Spanish Words That Start With W | List & Examples
There are very few words that start with W in Spanish, as W is not a native letter in the Spanish alphabet. Therefore, Spanish words that start with W are loanwords from English and other languages.
Below, you’ll find some adjectives, nouns, verbs, and other words that start with W in Spanish.
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Spanish adjectives that start with W
Some Spanish adjectives that start with W are:
- Wagneriano/a: Wagnerian (related to Richard Wagner)
- Wifi: related to Wi-Fi
¿Podemos conectar a la red wifi? Tenemos que trabajar en nuestro proyecto de la ópera wagneriana. [Can we connect to the Wi-Fi network? We need to work on our project about Wagnerian opera.]
Likewise you might notice that “wagneriano/a” doesn’t use a capital W. This is because most proper adjectives in Spanish are not capitalized like in English.
Spanish nouns that start with W
These are some Spanish nouns that start with W:
- Wadi: wadi (dry riverbed, also spelled “uadi”)
- Waffle: waffle
- Walki-talkie: walkie-talkie
- Wasabi: wasabi
- Wasap: WhatsApp (colloquial)
- Wat: watt (also spelled “watt”)
- Wáter: toilet (also spelled “váter”)
- Waterpolista: water polo player
- Waterpolo: water polo
- Web: Internet; web; website
- Webcam: webcam
- Webmaster: webmaster
- Wedge: wedge (golf club)
- Wélter: welterweight
- Western: Western movie
- Whiskería: whisky bar
- Whisky: whisky
- Wifi: Wi-Fi
- Windsurf: windsurfing
- Windsurfista: windsurfer
Spanish verbs that start with W
There are no native Spanish verbs that start with W. There are two verbs that start with W in Spanish, though they are both colloquial and shouldn’t be used in writing or formal contexts:
- Wasapear: to chat via WhatsApp
- Webear: to surf the Internet (without a specific objective); mess around (in Chile)
Other Spanish words that start with W
There are no Spanish adverbs, prepositions, pronouns, or conjunctions that start with W. There are two interjections that start with W that entered Spanish from English:
- Wow: Wow!
- Woah: Woah!
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Spanish words with other letters
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