Spanish Words That Start With P | List & Examples

There are many words that start with P in Spanish. Some may be familiar to English speakers (e.g., “padre,” “parque,” and “perro”), but others won’t be.

Below, you’ll find lists of some adjectives, nouns, verbs, and other words that start with P in Spanish.

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Spanish adjectives that start with P

Some Spanish adjectives that start with P are:

• Pachucho: weak; feeble
• Paciente: patient
• Pacífico: peaceful
• Pagadero: payable
• Pakistaní: Pakistani
• Palestino: Palestinian
• Paliativo: palliative
• Palpable: palpable; tangible
• Paluano: Palauan (of/from Palau)
• Palurdo: coarse; unrefined
• Panameño: Panamanian
• Pantanoso: marshy
• Panzón: paunchy; pot-bellied
• Papú: Papuan (of/from Papua New Guinea)
• Parado: unemployed; out of work
• Paradójico: paradoxical
• Paraguayo: Paraguayan
• Paralelo: parallel
  
• Paranormal: paranormal
• Parcial: partial; biased
• Parco: frugal, terse
• Pardo: brownish-gray; dull; dreary
• Parecido: similar
• Parlante: talking
• Pasivo: passive
• Pasmoso: astonishing; amazing
• Pastelero: related to pastries
• Patán: uncouth; boorish
• Paterno: paternal
• Patético: pathetic
• Pazguato: prudish; modest
• Pecoso: freckly
• Pedante: pretentious; conceited
• Pedorro: gassy
• Pedregoso: rocky
  
• Pegajoso: sticky
  
• Pelado: bare; bald
• Peligroso: dangerous
• Peludo: hairy
• Penoso: shy; pitiful
• Pensativo: pensive; thoughtful
• Penúltimo: penultimate (second-to-last)
• Peor: worse
  
• Pequeño: small
  
• Perfecto: perfect
• Persa: Persian; Iranian
• Perspicaz: sharp; insightful; perceptive
• Pertinaz: obstinate; persistent
• Pertinente: pertinent; relevant
• Peruano: Peruvian
• Pesado: heavy; annoying
• Pesaroso: gloomy; sad
• Pésimo: awful; disastrous
• Petulante: arrogant
• Piadoso: merciful; compassionate
• Picante: spicy
• Pícaro: mischievous; cunning; sly
• Pintoresco: picturesque
• Placentero: pleasant; delightful
• Plano: flat
• Plegable: folding
  
• Pleno: full
• Polaco: Polish
• Popular: popular
  
• Portugués: Portuguese
• Positivo: positive
  
• Potente: powerful
• Puertorriqueño: Puerto Rican
• Principal: main; principal
• Privado: private
• Probable: probable
• Productivo: productive
• Profundo: deep
• Prudente: prudent; wise
  
• Próximo: next
• Público: public
• Puntual: punctual

Spanish nouns that start with P

These are some Spanish nouns that start with P. When nouns refer to people, they sometimes change grammatical gender (see the nouns marked with the “/a” ending).

• Paciencia: patience
• Padre: father; priest
• Página: page
• País: country
• Paisaje: landscape
• Pájaro: bird
• Pakistán: Pakistan
• Pakistaní: Pakistani (person)
• Palabra: word
• Palaos: Palau
• Palauano/a: Palauan (person)
  
• Palestina: Palestine
• Palestino/a: Palestinian (person)
  
• Palillo: toothpick
• Palma: palm (tree or hand)
• Pan: bread
• Panamá: Panama
• Panameño/a: Panamanian (person)
• Pancarta: banner; placard
• Pantalla: screen
• Pantalón: pants
  
• Papel: paper; role
• Papelera: trash bin
• Papel higiénico: toilet paper
• Parada: stop (e.g., bus stop)
• Paraguas: umbrella
  
• Paraguay: Paraguay
• Paraguayo/a: Paraguayan (person)
  
• Paramédico/a: paramedic
• Pared: wall
• Parque: park
• Pasaporte: passport
• Paseo: walk; stroll; promenade
• Pasillo: hallway; corridor
  
• Pasión: passion
• Pastel: cake
• Pastor: shepherd; pastor
• Paz: peace
• Película: movie; film
• Peligro: danger
• Pelota: ball
• Pena: sorrow; pity; punishment
• Pensamiento: thought
• Perdón: forgiveness; pardon
  
• Periódico: newspaper
• Periodista: journalist
• Perro: dog
• Persona: person
• Perú: Peru
• Peruano/a: Peruvian (person)
  
• Pesa: weight (object); dumbbell
• Pescado: fish (as food)
• Pescador/a: fisher
• Peso: weight (measurement); burden
• Pez: fish (animal)
• Piedra: stone; rock
  
• Piel: skin
  
• Pincel: paintbrush
  
• Pintor/a: painter
• Pintura: painting; paint
  
• Piso: floor; apartment
  
• Planta: plant; building floor
• Plátano: banana
• Plato: plate; dish
  
• Playa: beach
  
• Plomero/a: plumber
• Pluma: pen; feather
• Pobreza: poverty
• Poema: poem
• Poesía: poetry
• Poeta: poet
• Polaco/a: Pole (person)
• Policía: police; police officer
• Polilla: moth
• Polonia: Poland
  
• Portero/a: door attendant; bouncer; goal keeper
• Portugal: Portugal
• Portugués/a: Portuguese (person)
  
• Postal: postcard
  
• Postre: dessert
• Precio: price
• Pregunta: question
• Premio: prize; award
• Presente: present (gift or moment)
• Presidente/a: president
• Presión: pressure
  
• Primo/a: cousin
  
• Problema: problem
  
• Programador/a: programmer
• Profesor/a: teacher
• Promesa: promise
  
• Propietario/a: owner
• Propuesta: proposal
• Proyecto: project
• Prueba: test; trial; evidence
  
• Psicólogo/a: psychologist
• Psiquiatra: psychiatrist
• Publicidad: advertising
  
• Pueblo: village; town; people
• Puente: bridge
• Puerta: door
• Puerto: port
• Puerto Rico: Puerto Rico
• Puertorriqueño/a: Puerto Rican (person)
  
• Puesto: position; post; job
  
• Pulpo: octopus
  
• Pulsera: bracelet
• Puño: fist

Spanish verbs that start with P

Some Spanish verbs that start with P are:

• Pagar: to pay
• Parecer: to appear; to seem
• Parecerse: to look alike
• Parir: to give birth
• Participar: to participate
• Partir: to cut; to divide; to break
• Pasar: to pass; to happen
• Pasear: to ride; to stroll
• Pedir: to ask for
• Peinar: to brush (hair); to rake (land)
• Peinarse: to do your hair
• Pelear: to fight
• Pensar: to think
• Perder: to lose
• Perseguir: to chase
• Pintar: to paint
• Pisar: to step on
• Planchar: to iron (clothes); to straighten (hair)
• Platicar: to chat
  
• Poder: to be able
• Poner: to put; to place; to set
  
• Practicar: to practice
• Preguntar: to ask
• Preparar: to prepare
• Prestar: to lend
• Pulir: to polish
• Pulsar: to pulse; to beat; to press (a button)

Other Spanish words that start with P

Some Spanish adverbs that start with P are:

• Pacientemente: patiently
• Para siempre: forever
• Peligrosamente: dangerously
• Perfectamente: perfectly
• Personalmente: personally
• Por ahí: around; about; more or less
• Por fin: finally
• Por supuesto: of course
• Posiblemente: possibly
• Precisamente: precisely
• Previamente: previously
• Principalmente: mainly
• Pronto: soon
• Puntualmente: punctually

Some Spanish coordinating conjunctions and subordinating conjunctions that start with P are:

• Para que: so that; in order that
• Pero: but
• Porque: because
• Pues: well; so; then; since
• Puesto que: since; given that; because

There are two very common Spanish prepositions that start with P:

• Para: for; in order to; to
• Por: for; by; because of; through; per

These prepositions can be tricky for non-native Spanish speakers. Basically, para is used to introduce a purpose, destination, result, or goal; por is used to express cause, reason, means, duration, or movement.

Finally, there are some common Spanish expressions that start with P:

• ¡Pásalo bien!: Have a good time!
• ¡Pero bueno!: Come on!
• ¡Pero cómo!: How on Earth?
• ¡Pero qué!: What the …! (expressing surprise or disbelief)
• ¡Por Dios!: For God’s sake! / Oh my God!
• ¡Por favor!: Please
• ¡Por fin!: Finally!

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Spanish words with other letters

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