By Blair Mastbaum Last updated: October 13, 2023

325+ Key Spanish Words That Start with C (with Audio)

Use your cabeza (head) and dive into Spanish words that start with C.

This one’s a little confusing, because the letter C in Spanish has three distinct pronunciations. There’s a soft C, a hard C and the CH sound.

• The soft C sounds like S in English, in words like cerdo (pig) and cebolla (onion).
• The hard C sounds like K in English, such as in the words calle (street) and caja (box).
• The CH combination sounds the same as in English, like in the words chocolate (chocolate) and chimenea (fireplace). (To see our complete post about Spanish words that start with CH, check out this post.)

So enough with the pronunciation tips. Let’s get onto the list of Spanish C words.

Contents

• Spanish Nouns That Start with C
• Spanish Verbs That Start with C
• Spanish Adjectives That Start with C
• Spanish Adverbs That Start with C
• Spanish C Words Quiz: Test Yourself!

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Spanish Nouns That Start with C

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Spanish Verbs That Start with C

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Spanish Adjectives That Start with C

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Spanish Adverbs That Start with C

To learn more about how Spanish adverbs work, see this post:

Spanish C Words Quiz: Test Yourself!

I hope your cabeza (head) doesn’t ache, because that’s it. We’ve covered the C words for Spanish nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. Go out and use some today—just don’t call anyone a cabra (goat)!