Spanish Words That Start With V | List & Examples
There are many words that start with V in Spanish. English speakers may know some (e.g., “vosotros,” “viernes,” and “ventana”), but others won’t be familiar.
Below, you’ll find lists of some adjectives, nouns, verbs, and other words that start with V in Spanish.
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Spanish adjectives that start with V
Some Spanish adjectives that start with V are:
- Vacío: empty
- Vago: lazy; vague
- Valeroso: brave; valiant
- Válido: valid
- Valiente: brave
- Valioso: valuable
- Vano: vain; futile
- Vanuatuense: Vanuatuan
- Vasco: Basque
- Vasto: vast; immense
- Vecinal: neighboring
- Vegetal: vegetable
- Vehemente: vehement; forceful
- Veloz: fast; quick
- Venenoso: poisonous; venomous
- Venerable: venerable; respectable
- Venezolano: Venezuelan
- Veraz: true; truthful; honest
- Verdadero: true; real
- Verde: green; unripe; immature
- Vergonzoso: shameful; shy
- Versátil: versatile
- Vertical: vertical; upright
- Vestido: dressed
- Veterano: veteran; experienced
- Vicioso: vicious; addicted
- Victorioso: victorious
- Viejo: old
- Vietnamita: Vietnamese
- Vigoroso: vigorous; strong
- Vil: vile; despicable
- Vinculado: linked; connected
- Violento: violent
- Virtual: virtual
- Virtuoso: virtuous; virtuoso; masterful
- Visible: visible
- Visionario: visionary
- Vital: vital; essential
- Vivaz: lively; vivacious
- Vivo: alive; bright
- Volador: flying
- Volátil: volatile; unstable
- Voluminoso: bulky; voluminous
- Voraz: voracious; greedy
- Vulnerable: vulnerable
El valeroso bombero venezolano entró en el edificio vacío con una rapidez veloz para rescatar al perro atrapado. [The brave Venezuelan firefighter entered the empty building with quick speed to rescue the trapped dog.]
La estudiante vietnamita presentó un argumento veraz y valioso, defendido con un tono vehemente, que convenció incluso a los críticos más veteranos. [The Vietnamese student presented a truthful and valuable argument, defended with a forceful tone, which convinced even the most experienced critics.]
Also, most proper adjectives in Spanish are not capitalized like in English. For example, “el bombero venezolano” uses a lowercase V, while its English translation (“the Venezuelan firefighter”) requires a capital V.
Spanish nouns that start with V
These are some Spanish nouns that start with V. When nouns refer to people, they sometimes change grammatical gender (in this list, these nouns are marked with an “/a” ending).
- Vaca: cow
- Vacaciones: vacation; holidays
- Vacío: emptiness; void
- Vagón: wagon; train car
- Valle: valley
- Valor: value; courage
- Vanuatuense: Vanuatuan person
- Vapor: steam; vapor
- Vara: rod; stick
- Variante: variant
- Variedad: variety
- Vasco: Basque person
- Vaso: glass; cup
- Vástago: offspring; shoot
- Vecino/a: neighbor
- Vehículo: vehicle
- Vela: candle; sail
- Velocidad: speed
- Venado: deer; stag
- Vendedor/a: salesperson
- Veneno: poison
- Venezolano/a: Venezuelan person
- Venganza: revenge
- Ventana: window
- Verano: summer
- Verdad: truth
- Vergüenza: shame; embarrassment
- Verso: verse; line (poetry)
- Vestido: dress
- Veterano/a: veteran
- Veterinario/a: veterinarian
- Viaje: trip; journey
- Viajero/a: traveler
- Vid: vine; grapevine
- Vida: life
- Vidrio: glass (material)
- Viento: wind
- Vietnamita: Vietnamese person
- Viga: beam
- Vigilante: watchperson
- Vigilia: wakefulness; vigil
- Villa: villa; holiday home
- Villano: villain
- Vínculo: link; bond
- Vino: wine
- Violencia: violence
- Violín: violin
- Visión: vision; view
- Visita: visit
- Visitante: visitor
- Vista: sight; view
- Viuda: widow
- Vivencia: experience
- Vocabulario: vocabulary
- Vocación: vocation; calling
- Volcán: volcano
- Volumen: volume
- Voraz: voracious; ravenous
- Votación: voting; ballot
- Voto: vote
- Voz: voice
- Vuelo: flight
Mientras el veterinario cuidaba a la vaca herida, un vecino le trajo un vaso de agua para soportar el calor del día. [While the veterinarian cared for the injured cow, a neighbor brought him a glass of water to endure the day’s heat.]
Spanish verbs that start with V
Some Spanish verbs that start with V are:
- Vacacionar: to vacation; to go on holiday
- Vaciar: to empty
- Vacilar: to hesitate; to tease
- Valer: to be worth; to cost
- Vallar: to fence in
- Valorar: to value, to assess
- Variar: to vary; to change
- Vaticinar: to predict; to foretell
- Vender: to sell
- Venir: to come
- Ventilar: to ventilate; to air out
- Ver: to see
- Veranear: to spend the summer
- Verificar: to verify; to check
- Vestir: to dress; to wear
- Vestirse: to get dressed
- Viajar: to travel
- Vibrar: to vibrate
- Vincular: to link; to connect
- Visitar: to visit
- Visualizar: to visualize
- Vivir: to live
- Volar: to fly
- Volcar: to overturn; to reveal
- Volver: to return; to come back
- Vomitar: to vomit
- Votar: to vote
Volamos a Barcelona, fuimos a visitar mis primos en Girona, volvimos a Barcelona y desde allí viajamos a Japón. [We flew to Barcelona, went to visit my cousins in Girona, returned to Barcelona, and from there, traveled to Japan.]
Other Spanish words that start with V
Some Spanish adverbs that start with V are:
- Vale: okay; all right (used as an interjection/adverb in conversation)
- Valientemente: valiantly; bravely
- Velozmente: quickly; swiftly
- Verbalmente: verbally
- Verdaderamente: truly; really
- Verticalmente: vertically; upright
- Violentamente: violently
- Visualmente: visually
- Vivamente: vividly; intensely
- Voluntariamente: voluntarily
- Vorazmente: voracious; ravenous
There are no common Spanish prepositions or conjunctions that start with V, but there are some common Spanish pronouns that start with V:
- Vos: you (singular, informal subject pronoun used in some countries instead of tú)
- Vosotros/as: you all (plural, informal subject pronoun used in Spain)
- Vuestro/a(s): your; yours (second-person, plural possessive pronoun used in Spain)
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