Spanish Words That Start With X | List & Examples
There are very few words that start with X in Spanish. Most of the Spanish words that start with X have Greek origins, were adopted through Nahuatl and other indigenous languages, or are loanwords.
Below, you’ll find some adjectives, nouns, verbs, and other words that start with X in Spanish.
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Spanish adjectives that start with X
Some Spanish adjectives that start with X are:
- Xecudo: intelligent (Spanish slang in Guatemala and Cuba)
- Xenófilo: xenophilic (attracted to foreign people and cultures)
- Xenófobo: xenophobic (afraid of foreign people and cultures)
- Xerofítico: xerophytic (of plants; adapted for life and growth with a limited water supply)
- Xicaque: Jicaque (of an indigenous ethnic group from Honduras)
El cactus es una planta xerofítica, y por eso, puede sobrevivir en los desiertos. [The cactus is a xerophytic plant, and that’s why it can survive in deserts.]
Likewise you might notice that the adjective “xicaque,” which refers to a group of people, doesn’t use a capital X. This is because most proper adjectives in Spanish are not capitalized like in English (in which the word would be “Jicaque” with a capital J).
Spanish nouns that start with X
These are some Spanish nouns that start with X:
- Xeca: type of bread; person’s head (Spanish slang in Guatemala and Cuba)
- Xenofilia: xenophilia (attraction to foreign people and cultures)
- Xenófilo/a: xenophile (person who feels xenophilia)
- Xenofobia: xenophobia (fear of foreign people and cultures)
- Xenófobo/a: xenophobe (person who feels xenophobia)
- Xenón: xenon (noble gas)
- Xerocopia: photocopy
- Xicaque: Jicaque person (indigenous ethnic group from Honduras)
- Xilema: xylum (plant tissue that moves water)
- Xilografía: xylography (the art of woodblock printing)
- Xolo: xolo (Mexican hairless dog)
Spanish verbs that start with X
There are no native Spanish verbs that start with X. There’s one verb that starts with X in Spanish: xerocopiar [to photocopy].
Other Spanish words that start with X
There are no Spanish adverbs, prepositions, pronouns, or conjunctions that start with X. There are a decent amount of proper nouns that start with X in Spanish, such as:
- The female name Ximena (also spelled “Jimena”)
- The male names Xavier (from Catalan) and Xabier (from Basque)
- The city Xalapa, the capital of Veracruz, Mexico
- The Mexico City neighborhood Xochimilco, known for its canals
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Spanish words with other letters
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