Spanish Words That Start With N | List & Examples
There are many words that start with N in Spanish. Some may be familiar to English speakers (e.g., “nada,” “negro,” and “niño”), but others won’t be.
Below, you’ll find lists of some adjectives, nouns, verbs, and other words that start with N in Spanish.
[A Nepalese girl and a Norwegian boy have nothing in common; nonetheless, Sarita and Henrik are natural friends because both represent their nations as swimmers at the international level, and both have been named future Olympic athletes.]
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Spanish adjectives that start with N
Some Spanish adjectives that start with N are:
- Naciente: nascent; emerging; new
- Nacional: national
- Nacionalista: nationalist
- Nadador: swimming-related
- Namibio: Namibian
- Naranja: orange (color)
- Narcisista: narcissistic
- Narcótico: narcotic
- Narigón: big-nosed
- Natal: native (relating to birth)
- Natural: natural
- Nauseabundo: nauseating; foul
- Náutico: nautical
- Naval: naval
- Navegante: seafaring; navigating
- Navideño: Christmas-related
- Nebuloso: foggy; hazy
- Necesario: necessary
- Necio: foolish
- Nefasto: disastrous
- Negado: clueless
- Negativo: negative
- Negligente: negligent
- Negociable: negotiable
- Negociador: negotiating
- Negro: black
- Negruzco: blackish
- Neón: neon (color or style)
- Neonatal: neonatal
- Nepalés: Nepalese
- Nervioso: nervous
- Nervudo: sinewy; wiry
- Neurálgico: neuralgic; vital
- Neurótico: neurotic
- Neutral: neutral
- Neutralizador: neutralizing
- Nevado: snowy
- Nicaragüense: Nicaraguan
- Nigeriano: Nigerian
- Nigerino: Nigerien
- Nihilista: nihilistic
- Nítido: clear; sharp (image or sound)
- Noble: noble
- Nocivo: harmful
- Noctámbulo: nocturnal (for animals or people)
- Nocturno: related to nighttime; nocturnal (for animals)
- Nómada: nomadic
- Nominal: nominal
- Nórdico: Nordic
- Normal: normal
- Normativo: normative; regulatory
- Noruego: Norwegian
- Notable: notable; remarkable
- Novato: novice; inexperienced
- Novedoso: novel; original; innovative
- Novel: new
- Novelesco: fictional; romanticized
- Noveno: ninth
- Nuclear: nuclear
- Nuevo: new
- Nulo: null; invalid
- Numérico: numerical
- Nutritivo: nutritious
La respuesta nula del sistema nuclear provocó una reacción neurótica en el operador nervioso, lo que llevó a una revisión normativa inmediata. [The null response of the nuclear system caused a neurotic reaction in the nervous operator, which led to an immediate regulatory review.]
In addition, most proper adjectives are not capitalized in Spanish like in English. For example, “un equipo noruego” uses a lowercase N, while its English translation (“a Norwegian team” uses an uppercase N.
Spanish nouns that start with N
These are some Spanish nouns that start with N. When nouns refer to people, they sometimes change grammatical gender (see the nouns marked with the “/a” ending).
- Nacimiento: birth
- Nación: nation
- Nada: nothing
- Nadador: swimmer
- Namibia: Namibia
- Namibio/a: Namibian (person)
- Naranja: orange (fruit or color)
- Nariz: nose
- Narración: narration: story
- Narrador: narrator
- Natura: nature (physical world)
- Naturaleza: nature (physical world or disposition)
- Nauru: Nauru (country in Oceania)
- Nauruano/a: Nauruan (person from or langage of Nauru)
- Nave: ship; vessel; warehouse
- Navegación: navigation; sailing
- Navegante: navigator; sailor
- Neblina: mist; fog
- Necesidad: necessity
- Negociación: negotiation
- Negocio: business
- Negro: black (color or racial identity)
- Neón: neon
- Neozelandés/a: New Zealander; Kiwi (person)
- Nepal: Nepal
- Nepalés/a: Nepali; Nepalese (person)
- Nepalí: Nepali (language)
- Nervio: nerve
- Nerviosismo: nervousness; nerves; jitters
- Neutralidad: neutrality
- Nicaragua: Nicaragua
- Nicaragüense: Nicaraguan (person)
- Nido: nest
- Niebla: fog
- Nieta: granddaughter
- Nieto: grandson
- Nieve: snow
- Níger: Niger
- Nigeria: Nigeria
- Nigeriano/a: Nigerian (person from Nigeria)
- Nigerino/a: Nigerien (person from Niger)
- Niña: girl
- Niñez: childhood
- Niño: child
- Nivel: level
- Nobleza: nobility
- Noche: night
- Noción: notion
- Nombre: name
- Norma: rule; norm
- Norte: north
- Noruega: Norway
- Noruego/a: Norwegian (person or language)
- Noticia: news
- Noticiero: news program
- Notoriedad: notoriety; fame
- Novato: novice; beginner
- Novela: novel
- Novelista: novelist
- Novia: girlfriend; bride; fiancée
- Novio: boyfriend; groom; fiancé
- Nube: cloud
- Núcleo: nucleus; core
- Nudo: knot
- Nueva Zelanda: New Zealand
- Numeración: numbering
- Numeral: numeral
- Número: number
- Nutrición: nutrition
- Nutricionista: nutritionist
La niñez de mi nieta estuvo llena de nieve, juegos y cuentos sobre la natura en Noruega. [My granddaughter’s childhood was full of snow, games, and stories about nature in Norway.]
Spanish verbs that start with N
Some Spanish verbs that start with N are:
- Nacer: to be born
- Nacionalizar: to nationalize
- Nadar: to swim
- Narrar: to narrate; to tell
- Naturalizar: to naturalize
- Naturalizarse: to become a citizen
- Naufragar: to be shipwrecked; to flounder
- Nausear: to nauseate
- Navegar: to navigate; to sail; to browse (internet)
- Necesitar: to need; to require
- Negar: to deny; to refuse
- Negarse: to refuse
- Negociar: to negotiate
- Neutralizar: to neutralize; to counterract
- Nevar: to snow; to whiten
- Nidificar: to nest
- Nivelar: to level; to straighten out; to make even
- Nombrar: to name; to appoint
- Nominar: to nominate; to name
- Noquear: to knock out
- Normalizar: to normalize
- Normar: to control; to regulate
- Notar: to note; to notice; to observe
- Noticiar: to inform; to announce
- Notificar: to notify; to inform
- Novelar: to write a novel about
- Nublar: to cloud; to conceal; to block
- Nublarse: to cloud over; to become cloudy
- Numerar: to number; to count
- Numerarse: to do a head count
- Nutrir: to nourish
Ella decidió naturalizarse en un nuevo país, pero primero necesitó negociar algunos términos legales y notificar su cambio de residencia, mientras nutría la esperanza de un mejor futuro. [She decided to become a citizen in a new country, but first she needed to negotiate some legal terms and notify her change of residence, while nourishing the hope for a better future.]
Other Spanish words that start with N
Some Spanish adverbs that start with N are:
- Nacionalmente: nationally
- Nada: nothing at all; at all
- Nárrativamente: narratively
- Naturalmente: naturally
- Necesariamente: necessarily
- Negativamente: negatively
- Nerviosamente: nervously
- Neutralmente: neutrally
- Nítidamente: clearly; sharply
- No: not; no
- No obstante: however; nevertheless or nonetheless
- Normalmente: normally; usually
- Notablemente: notably
- Notoriamente: notoriously; noticeably
- Nuevamente: again; anew
- Nunca: never
A prepositional phrase that starts with N in Spanish is no obstante (despite or in spite of). There’s also one coordinating conjunction that starts with N in Spanish: ni (nor; not even).
There are also some Spanish pronouns that start with N:
- Nada: nothing; anything (indefinite pronoun)
- Nadie: nobody; no one (indefinite pronoun)
- Ninguno/a: none; nobody; no one (indefinite pronoun)
- Nosotros/as: we (subject pronoun in Spanish)
- Nos: us (direct object pronoun in Spanish); to/for us (indirect object pronoun)
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