | dry |
| 195 | ĝusta | correct, right |
| 196 | proksima | near, close |
| 197 | malproksima | far |
| 198 | dekstra | right (side) |
| 199 | maldekstra | left (side) |
| 200 | ĉe | at |
| 201 | en | in, inside |
| 202 | kun | with (accompaniment) |
| 203 | kaj | and |
| 204 | se | if |
| 205 | ĉar | because |
| 206 | nomo | name |
| 207 | nulo | zero |
| 208 | ses | six |
| 209 | sep | seven |
| 210 | ok | eight |
| 211 | naŭ | nine |
| 212 | dek | ten |
| 213 | dudek | twenty |
| 214 | cent | hundred |
| 215 | mil | thousand |
| 216 | miliono | million |
| 217 | unua | first |
| 218 | dua | second |
| 219 | tria | third |
| 220 | ŝi | she |
| 221 | ĝi | it |
| 222 | si | -self (reflexive pronoun) |
| 223 | oni | one, people (indefinite) |
| 224 | mia | my |
| 225 | via | your |
| 226 | lia | his |
| 227 | ŝia | her |
| 228 | ĝia | its |
| 229 | nia | our |
| 230 | ilia | their |
| 231 | sia | one's own (reflexive possessive) |
| 232 | io | something |
| 233 | ĉio | everything |
| 234 | nenio | nothing |
| 235 | iu | someone |
| 236 | neniu | no one, none |
| 237 | ie | somewhere |
| 238 | ĉie | everywhere |
| 239 | nenie | nowhere |
| 240 | iam | sometime, ever |
| 241 | ĉiam | always |
| 242 | neniam | never |
| 243 | tiam | then |
| 244 | tiel | thus, so |
| 245 | kial | why |
| 246 | tial | therefore |
| 247 | kiom | how much, how many |
| 248 | tiom | that much |
| 249 | kies | whose |
| 250 | sur | on, upon |
| 251 | sub | under |
| 252 | al | to, toward |
| 253 | de | of, from, by |
| 254 | el | out of |
| 255 | por | for, in order to |
| 256 | pri | about, concerning |
| 257 | per | by means of |
| 258 | tra | through |
| 259 | antaŭ | before, in front of |
| 260 | post | after, behind |
| 261 | dum | during, while |
| 262 | inter | between, among |
| 263 | kontraŭ | against, opposite |
| 264 | laŭ | according to, along |
| 265 | sen | without |
| 266 | ĝis | until, up to |
| 267 | apud | next to, beside |
| 268 | je | (catch-all preposition) |
| 269 | esti | to be |
| 270 | havi | to have |
| 271 | fari | to do, make |
| 272 | iri | to go |
| 273 | paroli | to speak, talk |
| 274 | legi | to read |
| 275 | skribi | to write |
| 276 | lerni | to learn |
| 277 | voli | to want, wish |
| 278 | povi | to be able, can |
| 279 | devi | to have to, must |
| 280 | ami | to love |
| 281 | la | the (definite article) |
| 282 | ĉu | (yes/no question particle) |
| 283 | ke | that (conjunction) |
| 284 | sed | but |
| 285 | aŭ | or |
| 286 | ankaŭ | also, too |
| 287 | tre | very |
| 288 | nun | now |
| 289 | jam | already |
| 290 | saluton | hello |
| 291 | dankon | thank you |
| 292 | bonvolu | please |
| 293 | jes | yes |
| 294 | hodiaŭ | today |
| 295 | morgaŭ | tomorrow |
| 296 | hieraŭ | yesterday |
| 297 | lingvo | language |
| 298 | libro | book |
| 299 | domo | house |
| 300 | urbo | city, town |
| 301 | lando | country |
| 302 | mondo | world |
| 303 | amiko | friend |
| 304 | tempo | time |
| 305 | mateno | morning |
| 306 | vespero | evening |
| 307 | mono | money |
| 308 | laboro | work |
| 309 | lernejo | school |
| 310 | familio | family |
| 311 | frato | brother |
| 312 | fratino | sister |