Spanish Words That Start With H | List & Examples
There are many words that start with H in Spanish. Some may be familiar to English speakers (e.g., “hombre,” “hermana,” and “hotel”), while others won’t be.
Below, you’ll find lists of some adjectives, nouns, verbs, and other words that start with H in Spanish.
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Spanish adjectives that start with H
Some Spanish adjectives that start with H are:
- Hábil: skillful; clever
- Habitable: habitable; livable
- Habitual: habitual; usual
- Hablador: talkative
- Haitiano: Haitian
- Halagador: flattering
- Hambriento: hungry
- Haragán: lazy
- Harapiento: ragged; shabby
- Harto: fed up; stuffed
- Hebreo: Hebrew
- Hediondo: stinky; foul-smelling
- Helado: frozen; stunned
- Herido: injured; wounded
- Hermoso: beautiful
- Heroico: heroic
- Hervido: boiled
- Hidráulico: hydraulic
- Higiénico: hygienic
- Hilarante: hilarious
- Hinchado: inflated; swollen; bombastic
- Hindú: Hindu
- Hípico: equestrian; of or related to horses
- Hipnotizante: hypnotizing
- Hipócrita: hypocrite
- Hirsuto: hirsute; hairy; coarse (of hair)
- Hispano: Hispanic
- Hispanohablante: Spanish-speaking
- Histérico: hysterical
- Histórico: historical
- Hogareño: home-loving; domestic
- Holgado: loose; baggy
- Holgazán: lazy
- Homeopático: homeopathic
- Homogéneo: homogenous
- Hondureño: Honduran
- Hondo: deep
- Honesto: honest
- Hongkonés: from or related to Hong Kong
- Honorable: honorable
- Honrado: honest; decent
- Horizontal: horizontal
- Horneado: baked
- Horrendo: horrendous
- Horrible: horrible
- Hortera: tacky; tasteless
- Hospitalario: hospitable
- Hostil: hostile
- Huérfano: orphaned
- Huesudo: bony
- Huevón: lazy
- Huidizo: shy; elusive; evasive
- Humano: human
- Humeante: steamy; smoky
- Húmedo: humid; damp
- Humilde: humble
- Humorístico: humorous
- Hundido: sunken; depressed
- Húngaro: Hungarian
- Huracanado: violent; hurricane-like
- Huraño: unsociable; shy
Estaba harto de los comentarios hipócritas, hostiles, y horteras de sus compañeros. [He was fed up with the hypocritical, hostile, and tacky comments from his coworkers.]
Moreover, Spanish proper adjectives are not capitalized like their English counterparts. For example, in the sentence above, “the Haitian actress” is “la actriz haitiana,” not “la actriz Haitiana.”
Spanish nouns that start with H
These are some Spanish nouns that start with H. Nouns sometimes change grammatical gender, especially if they refer to people. In this list, such nouns are marked with an “/a” ending.
- Habitación: room; bedroom
- Hábito: habit
- Habla: speech; language
- Hacha: axe
- Hacienda: estate; ranch; tax office
- Haitiano/a: Haitian
- Halago: compliment; flattery
- Halcón: falcon; hawk
- Hallazgo: discovery
- Halterofilia: weightlifting
- Hamaca: hammock; lounger
- Hambre: hunger; famine
- Hámster: hamster
- Harapo: rag; tatter
- Harina: flour
- Hato: flock; herd; bundle
- Hebra: strand; fiber
- Hebreo: Jewish person
- Hedor: stench; foul odor
- Helado: ice cream
- Helicóptero: helicopter
- Herida: wound; injury
- Hermana: sister
- Hermandad: brotherhood; fellowship
- Hermano: brother; sibling
- Héroe: hero
- Heroína: heroine; heroin
- Herramienta: tool
- Herrero/a: blacksmith
- Hervor: boil; fervor (figurative)
- Hidráulica: hydraulics
- Hielo: ice
- Hiena: hyena
- Hígado: liver
- Higiene: hygiene
- Hilaridad: hilarity
- Hilo: thread; yarn; storyline
- Himno: hymn; anthem
- Hinchazón: swelling; bump
- Hindú: Hindu
- Hipnosis: hypnosis
- Hipo: hiccup
- Hipócrita: hypocrite
- Hipopótamo: hippopotamus
- Historia: story; history
- Historiador: historian
- Hogar: home; hearth
- Hoguera: bonfire; stake (for burning)
- Hombre: man; mankind
- Hombro: shoulder
- Hongkonés/a: native/resident of Hong Kong
- Hongo: fungus; mushroom
- Honor: honor
- Honradez: honesty; integrity
- Hora: hour; time
- Horizonte: horizon; skyline; extent
- Hormiga: ant
- Hormigero: anthill
- Hormona: hormone
- Horno: oven; kiln
- Hortaliza: vegetable
- Hotel: hotel
- Hotelero/a: hotelier
- Hospital: hospital
- Hospitalidad: hospitality
- Hostelería: hospitality industry
- Hostia: host (communion wafer); hit (physical)
- Hostilidad: hostility
- Huella: footprint; trace; mark
- Huérfano/a: orphan
- Huésped: guest
- Hueso: bone; pit (of a fruit)
- Huevo: egg
- Huevón/a: lazy person; idiot
- Huida: escape; flight
- Humanidad: humanity; mankind; compassion
- Humo: smoke; vapor
- Humor: humor; mood
- Húngaro/a: Hungarian
- Huracán: hurricane
- Hurón: ferret
En el hotel, un huésped leyó una historia sobre un hipopótamo y un hindú mientras tomaba helado y escuchaba a su hermano tocar un himno en la guitarra. [In the hotel, a guest read a story about a hippopatamus and a Hindu while he ate ice cream and listened to his brother play a hymn on the guitar.]
Spanish verbs that start with H
Spanish verbs that start with H include:
- Haber: to have (as auxiliary verb); to be; to happen
- Habilitar: to enable; to authorize; to set up
- Habitar: to inhabit; to live in
- Hablar: to speak; to talk
- Hacer: to do; to make
- Hacinar: to pile up; to stack up
- Hacinarse: to be crammed into; to huddle together
- Halagar: to flatter; to suck up to
- Halar: to haul
- Hallar: to find; to discover
- Hamacar: to swing in a hammock
- Hartar: to fill; to annoy; to overwhelm
- Helar: to freeze
- Heredar: to inherit
- Herir: to wound; to injure
- Hervir: to boil
- Hidratar: to hydrate; to moisturize
- Hilar: to spin (thread); to put together (ideas)
- Hincar: to kneel; to thrust; to stick in
- Hincarse: to kneel
- Hinchar: to swell; to inflate; to exaggerate
- Hipnotizar: to hypnotize
- Hojear: to leaf through (pages)
- Holgar: to idle; to be unnecessary
- Holgazanear: to loaf around; to be lazy
- Homenajear: to pay tribute to; to honor
- Homologar: to standardize; to ratify; to certify
- Honrar: to honor
- Hospedar: to host; to entertain
- Hospedarse: to lodge; to stay
- Hostigar: to harass; to pester
- Huir: to flee; to escape
- Humillar: to humiliate
- Humiliarse: to swallow your pride
- Hundir: to sink; to bury; to defeat
- Hurgar: to dig into; to rummage
- Hurtar: to steal; to pilfer
- Husmear: to sniff
El joven heredó la hacienda, la habilitó para el turismo rural, hizo reformas, honró las tradiciones locales y hospedó a los primeros visitantes. [The young man inherited the estate, adapted it for rural tourism, made renovations, honored local traditions, and hosted the first guests.]
For example, “hospedarse” becomes “se hospedaron” in the above example.
Other Spanish words that start with H
Some Spanish adverbs that start with H are:
- Hábilmente: skillfully
- Habitualmente: habitually; usually
- Hacia abajo: down; downwards
- Hacia adelante: ahead; forwards
- Hacia arriba: up; upwards
- Hacia atrás: backwards
- Hacia fuera: out; outwards
- Hasta: even
- Hasta el tope: to the brim
- Heladamente: icily
- Heroicamente: heroically
- Histericamente: hysterically
- Históricamente: historically
- Holgadamente: comfortably; loosely
- Honradamente: honorably
- Horizontalmente: horizontally
- Horriblemente: horribly; terribly
- Horrorosamente: horribly; horrifyingly
- Hoy: today; nowadays
Two common Spanish prepositions that start with H are:
- Hacia: towards; approximately
- Hasta: until; up to; as far as
There are also a few Spanish subordinating conjunctions that start with H:
- Hasta donde: as far as; up to
- Hasta que: until
Hasta can be used with other words to form some common expressions in Spanish:
- ¡Hasta ahora!: See you soon!
- ¡Hasta luego!: See you later!
- ¡Hasta mañana!: See you tomorrow!
Finally, there are a few commonly used Spanish interjections that start with H:
- ¡Hala!: Wow! (mostly used in Spain)
- ¡Hombre!: Man!; Dude!
- ¡Hostia!: Damn! (mostly used in Spain; considered vulgar by some)
Spanish words with other letters
If you’re looking for Spanish words that start with another letter, you can visit one of our other articles.
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| Spanish words with E | Spanish words with K | Spanish words with P | Spanish words with U | Spanish words with Z |
