Two-Letter Words in Spanish

If youve played Scrabble or similar games, you know how handy two-letter words can be. Thats true in Spanish versions of Scrabble as well as online games such as Apalabrados (Angry Words) and Wordfeud too. Following is a list of the two-letter words of Spanish that are listed in the Spanish Royal Academys dictionary, along with definitions and links to relevant articles and lessons. The list may not coincide with words that are legal to use in a specific game. Not all possible definitions are given. Words containing the combinations of ch and ll are also included here, as they used to be recognized as separate letters of the Spanish alphabet and are still treated as such in some games. ad — Word used in Latin phrases such as ad hoc ah — Interjection used to express sympathy and other emotions, sometimes similarly to ah aj — ailment (seldom used, and then usually in the plural) al — contraction of a el ar — interjection used in the military to order the immediate execution of a movement as — ace ax — ouch (antiquated) ay — ouch, oh be — the letter b bu — boo ca — a synonym for porque (antiquated) ce — the letter c cu — the letter q da — a conjugated form of dar de — of, from di — a conjugated form of dar do — do (first note of the musical scale) ea — interjection of encouragement or resolution eh — interjection used to get attention el — the masculine singular definite article en — in, on es — conjugated form of ser et — and (antiquated) ex — former fa — fa fe — faith fo — exclamation indicating displeasure or disgust fu — snort ge — the letter g ha — conjugated form of haber he — conjugated form of haber hi — shortened form of hijo (son) used in some expressions (antiquated) id — conjugated form of ir in — Word used in Latin phrases such as in promptu ir — to go ja — ha je — ha ji — ha; 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet ju — ha la — the feminine singular definite article le — a third-person object pronoun lo — a word of various uses as a pronoun or neuter definite article lle — variation of le (antiquated) me — me mi — my mu — moo na — contraction for en la (antiquated) ne — synonym for ni (antiquated) ni — nor no — no, not à ±a — shortened form of seà ±ora (antiquated) à ±o — shortened form of seà ±or (antiquated) à ±u — gnu oa — a Honduran childrens game oc — Occitan (a language related to Catalan) oh — oh os — the plural familiar second-person pronoun ox — interjection used to frighten birds and other animals pe — the letter p pi — pi pu — variation of puf (interjection used as a reaction to a bad smell) re — re (second note of the musical scale) ro — interjection, usually repeated, used in calming children se — the third-person reflexive pronoun so — under (rarely used); variation of su (antiquated); whoa su — his, her, your ta — interjection imitating a knock on a door te — you (as the second-person singular object pronoun) to — interjection used for calling dogs; whoa tu — second-person familiar singular possessive adjective (the pronoun form is tà º, although most games dont distinguish between accented and unaccented vowels) uf — whew, yuck uh — interjection of hesitation or disdain un — a, an, one va — conjugated form of ir ve — conjugated form of ver vi — conjugated form of ver xi — 14th letter of the Greek alphabet ya — adverb of vague meaning often used to add emphasis ye — the letter y yo — I (first-person singular subject pronoun)