These are the 100 most useful Romanian words from our 1000-word beginner course - the vocabulary you will hear and use most often. Learn them first and you will understand a surprising amount of everyday Romanian.
| # | Word | Romanian |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | the food | mâncarea |
| 2 | the drink | băutura |
| 3 | the cup | ceașca |
| 4 | the bottle | sticla |
| 5 | the plate | farfuria |
| 6 | the spoon | lingura |
| 7 | the fork | furculița |
| 8 | the knife | cuțitul |
| 9 | the breakfast | micul dejun |
| 10 | the lunch | prânzul |
| 11 | the dinner | cina |
| 12 | the bread | pâinea |
| 13 | the butter | untul |
| 14 | the cheese | brânza |
| 15 | the milk | laptele |
| 16 | the coffee | cafeaua |
| 17 | the tea | ceaiul |
| 18 | the juice | sucul |
| 19 | the soda | sucul acidulat |
| 20 | the rice | orezul |
| 21 | the pasta | pastele |
| 22 | the fish | peștele |
| 23 | the chicken | puiul |
| 24 | the beef | carnea de vită |
| 25 | the egg | oul |
| 26 | the soup | supa |
| 27 | the salad | salata |
| 28 | the sandwich | sandvișul |
| 29 | the pizza | pizza |
| 30 | the cereal | cerealele |
| 31 | the sugar | zahărul |
| 32 | the salt | sarea |
| 33 | the pepper | piperul |
| 34 | the snack | gustarea |
| 35 | the meal | masa |
| 36 | the restaurant | restaurantul |
| 37 | the cafe | cafeneaua |
| 38 | the bakery | brutăria |
| 39 | the cafeteria | cantina |
| 40 | the dough | aluatul |
| 41 | the pan | tigaia |
| 42 | the pot | oala |
| 43 | the bowl | bolul |
| 44 | the meat | carnea |
| 45 | the flavor | aroma |
| 46 | the toast | pâinea prăjită |
| 47 | the yogurt | iaurtul |
| 48 | the spice | condimentul |
| 49 | the teacup | ceașca de ceai |
| 50 | the lemonade | limonada |
| 51 | the jar | borcanul |
| 52 | the milkshake | milkshake-ul |
| 53 | the vinegar | oțetul |
| 54 | the waiter | ospătarul |
| 55 | the beer | berea |
| 56 | the noodle | tăiețelul |
| 57 | the cork | dopul |
| 58 | the wine | vinul |
| 59 | the sausage | cârnatul |
| 60 | the pitcher | carafa |
| 61 | the glass | paharul |
| 62 | the grapefruit juice | sucul de grapefruit |
| 63 | the bill | nota de plată |
| 64 | the menu | meniul |
| 65 | the bagel | covrigul |
| 66 | the pancake | clătita |
| 67 | the chocolate | ciocolata |
| 68 | the candy | bomboana |
| 69 | the cookie | biscuitul |
| 70 | the cake | prăjitura |
| 71 | the ice cream | înghețata |
| 72 | the honey | mierea |
| 73 | the bubblegum | guma de mestecat |
| 74 | the gummy | bomboana gumată |
| 75 | the marshmallow | bezeaua |
| 76 | the syrup | siropul |
| 77 | the cocoa | cacaoa |
| 78 | the popcorn | popcornul |
| 79 | the sundae | cupa de înghețată |
| 80 | the cotton candy | vata de zahăr |
| 81 | the custard | crema de vanilie |
| 82 | the dessert | desertul |
| 83 | the jellybean | boaba de jeleu |
| 84 | the lollipop | acadeaua |
| 85 | the jelly | gemul |
| 86 | the gingerbread | turta dulce |
| 87 | the waffle | vafa |
| 88 | the pastry | patiseria |
| 89 | the pie | plăcinta |
| 90 | the cupcake | brioșa |
| 91 | the muffin | brioșa |
| 92 | the donut | gogoașa |
| 93 | the biscuit | biscuitul |
| 94 | the apple pie | plăcinta cu mere |
| 95 | the carrot cake | prăjitura cu morcovi |
| 96 | the chocolate cake | tortul de ciocolată |
| 97 | the pumpkin pie | plăcinta cu dovleac |
| 98 | the apricot jam | gemul de caise |
| 99 | the jam | gemul |
| 100 | the apple | mărul |
The 100 most frequent words cover about half of everyday spoken language. With the full 1000-word core vocabulary you understand around 85% of typical conversations in Romanian - enough to follow along and make yourself understood.
They are the most frequently used words of the language, selected by word frequency. Every one of them will appear again and again in real sentences, so each learned word immediately pays off.
Listen and repeat: every word in the 1000 Words course comes with audio and an example sentence. Combined with spaced repetition in the free vocabulary trainer, most learners master the first 100 words within one to two weeks.