The 1000 most common Esperanto words

Esperanto · ranked by frequency · with English translations

Esperanto was published in 1887 by L. L. Zamenhof as a deliberately regular second language for the world. It has perhaps two million speakers, a substantial literature, and — unusually — several thousand native speakers who grew up in Esperanto-speaking families.

It is the one language on this list whose vocabulary can be reasoned about rather than memorised. Endings are fixed and exceptionless: -o for a noun, -a for an adjective, -e for an adverb, -i for an infinitive. A handful of prefixes and suffixes then multiply every root you know — mal- reverses a meaning, so learning bona hands you malbona at no extra cost. A thousand roots goes an extraordinarily long way.

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Ordered by how often each word actually occurs in ordinary use, so the words near the top are the ones you will meet first and hardest.

This page lists the first 1000 of 7400 words in the Esperanto frequency list.

#	Esperanto	English	Part of speech
1	saluton	hello	interj
2	dankon	thank you, thanks	interj
3	bonvolu	please	v
4	pardonu	sorry; excuse me	v
5	jes	yes	part
6	ne	no, not	part
7	ĝis revido	goodbye, see you again	phrase
8	nomo	name	n
9	mi nomiĝas	my name is, I am called	phrase
10	kiel vi fartas	how are you?	phrase
11	la	the	art
12	homo	person, human being	n
13	viro	man, male	n
14	virino	woman	n
15	knabo	boy, lad	n
16	knabino	girl, lass	n
17	infano	child, infant, kid	n
18	familio	family	n
19	granda	big, great, large, tall	adj
20	malgranda	small, little	adj
21	nova	new, novel, recent	adj
22	juna	young, youthful, juvenile	adj
23	bela	beautiful, handsome	adj
24	bona	good, nice, okay, kind	adj
25	varma	warm, hot	adj
26	malvarma	cold	adj
27	esti	to be	v
28	havi	to have, own	v
29	iri	to go	v
30	veni	to come	v
31	vidi	to see, view, observe	v
32	loĝi	to dwell, live, inhabit, reside	v
33	labori	to labor, work	v
34	ŝati	to like	v
35	domo	house	n
36	libro	book	n
37	tago	day	n
38	urbo	city, town	n
39	arbo	tree	n
40	floro	flower	n
41	hundo	dog, hound	n
42	kato	cat	n
43	mi	I	pron
44	vi	you	pron
45	li	he	pron
46	ŝi	she	pron
47	ĝi	it	pron
48	ni	we	pron
49	ili	they	pron
50	oni	one, they, people	pron
51	legi	to read	v
52	skribi	to write	v
53	manĝi	to eat	v
54	trinki	to drink	v
55	doni	to give	v
56	preni	to take	v
57	akvo	water	n
58	pano	bread, loaf	n
59	ĉu	whether; (yes/no question word)	part
60	kio	what	pron
61	kiu	who; which (one)	pron
62	kie	where	adv
63	kiel	how; as, like	adv
64	kiam	when	adv
65	kial	what for, why, for what reason	adv
66	kiom	how many, how much	adv
67	hodiaŭ	today	adv
68	hieraŭ	yesterday	adv
69	morgaŭ	tomorrow	adv
70	mateno	morning	n
71	vespero	evening, eve	n
72	nokto	night	n
73	semajno	week	n
74	jaro	year	n
75	nenio	nothing	pron
76	neniu	nobody, no one	pron
77	neniam	never	adv
78	nek	neither, nor	conj
79	sen	without	prep
80	malbona	bad	adj
81	malnova	old (not new)	adj
82	malfacila	difficult, hard	adj
83	mia	my, mine	pron
84	via	your, yours	pron
85	lia	his	pron
86	ŝia	her, hers	pron
87	ĝia	its	pron
88	nia	our(s)	pron
89	ilia	their, theirs	pron
90	patro	father	n
91	bone	well, ok, alright, fine	adv
92	rapide	quickly; fast	adv
93	multe	a lot, many, much	adv
94	bele	beautifully, nicely	adv
95	facile	easily	adv
96	ofte	often, frequently	adv
97	nun	at present, now	adv
98	tre	very	part
99	unu	one	num
100	du	two	num
101	tri	three	num
102	kvar	four	num
103	kvin	five	num
104	ses	six	num
105	sep	seven	num
106	ok	eight	num
107	en	in; into (with -n)	prep
108	sur	on, upon, onto	prep
109	sub	below, beneath, under, underneath	prep
110	al	at, to, toward(s)	prep
111	de	of, from, by	prep
112	kun	with	prep
113	por	for; in order to	prep
114	pri	about, concerning	prep
115	strato	street	n
116	ĉambro	room	n
117	kuirejo	kitchen	n
118	ĝardeno	garden	n
119	lernejo	school	n
120	butiko	shop, store	n
121	hejmo	home	n
122	pordo	door	n
123	patrino	mother	n
124	filo	son	n
125	filino	daughter	n
126	frato	brother	n
127	fratino	sister	n
128	amiko	friend	n
129	lernanto	pupil; learner, student	n
130	instruisto	teacher	n
131	kuracisto	doctor, physician	n
132	vilaĝo	village	n
133	merkato	market	n
134	mono	cash, money	n
135	vendejo	shop; store	n
136	hospitalo	hospital	n
137	lito	bed	n
138	tablo	table	n
139	seĝo	chair, seat	n
140	fenestro	window	n
141	taso	cup	n
142	glaso	glass (a vessel)	n
143	manĝaĵo	food, dish	n
144	teo	tea	n
145	kafo	coffee	n
146	lakto	milk	n
147	pomo	apple	n
148	ovo	egg	n
149	fiŝo	fish	n
150	viando	meat	n
151	legomo	vegetable	n
152	sukero	sugar	n
153	salo	salt	n
154	kuiri	to cook	v
155	ruĝa	red	adj
156	blua	blue	adj
157	verda	green	adj
158	flava	yellow	adj
159	nigra	black	adj
160	blanka	white	adj
161	bruna	brown	adj
162	griza	grey, gray	adj
163	kapo	head	n
164	mano	hand	n
165	piedo	foot	n
166	okulo	eye	n
167	orelo	ear	n
168	buŝo	mouth	n
169	koro	heart	n
170	monato	month	n
171	horo	hour; o'clock	n
172	lundo	Monday	n
173	mardo	Tuesday	n
174	merkredo	Wednesday	n
175	ĵaŭdo	Thursday	n
176	vendredo	Friday	n
177	sabato	Saturday	n
178	dimanĉo	Sunday	n
179	birdo	bird	n
180	ĉevalo	horse	n
181	bovo	ox; cattle, cow	n
182	vesto	garment, piece of clothing, clothes, clothing	n
183	ĉemizo	shirt	n
184	ŝuo	shoe	n
185	suno	sun	n
186	luno	moon	n
187	stelo	star	n
188	ĉielo	sky; heaven	n
189	maro	sea	n
190	monto	mountain	n
191	kampo	field	n
192	vento	wind	n
193	pluvi	to rain	v
194	neĝo	snow	n
195	printempo	spring, springtime	n
196	somero	summer	n
197	aŭtuno	autumn, fall	n
198	vintro	winter	n
199	sana	healthy, well	adj
200	malsana	ill; sick	adj
201	laca	tired, weary, fatigued	adj
202	malsata	hungry	adj
203	ĝoja	happy, glad, joyful, joyous	adj
204	kolera	angry	adj
205	paroli	to speak, talk	v
206	ami	to love	v
207	ludi	to play	v
208	dormi	to sleep	v
209	aĉeti	to buy	v
210	helpi	to help	v
211	kanti	to sing	v
212	lerni	to learn, to study	v
213	vetero	weather	n
214	naĝi	to swim	v
215	promeni	to go for a walk, stroll, to walk	v
216	bonan tagon	good day, hello	phrase
217	bonan matenon	good morning	phrase
218	bonan vesperon	good evening	phrase
219	bonan nokton	good night	phrase
220	mi fartas bone	I am well, I am fine	phrase
221	kaj	and	conj
222	ke	that	conj
223	tiu	that (one)	pron
224	sed	but	conj
225	sia	his, her, its, their (own)	pron
226	tio	that (thing)	pron
227	el	out of, from	prep
228	pli	more	part
229	povi	to be able, can	v
230	per	by means of, through, with	prep
231	diri	to say, tell, state	v
232	ĉiu	each, every; everyone	pron
233	aŭ	or	conj
234	da	of (after a word of quantity: taso da teo)	prep
235	nur	only, just	part
236	ankaŭ	also, too	part
237	alia	other, another; different	adj
238	dum	during; while	prep
239	se	if, provided that	conj
240	ĉi	this, here (marks nearness: tiu ĉi)	part
241	ĉar	because, since	conj
242	si	himself, herself, itself, themselves	pron
243	plej	most	part
244	pro	because of, due to	prep
245	post	after, behind, in	prep
246	fari	to do, make	v
247	ol	than	conj
248	devi	must, to have to	v
249	tiel	so, thus, in that way, like that	adv
250	ĉe	at, by (near)	prep
251	eĉ	even	part
252	jam	already, by now, yet	part
253	inter	among, between	prep
254	lingvo	language, tongue	n
255	lando	country, land	n
256	laŭ	according to; along	prep
257	antaŭ	in front of, before; ago	prep
258	esperanto	Esperanto, the language	n
259	tamen	however, nevertheless	conj
260	tie	there	adv
261	do	so, then, therefore	conj
262	ĝis	till, until, up to, as far as	prep
263	kontraŭ	against; opposite	prep
264	je	at, on, of (the all-purpose preposition)	prep
265	voli	to want	v
266	multa	a lot of, much, numerous, many	adj
267	tia	such, that kind of	adj
268	scii	to know, know how	v
269	unua	first, foremost, premier, primary	adj
270	tute	completely, entirely; (not) at all	adv
271	kelka	some, a few	adj
272	okazi	to happen, take place	v
273	mem	self	pron
274	tuta	whole; entire	adj
275	iu	someone, somebody; some	pron
276	ankoraŭ	still, yet; more	part
277	tiam	then, at that time	adv
278	internacia	international	adj
279	ja	indeed, after all	part
280	mondo	world	n
281	tempo	time; (grammar) tense	n
282	afero	matter; thing; affair	n
283	poste	afterwards, next, subsequently, then	adv
284	ĉio	everything, all	pron
285	iom	a little, somewhat, a bit	adv
286	vorto	word	n
287	vivo	life	n
288	resti	to stay, remain	v
289	eble	maybe, perhaps, possibly	adv
290	fariĝi	to become	v
291	jen	here is, here are; look	part
292	ĉiam	always	adv
293	dio	god	n
294	trovi	to find	v
295	respondi	to answer, reply	v
296	ricevi	to receive; to get	v
297	aperi	to appear, to show up	v
298	plu	further, any more	part
299	parto	part; share	n
300	io	anything, something	pron
301	prezidanto	president; chair	n
302	politika	political	adj
303	tuj	immediately, at once	adv
304	ekzisti	to exist	v
305	sama	same	adj
306	rigardi	to look at, watch; to regard	v
307	popolo	people, nation	n
308	grava	important, serious	adj
309	registaro	government	n
310	kvazaŭ	as if, as though	conj
311	fine	finally, at last	adv
312	ŝtato	state	n
313	kies	whose	pron
314	demandi	to ask	v
315	sinjoro	Mr.; sir; gentleman	n
316	preskaŭ	almost, nearly	adv
317	montri	to show, point out	v
318	lasta	last, final	adj
319	kompreni	to understand	v
320	ŝajni	to seem, appear	v
321	kvankam	although, though	conj
322	komenci	to begin, start	v
323	laboro	work, job, labour	n
324	loko	place, spot	n
325	same	equally, likewise	adv
326	usona	American	adj
327	pensi	to think	v
328	esperantisto	Esperantist	n
329	diversa	various, different	adj
330	troviĝi	to be found, be located, find oneself	v
331	tro	too (much, many)	part
332	tra	through	prep
333	uzi	to use	v
334	propra	own; proper	adj
335	dua	second (order)	adj
336	partio	party (political); game (of chess, cards)	n
337	tiom	so much, so many	adv
338	malpli	less, fewer	adv
339	ekzemple	for example	adv
340	vere	really, truly	adv
341	franca	French	adj
342	milito	war	n
343	certe	certainly, surely	adv
344	ideo	idea	n
345	nacia	national	adj
346	kia	what kind of; what a	adj
347	demando	question	n
348	tial	therefore; for that reason	adv
349	vojo	way, road, path, route	n
350	sola	alone, only, sole	adj
351	persono	person	n
352	ekde	since, (starting) from	prep
353	problemo	problem, trouble	n
354	celo	goal, aim, purpose, target, objective	n
355	reĝo	king	n
356	ajn	-ever (iu ajn = anyone at all)	part
357	grupo	group	n
358	kredi	to believe	v
359	socia	social	adj
360	prezenti	to present; to introduce	v
361	temi	to be about	v
362	momento	moment	n
363	kongreso	conference, congress, convention	n
364	ekonomia	economic	adj
365	antaŭe	before, previously, earlier, beforehand	adv
366	aŭdi	to hear	v
367	membro	member	n
368	senti	to feel	v
369	vivi	to live, be alive	v
370	atingi	to reach; to attain, to achieve	v
371	plura	several (pluraj)	adj
372	voĉo	voice; vote	n
373	tero	earth, ground, soil; land	n
374	alta	high, tall	adj
375	longa	long	adj
376	stari	to stand	v
377	movado	movement	n
378	historio	history; story	n
379	politiko	politics; policy	n
380	akcepti	to accept	v
381	miliono	million	num
382	ia	some kind of, some sort of	adj
383	nu	well (then), so	interj
384	ĉirkaŭ	around; about (roughly), approximately	prep
385	rajto	right (to something)	n
386	verko	work (literary or artistic)	n
387	denove	again	adv
388	ĉefa	main, chief	adj
389	publika	public	adj
390	bezoni	to need	v
391	sufiĉe	enough; quite, rather	adv
392	vizaĝo	face	n
393	ĝuste	exactly; correctly, precisely, just	adv
394	peti	to ask (for), request	v
395	deziri	to wish, desire, to want	v
396	sekvi	to follow	v
397	sukcesi	to succeed	v
398	atendi	to wait (for); to expect	v
399	projekto	project; plan, draft	n
400	temo	topic, subject, theme	n
401	reveni	to come back, return	v
402	ambaŭ	both	pron
403	koni	to know (be acquainted with), to be familiar with	v
404	ĝenerala	general	adj
405	partopreni	to take part, participate	v
406	artikolo	article	n
407	decidi	to decide	v
408	rilato	relationship, relation	n
409	angla	English	adj
410	asocio	association	n
411	necesi	to be necessary, be needed	v
412	vera	true, real	adj
413	dek	ten	num
414	forto	strength, force, power	n
415	situacio	situation	n
416	meti	to put, place	v
417	regiono	region, area	n
418	apud	beside, next to, near	prep
419	precipe	especially, mainly, particularly	adv
420	agado	activity, action	n
421	lasi	to let, leave, to allow	v
422	super	above, over	prep
423	provi	to try, attempt	v
424	samtempe	at the same time, simultaneously	adv
425	homa	human	adj
426	klarigi	to explain	v
427	sistemo	system	n
428	nombro	number	n
429	lingva	linguistic	adj
430	iam	at some time, ever; once, sometime, someday	adv
431	almenaŭ	at least	adv
432	programo	programme, program	n
433	krom	apart from, besides; except	prep
434	eniri	to enter, go in, to come in	v
435	kune	together	adv
436	leĝo	law	n
437	morti	to die	v
438	ebli	to be possible	v
439	formo	form, shape	n
440	ties	that one's, the latter's	pron
441	rakonti	to tell (a story), narrate	v
442	bildo	picture, image	n
443	sendi	to send	v
444	nomi	to name, call	v
445	unio	union	n
446	plena	full, complete	adj
447	eŭro	euro	n
448	postuli	to demand, require, to insist on	v
449	loka	local	adj
450	jarcento	century	n
451	entrepreno	enterprise, business; undertaking	n
452	kulturo	culture	n
453	socio	society	n
454	nuna	current, present	adj
455	edzino	wife	n
456	fino	end, ending, conclusion	n
457	forta	strong	adj
458	signifi	to mean, signify	v
459	mil	thousand, one thousand	num
460	sidi	to sit, be sitting	v
461	fojo	time, occasion	n
462	ebligi	to enable, render possible	v
463	monda	world (adj.), worldwide	adj
464	cetere	besides, moreover; otherwise, anyway	adv
465	efektive	actually, in fact	adv
466	malgraŭ	despite, in spite of	prep
467	unue	first, firstly	adv
468	kompreneble	of course, naturally	adv
469	morto	death	n
470	nacio	nation	n
471	komuna	common, shared, joint	adj
472	fakto	fact	n
473	revuo	magazine, journal	n
474	krei	to create, to make	v
475	eliri	to go out, come out, exit	v
476	fakte	actually, as a matter of fact, indeed, in fact	adv
477	longe	for a long time, long	adv
478	servo	service	n
479	proponi	to propose, suggest, offer	v
480	junulo	young person, youth, young man	n
481	subite	suddenly	adv
482	potenco	power, might	n
483	aŭtoro	author	n
484	informo	(piece of) information	n
485	francio	France	n
486	baldaŭ	soon	adv
487	aparte	separately, apart; especially	adv
488	opinio	opinion, view	n
489	aŭskulti	to listen (to)	v
490	rimedo	means, resource	n
491	forlasi	to leave, abandon	v
492	opinii	to think, be of the opinion, to reckon	v
493	elekto	choice; election	n
494	letero	letter	n
495	certa	certain, sure	adj
496	pastro	priest, pastor	n
497	fali	to fall	v
498	krome	besides, in addition	adv
499	loĝantaro	population	n
500	konata	(well) known, familiar	adj
501	ĉina	Chinese	adj
502	timi	to fear, be afraid of	v
503	simila	similar, alike	adj
504	ĉefe	chiefly, mainly, mostly	adv
505	organizaĵo	organization	n
506	penso	thought	n
507	serĉi	to search; to look for	v
508	armeo	army	n
509	intereso	interest	n
510	ekonomio	economics, economy	n
511	universitato	university	n
512	rolo	role, part	n
513	rezulto	result, outcome	n
514	verŝajne	probably, likely	adv
515	konduki	to lead, guide, to conduct	v
516	des	the (more)	conj
517	kultura	cultural	adj
518	okazo	occasion, event, opportunity, chance	n
519	maniero	way, manner	n
520	perdi	to lose	v
521	daŭrigi	to continue (something), to carry on, to keep on	v
522	decido	decision	n
523	elekti	to choose, elect	v
524	flanko	side	n
525	teksto	text; lyrics	n
526	rusa	Russian	adj
527	apenaŭ	hardly, barely, scarcely	adv
528	pagi	to pay	v
529	anstataŭ	instead of	prep
530	sento	feeling	n
531	financa	financial	adj
532	ĉia	every kind of, all kinds of	adj
533	manki	to be missing, be lacking	v
534	permesi	to allow, permit	v
535	rimarki	to note, notice, observe, remark	v
536	viziti	to visit	v
537	dolaro	dollar	n
538	porti	to carry; to wear	v
539	konsideri	to consider	v
540	gazeto	newspaper; magazine	n
541	kuŝi	to lie (be lying down)	v
542	helpo	help	n
543	tria	third	adj
544	sinjorino	Mrs.; madam; lady, Ms	n
545	oficiala	official	adj
546	krizo	crisis	n
547	raporto	report	n
548	regi	to rule, govern	v
549	simpla	simple	adj
550	sankta	holy, sacred; saint	adj
551	eta	tiny, little, small	adj
552	daŭre	constantly, continually, continuously	adv
553	batalo	battle, fight; struggle	n
554	gvidanto	leader (person)	n
555	memori	to recall, recollect, remember	v
556	kurso	course, class	n
557	farita	done, made	adj
558	kreski	to grow, to increase	v
559	interna	inner, internal	adj
560	amo	affection, love	n
561	laboristo	worker, labourer	n
562	aserti	to claim, assert	v
563	agi	to act, move, take action, do	v
564	banko	bank	n
565	komunumo	commune, community	n
566	animo	soul, spirit	n
567	starigi	to set up, erect, to establish	v
568	forgesi	to forget	v
569	okcidenta	western	adj
570	foriri	to leave, go away, to depart	v
571	loĝanto	inhabitant, resident	n
572	sekve	consequently, so, as a result	adv
573	pasi	to pass, to go by	v
574	aparteni	to belong to	v
575	libera	free	adj
576	respondo	answer, reply, response	n
577	ĵus	just (now), a moment ago, just now	adv
578	leviĝi	to rise, get up	v
579	alporti	to bring, fetch, convey	v
580	rilate	as regards, concerning, regarding	adv
581	tasko	job, task	n
582	for	away, off	part
583	iĝi	to become, get, grow	v
584	celi	to aim (at), intend	v
585	nepre	definitely, without fail, necessarily	adv
586	korpo	body	n
587	valoro	value, worth	n
588	fare	by (fare de = by)	adv
589	miliardo	billion (10^9)	num
590	foje	on occasion, sometimes	adv
591	paco	peace	n
592	esprimi	to express, state	v
593	centra	central	adj
594	antaŭa	previous, former	adj
595	moderna	modern	adj
596	universala	universal	adj
597	alveni	to arrive	v
598	rajti	to have the right to, be entitled to	v
599	turni	to turn	v
600	akiri	to acquire, obtain, get	v
601	ŝanĝi	to change	v
602	plenumi	to fulfil; to carry out, to accomplish, to perform	v
603	klare	clearly, plainly	adv
604	malfermi	to open (up), unbar	v
605	mortigi	to kill	v
606	organizo	organization	n
607	simple	simply, plainly	adv
608	levi	to lift, raise	v
609	fama	famous, well-known	adj
610	aldoni	to add	v
611	plia	additional, one more, further, extra, another	adj
612	prezo	price, cost	n
613	komisiono	commission	n
614	muro	wall	n
615	publiko	public	n
616	kaŭzi	to cause	v
617	forte	strongly; hard	adv
618	parolado	speech, talk	n
619	aparta	separate, particular, special	adj
620	espero	hope	n
621	edzo	husband	n
622	vero	truth	n
623	teni	to hold, keep	v
624	ŝipo	ship	n
625	foto	photo, photograph, picture	n
626	nivelo	level	n
627	interesa	interesting	adj
628	centro	centre, center	n
629	komenco	beginning, start	n
630	kapti	to catch, capture	v
631	sufiĉi	to suffice, be enough	v
632	kara	dear; expensive	adj
633	subteni	to support, to back	v
634	esperi	to hope	v
635	privata	private	adj
636	malaperi	to disappear, to vanish	v
637	soldato	soldier	n
638	nome	namely, that is	adv
639	periodo	period	n
640	paĝo	page	n
641	nenia	no kind of, no … at all	adj
642	solvo	solution	n
643	komence	at first, at the beginning, initially	adv
644	stranga	strange, odd	adj
645	ordoni	to order, command	v
646	ĝenerale	generally, in general	adv
647	principo	principle	n
648	plimulto	majority	n
649	hejme	at home	adv
650	kanto	song	n
651	konstrui	to build	v
652	rifuzi	to refuse	v
653	ministro	minister (in government)	n
654	propono	proposal; offer, suggestion	n
655	riĉa	rich, wealthy	adj
656	ĵeti	to throw	v
657	maljuna	old (of age), elderly, aged	adj
658	montriĝi	to turn out (to be)	v
659	renkonti	to meet, to encounter, to run into	v
660	demokratio	democracy	n
661	reĝimo	regime	n
662	deklari	to declare	v
663	dudek	twenty	num
664	daŭri	to last, continue, go on	v
665	eksterlanda	foreign	adj
666	rekte	directly, straight	adv
667	supre	above, upstairs, at the top	adv
668	ekster	outside (of)	prep
669	aŭgusto	August	n
670	necesa	necessary	adj
671	interkonsento	agreement	n
672	naskiĝi	to arise, be born	v
673	traduko	translation	n
674	spirito	spirit, mind	n
675	manko	lack, shortage	n
676	eviti	to avoid	v
677	leganto	reader	n
678	ŝtata	state (adj.), public	adj
679	posedi	to own, possess	v
680	reto	net, network; the web, internet	n
681	servi	to serve	v
682	kunveno	meeting, gathering	n
683	ĉesi	to stop; to cease	v
684	civitano	citizen	n
685	funkcii	to work, function, run	v
686	verki	to write (a work), compose	v
687	ŝanĝo	change	n
688	salajro	salary, wage, pay	n
689	sukceso	success	n
690	konflikto	conflict	n
691	scienco	science	n
692	princo	prince	n
693	ekstera	outer, external	adj
694	institucio	institution	n
695	komenciĝi	to begin, start (itself)	v
696	ĝui	to enjoy	v
697	sperto	experience	n
698	popola	popular, folk (of the people)	adj
699	sociala	social (welfare)	adj
700	ekzemplo	example	n
701	brako	arm	n
702	ekkrii	to cry out, exclaim	v
703	rigardo	look, glance, gaze	n
704	oficejo	office	n
705	malfacile	with difficulty; hardly	adv
706	estraro	board (of management), committee	n
707	imagi	to imagine	v
708	komitato	committee	n
709	besto	animal, beast	n
710	konferenco	conference	n
711	kapabli	to be able (to), be capable	v
712	rakonto	story, tale	n
713	japana	Japanese	adj
714	instrui	to teach	v
715	direktoro	director, manager	n
716	evento	event	n
717	konsisti	to consist	v
718	brita	British	adj
719	ago	act, action, deed	n
720	grandega	huge, enormous	adj
721	duono	half	n
722	limo	limit; border, boundary	n
723	respubliko	republic	n
724	gajni	to win, gain, earn	v
725	parlamento	parliament	n
726	scienca	scientific	adj
727	kondiĉo	condition	n
728	paŝo	step	n
729	deziro	wish, desire	n
730	sendube	no doubt, undoubtedly	adv
731	kazo	case	n
732	ondo	wave	n
733	lumo	light	n
734	teritorio	territory	n
735	konstati	to note, establish (a fact), to ascertain	v
736	tradicia	traditional	adj
737	konservi	to keep, preserve, save	v
738	suferi	to suffer	v
739	evoluo	development, evolution	n
740	igi	to make, cause to (become)	v
741	plano	plan	n
742	speciala	special	adj
743	ŝajne	apparently, seemingly	adv
744	finfine	finally, at last, after all	adv
745	unuiĝinta	united	adj
746	tutmonda	global, worldwide	adj
747	kutime	usually, normally	adv
748	timo	fear	n
749	konsenti	to agree	v
750	malamiko	enemy	n
751	kresko	growth	n
752	aranĝo	arrangement	n
753	organizi	to organize	v
754	anonci	to announce	v
755	kaŝi	to hide, to conceal	v
756	krii	to shout, cry out, scream, to yell	v
757	komerca	commercial	adj
758	terura	terrible	adj
759	amaso	crowd, mass, pile, heap, lot	n
760	kontribui	to contribute	v
761	ege	extremely, very	adv
762	klaso	class	n
763	proksima	near, close, nearby	adj
764	aspekti	to look, appear (seem), to seem	v
765	vasta	wide, vast	adj
766	revolucio	revolution	n
767	senco	sense, meaning	n
768	literaturo	literature	n
769	produkto	product	n
770	okupi	to occupy	v
771	religia	religious	adj
772	profunda	deep, profound	adj
773	dokumento	document	n
774	minuto	minute	n
775	ligo	link, connection; league	n
776	meze	in the middle	adv
777	natura	natural	adj
778	pozicio	position	n
779	religio	religion	n
780	kaŭzo	cause	n
781	kialo	reason, motive	n
782	intenci	to intend, to mean to, to plan	v
783	dirante	(while) saying	adv
784	historia	historical	adj
785	kandidato	candidate	n
786	reprezentanto	representative	n
787	esprimo	expression	n
788	gravi	to matter, be important	v
789	okaze	on occasion, occasionally	adv
790	objekto	object	n
791	romano	novel; Roman	n
792	aspekto	appearance, look	n
793	vidpunkto	point of view, viewpoint	n
794	enhavi	to contain, to hold, to include	v
795	malhelpi	to hinder, prevent, to obstruct	v
796	cent	hundred, one hundred	num
797	ludo	game	n
798	vojaĝo	journey, trip, voyage, travel	n
799	ordo	order	n
800	savi	to save, rescue	v
801	kontakto	contact	n
802	aliflanke	on the other hand, on the other side	adv
803	fajro	fire	n
804	subteno	support	n
805	bazo	base, basis	n
806	muziko	music	n
807	ĵurnalisto	journalist	n
808	fremda	foreign, strange, unfamiliar	adj
809	sperti	to experience	v
810	libereco	freedom, liberty	n
811	vortaro	dictionary	n
812	aliĝi	to join, sign up	v
813	plene	completely, fully	adv
814	ĉefo	boss, chief, head	n
815	ĉefurbo	capital (city)	n
816	male	on the contrary, conversely	adv
817	frazo	sentence (grammar)	n
818	renkontiĝo	meeting, gathering, encounter	n
819	efiko	effect	n
820	ligita	tied, connected	adj
821	komerco	trade, commerce	n
822	titolo	title	n
823	stato	state, condition	n
824	esperantista	Esperanto (adj.), of Esperantists	adj
825	kelkfoje	sometimes, occasionally	adv
826	arbaro	forest, woods	n
827	preferi	to prefer, like best	v
828	epoko	era, epoch	n
829	islama	Islamic	adj
830	plaĉi	to please, appeal to	v
831	modelo	model	n
832	traktato	treaty	n
833	feliĉa	happy; lucky	adj
834	regulo	rule	n
835	societo	society, club, association	n
836	sklavo	slave	n
837	entute	in all, altogether, in total, overall	adv
838	insulo	island	n
839	evidente	obviously, evidently, clearly	adv
840	numero	number (of an item, issue, house)	n
841	povo	power, ability	n
842	defendi	to defend	v
843	signo	sign, mark	n
844	prelego	lecture, talk	n
845	ĝojo	joy	n
846	araba	Arab, Arabic	adj
847	elektita	elected	adj
848	ĉeesti	to be present, attend	v
849	armilo	weapon	n
850	sango	blood	n
851	itala	Italian	adj
852	zorgi	to take care (of); to worry, to look after, to care for	v
853	fraŭlino	Miss; young (unmarried) woman	n
854	sekureco	safety, security	n
855	demokratia	democratic	adj
856	medio	environment; medium, surroundings	n
857	ekscii	to find out, learn, to discover	v
858	proksimume	about, approximately	adv
859	instruado	teaching, education	n
860	afrika	African	adj
861	kapablo	ability	n
862	mallonga	short, brief	adj
863	viktimo	victim	n
864	ree	again, once more	adv
865	punkto	point; full stop, dot, period	n
866	orienta	eastern	adj
867	naturo	nature	n
868	venonta	coming, next, upcoming	adj
869	ĉefministro	premier, prime minister	n
870	gvidi	to guide, lead	v
871	atento	attention	n
872	rivero	river	n
873	ĉie	everywhere	adv
874	gepatro	parent	n
875	nuntempe	nowadays, currently, these days	adv
876	halti	to stop, halt	v
877	sektoro	sector	n
878	finiĝi	to end, come to an end, to finish	v
879	preta	ready	adj
880	gasto	guest	n
881	malalta	low	adj
882	bezono	need	n
883	filmo	film, movie	n
884	frue	early	adv
885	fonto	source; spring	n
886	jardeko	decade	n
887	rekoni	to recognise, recognize	v
888	bedaŭrinde	unfortunately, sadly, regrettably	adv
889	diferenco	difference	n
890	estro	head, chief, leader, boss	n
891	malsano	illness, disease, sickness	n
892	koncepto	concept, idea	n
893	promesi	to promise	v
894	forigi	to remove, get rid of, to delete, to eliminate	v
895	postulo	demand, requirement	n
896	regiona	regional	adj
897	vendi	to sell	v
898	loĝejo	flat, apartment; dwelling, residence	n
899	sekretario	secretary	n
900	cetera	remaining, the rest of, other	adj
901	mencii	to mention	v
902	klara	clear, plain, obvious	adj
903	radio	radio; ray; radius	n
904	volo	will, willpower	n
905	ĉiutage	daily, every day	adv
906	estonteco	future	n
907	influo	influence	n
908	milo	(a) thousand	n
909	diskuto	discussion	n
910	ĝusta	correct, right, exact	adj
911	potenca	powerful	adj
912	ebleco	possibility, opportunity, chance	n
913	debato	debate	n
914	malriĉa	poor	adj
915	malmulte	little, not much	adv
916	studento	student (university)	n
917	po	at … each, per, each	prep
918	polico	police	n
919	trafi	to hit (a target); to catch (a train)	v
920	sorto	fate, destiny	n
921	malmulta	little, not much	adj
922	danĝero	danger	n
923	edukado	upbringing, education	n
924	ora	golden, gold	adj
925	instigi	to encourage, urge	v
926	pola	Polish	adj
927	firmao	company, firm	n
928	listo	list	n
929	pere	through, by means of	adv
930	templo	temple	n
931	ebla	possible	adj
932	veturi	to travel (by vehicle), ride, to drive	v
933	fini	to finish, end	v
934	poemo	poem	n
935	spaco	space	n
936	pasinta	past, last, previous	adj
937	premio	prize, award	n
938	reformo	reform	n
939	adreso	address	n
940	kompanio	company, firm	n
941	vizito	visit	n
942	kuri	to run	v
943	junulara	youth (adj.)	adj
944	partoprenanto	participant	n
945	verkisto	writer, author	n
946	ordono	order, command	n
947	venki	to win, defeat, overcome, to beat, to conquer	v
948	certigi	to assure, make sure, to ensure	v
949	kosto	cost, price	n
950	danke	thanks	adv
951	iel	somehow	adv
952	iama	former, one-time	adj
953	aero	air	n
954	urba	urban, city (adj.)	adj
955	taksi	to estimate, assess, rate, to evaluate, to value	v
956	enspezo	income, revenue, earnings	n
957	atenti	to pay attention (to), watch out for	v
958	donaco	gift, present	n
959	kapitalo	capital (money)	n
960	eksa	former, ex-	adj
961	tuŝi	to touch	v
962	interreto	internet	n
963	karaktero	character, personality	n
964	hispana	Spanish	adj
965	krimo	crime	n
966	milita	military, war (adj.)	adj
967	persona	personal	adj
968	arto	art	n
969	taŭga	suitable, appropriate, fit	adj
970	speco	kind, sort; species, type	n
971	ene	inside, within	adv
972	simili	to resemble, be similar, to look like	v
973	interalie	among other things	adv
974	profiti	to profit, take advantage, to benefit	v
975	pruvi	to prove	v
976	scio	knowledge	n
977	reala	real, actual	adj
978	energio	energy	n
979	malkovri	to discover	v
980	risko	risk	n
981	malproksime	far (away)	adv
982	generacio	generation	n
983	konstruaĵo	building	n
984	supozi	to suppose, assume, to presume, to guess	v
985	plezuro	pleasure; fun, enjoyment, delight	n
986	devigi	to force, oblige, to compel	v
987	malsupre	below, downstairs	adv
988	profesoro	professor	n
989	ŝanĝiĝi	to change (itself)	v
990	batali	to fight, to battle, to struggle	v
991	regno	kingdom, state, realm	n
992	venko	victory	n
993	malsama	different	adj
994	uzo	use	n
995	oficisto	official, office worker, clerk, civil servant	n
996	ŝtono	stone, rock	n
997	homaro	humanity, mankind, humankind	n
998	iomete	a little, a bit	adv
999	atako	attack	n
1000	proksime	near, nearby, close	adv

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