{"id":143661,"date":"2024-01-17T18:47:37","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T23:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/learn\/spanish-adverbs\/"},"modified":"2025-01-30T08:19:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T13:19:56","slug":"spanish-adverbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/spanish\/spanish-adverbs\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Most Important Spanish Adverbs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spanish adverbs aren’t too difficult to understand, especially if you already know a bit about Spanish adjectives<\/a>.\u00a0Adverbs are words that describe verbs, adjectives or other adverbs. For example, in the sentence “She walked very slowly past the house,” both “very” and “slowly” are adverbs.<\/p>\n

Learning about adverbs will let you understand more details and descriptions in Spanish sentences<\/a>, and also help you communicate with more nuance in your own Spanish speech and writing.
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What Are Adverbs?<\/h2>\n

Adverbs are\u00a0the words that are used to modify other words<\/strong> in a sentence, usually verbs<\/strong> (action words), adjectives<\/strong> (descriptive words) and sometimes other adverbs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In Spanish, just like in English, there are dozens of adverbs that come in a variety of categories. An adverb can be used to define the frequency, speed, style, intensity or perspective of something. Adverbs also let you describe where something is or the direction it’s moving in.<\/p>\n

Many of these adverbs are formed in a similar pattern to words you probably already know, which will make them fairly easy to recognize.<\/p>\n

How to Create Adverbs in Spanish<\/h2>\n

In English, adverbs are often created by adding “-ly” to an adjective. In Spanish, adverbs are created by adding “-mente<\/em>“<\/strong> to the feminine form of the adjective.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here are a few examples:<\/p>\n

\u2022 accidentalmente<\/em><\/strong> (accidentally)
\n\u2022 hermosamente<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(beautifully)
\n\u2022 constantemente<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(constantly)<\/p>\n

Remember that not all adjectives have an exclusively feminine form, so sometimes they will just remain as they are. For example, claro <\/em>(clear) will change to clara <\/em>but alegre <\/em>(happy) will not have to change:<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/em> claramente<\/em><\/strong> (clearly)
\n\u2022 alegremente<\/em><\/strong> (happily)<\/p>\n

As in English, this can’t be done with every adjective in Spanish, but it will work with a substantial portion of them. While some adverbs are not in this format, these are usually such common words that you’ll pick them up quickly.<\/p>\n

100 of the Most Common Adverbs in Spanish<\/h2>\n

There are quite a few reasons you’ll need adverbs in a sentence, so there are many different categories that they fall under.<\/p>\n

Here are some adverbs that will help you describe the place, frequency, manner, degree and time of an occurrence.<\/p>\n

While you can find more outside of these categories, this list includes many of the most frequently used adverbs that you may encounter in almost every sentence in Spanish!<\/p>\n

Adverbs of place<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Adverb<\/th>Meaning <\/th>Example<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
aqu\u00ed<\/i><\/b> <\/a>\n <\/td>here<\/td> Mi novia est\u00e1 aqu\u00ed<\/b>.<\/i> <\/a>\n (My girlfriend is here.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
all\u00ed<\/i><\/b> <\/a>\n <\/td>there<\/td> Siempre dejo mis gafas all\u00ed<\/b>.<\/i> <\/a>\n (I always leave my glasses there.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
en alg\u00fan lugar<\/i><\/b> <\/a>\n <\/td>somewhere<\/td> Recuerda que en alg\u00fan lugar<\/b> del mundo hay alguien que te piensa.<\/i> <\/a>\n (Remember that somewhere in the world there's someone who thinks about you.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
en ninguna parte<\/i><\/b> <\/a>\n <\/td>nowhere<\/td> Ya no venden esta sopa en ninguna parte<\/b>.<\/i> <\/a>\n (They don't sell this soup anywhere anymore.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
en todas partes<\/i><\/b> <\/a>\n <\/td>everywhere<\/td> El amor est\u00e1 en todas partes<\/b>, solo necesitas saber d\u00f3nde buscar.<\/i> <\/a>\n (Love is everywhere; you just need to know where to look.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
cerca<\/i><\/b> <\/a>\n <\/td>close, around<\/td> \u00bfSabe si hay un banco por aqu\u00ed cerca<\/b>?<\/i> <\/a>\n (Do you know if there's a bank nearby?)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
lejos<\/i><\/b> <\/a>\n <\/td>far<\/td> No me gusta viajar lejos<\/b> de casa.<\/i> <\/a>\n (I don't like traveling far from home.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
arriba<\/i><\/b> <\/a>\n <\/td>up<\/td> Melissa est\u00e1 arriba<\/b> en su cuarto.<\/i> <\/a>\n (Melissa is upstairs in her bedroom.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
abajo<\/i><\/b> <\/a>\n <\/td>down<\/td> Espera abajo<\/b> mientras termino de vestirme.<\/i> <\/a>\n (Wait downstairs while I finish getting dressed.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
enfrente<\/i><\/b> <\/a>\n <\/td>in front<\/td> El teatro est\u00e1 enfrente<\/b> de la tienda de juguetes.<\/i> <\/a>\n (The theater is in front of the toy store.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
detr\u00e1s<\/i><\/b> <\/a>\n <\/td>behind<\/td> \u00bfQuieres saber qu\u00e9 hay detr\u00e1s<\/b> de la cortina?<\/i> <\/a>\n (Do you want to know what's behind the curtain?)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
alrededor<\/i><\/b> <\/a>\n <\/td>around<\/td> Me encantar\u00eda hacer un crucero alrededor<\/b> del mundo.<\/i> <\/a>\n (I'd love to take a cruise around the world.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

Adverbs of frequency<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Adverb<\/th>Meaning <\/th>Example<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
siempre<\/i><\/b> <\/a>\n <\/td>always<\/td> Mar\u00eda siempre<\/b> llega tarde los lunes.<\/i> <\/a>\n (Mar\u00eda is always late on Mondays.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
nunca<\/i><\/b> <\/a>\n <\/td>never<\/td> Nunca<\/b> en mi vida hab\u00eda visto un edificio tan enorme.<\/i> <\/a>\n (Never in my life had I seen such a huge building.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
a veces<\/i><\/b> <\/a>\n <\/td>sometimes<\/td> A veces<\/b> pienso que nunca comprar\u00e9 el carro de mis sue\u00f1os.<\/i> <\/a>\n (Sometimes I think I'll never buy the car of my dreams.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
usualmente<\/i><\/b> <\/a>\n <\/td>usually <\/td> Usualmente<\/b> comemos en ese restaurante, pero hoy hemos decidido cocinar.<\/i> <\/a>\n (We usually eat in that restaurant, but we've decided to cook today.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
rara vez<\/i><\/b> <\/a>\n <\/td>rarely<\/td> Rara vez<\/b> escucho m\u00fasica, pero cuando lo hago, siempre es pop.<\/i> <\/a>\n (I rarely listen to music, but when I do, it's always pop.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
a menudo<\/i><\/b> <\/a>\n <\/td>often<\/td> Juan y yo nos encontramos a menudo<\/b> porque vivimos en el mismo pueblito.<\/i> <\/a>\n (Juan and I meet often because we live in the same small town.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
constantemente<\/i><\/b> <\/a>\n <\/td>constantly<\/td> No tienes que estar enojado constantemente<\/b>.<\/i> <\/a>\n (You don't have to be angry constantly.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
diariamente<\/i><\/b> <\/a>\n <\/td>daily<\/td> Luisa entrena diariamente<\/b>, incluso si est\u00e1 enferma.<\/i> <\/a>\n (Luisa works out daily, even if she's sick.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
semanalmente<\/i><\/b> <\/a>\n <\/td>weekly<\/td> Veo esta serie semanalmente<\/b>, \u00bfy t\u00fa?<\/i> <\/a>\n (I watch this series weekly. What about you?)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
mensualmente<\/i><\/b> <\/a>\n <\/td>monthly<\/td> \u00bfEs cierto que debemos pagar la subscripci\u00f3n mensualmente<\/b>?<\/i> <\/a>\n (Is it true that we have to pay the subscription monthly?)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
anualmente<\/i><\/b> <\/a>\n <\/td>annually<\/td> El festival se celebra anualmente<\/b> cerca de la laguna.<\/i> <\/a>\n (The festival is held annually near the lagoon.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

To learn more Spanish adverbs of frequency, check out this post:<\/p>\n

30 Common Spanish Adverbs of Frequency<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n