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Spanish Words That Start With K | List & Examples

Published on May 23, 2025 by Kate Santoro, BS Revised on June 10, 2025

There are few words that start with K in Spanish, as K is one of the least used letters in the Spanish alphabet. Although it is now included in the Spanish alphabet, K was not traditionally used in Spanish. It appears primarily in loanwords, many of which are proper nouns and proper adjectives.

Some Spanish words that start with K may be familiar to English speakers (e.g., “kilo,” “kimono,” and “koala”) because they are similar to English words. Below, you’ll find lists of some adjectives, nouns, verbs, and other words that start with K in Spanish.

Spanish words that start with K example
En la convención, probamos un videojuego de kickboxing, cantamos en un karaoke, hablamos sobre la influencia del K-pop, y luego tomamos refrescos con kiwi y comimos hamburguesas con kétchup. [At the convention, we tried a kickboxing video game, sang karaoke, talked about the influence of K-pop, and then had kiwi-flavored drinks and ate hamburgers with ketchup.]

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Spanish adjectives that start with K

Some Spanish adjectives that start with K are:

  • Kafkiano/a: Kafkaesque; absurd or nightmarish
  • Kamikaze: kamikaze; reckless
  • Kantiano/a: Kantian (related to or supporting the philosophy of Immanuel Kant)
  • Kaput: kaput; dead
  • Kárstico/a: karstic (related to a type of limestone landscape eroded by water)
  • Kazajo/a: Kazakh
  • Keniano/a: Kenyan
  • Kirguís: Kyrgyz
  • Kiribatiano/a: Kiribati
  • Kitsch: kitschy
  • Kosovar: Kosovar/Kosovan
  • Kurdo/a: Kurdish
  • Kuwait: Kuwait
  • Kuwaití: Kuwaiti
Spanish adjectives that start with K examples
En el festival internacional, una banda keniana, un poeta kosovar, y una chef kazaja compartieron escenario con bailarines kiribatianos y un cineasta kuwaití, celebrando la diversidad cultural con alegría. [At the international festival, a Kenyan band, a Kosovar poet, and a Kazakh chef shared the stage with Kiribati dancers and a Kuwaiti filmmaker, joyfully celebrating cultural diversity.]
Note
Spanish adjectives change their forms to agree with the gender of the nouns they describe. Masculine adjectives end in “o” (e.g., “keniano“) while feminine adjectives end in “a” (e.g., “keniana“). Some adjectives do not change (e.g., “kuwaití”).

Moreover, many Spanish proper adjectives are not capitalized like in English. For example, “el hombre keniano” uses a lowercase K, while its English counterpart (“the Kenyan man”) uses an uppercase K.

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Spanish nouns that start with K

These are some Spanish nouns that start with K. When nouns refer to people, they sometimes change grammatical gender. In this list, such nouns are marked with an “/a” ending.

  • Karaoke: karaoke
  • Kárate: karate
  • Karateca: a person who practices karate
  • Karma: karma
  • Kárst: karst (a type of landscape formed by the dissolution of soluble rocks)
  • Karting: go-karting
  • Kayak: kayak
  • Kazajistán: Kazakhstan
  • Kazajo/a: Kazakh person or language
  • Kebab: kebab (meat grilled on skewers or spit)
  • Kenia: Kenya
  • Keniano/a: Kenyan person
  • Kétchup: ketchup
  • Kickboxing: kickboxing
  • Kilo: short form of kilogram
  • Kilobyte: kilobyte (unit of data storage)
  • Kilogramo: kilogram (a metric unit equal to 1,000 grams)
  • Kilómetro: kilometer (a metric unit equal to 1,000 meters)
  • Kilometraje: mileage
  • Kimono: kimono
  • Kinesiología: kinesiology
  • Kiosco: kiosk
  • Kiosquero/a: kiosk vendor
  • Kirguís: Kyrgyz person
  • Kirguistán: Kyrgyzstan
  • Kitsch: kitsch
  • Kiwi: kiwi (the fruit or the bird)
  • Koala: koala
  • Kosovo: Kosovo
  • Kosovar: Kosovar person
  • K-pop: Korean pop music
  • Kripton: krypton (a chemical element)
  • Kurdistán: Kurdistan
  • Kurdo/a: Kurd
  • Kuwaití: Kuwaiti person
Spanish nouns that start with K examples
Fui a una clase de kárate, a comer un kebab, a comprar el periódico en el kiosco, y luego a comprar un kilo de kiwis en el supermercado. [I went to karate class, ate a kebab, bought the newspaper at the kiosk, and then bought a kilo of kiwis at the supermarket.]

Spanish verbs that start with K

There is only one known Spanish verb that start with K: kilometrar, meaning “to mark or measure in kilometers.”

Spanish verbs that start with K examples
La empresa va a kilometrar la nueva autopista antes de instalar las señales. [The company is going to mark out the new highway by kilometers before installing the signs.]

Other Spanish words that start with K

There aren’t any Spanish adverbs, prepositions, or other kinds of Spanish words that start with K. However, there are a few common Spanish abbreviations or slang terms that start with K:

  • K: text shorthand for “qué” or “que”
  • Ka: the name for the letter K
  • Kg (kilogramo): kilogram
  • Km (kilómetro): kilometer
  • KO: KO; knock-out
  • Kph (kilómetros por hora): kilometers per hour

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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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Kate Santoro, BS

Kate has a BS in journalism. She has taught English as a second language in Spain to students of all ages for a decade. She also has experience in content management and marketing.