phrase · #403
please
Example: Un café, por favor.
A coffee, please.
Spanish → English
por favor
por favor is Spanish for please.
What por favor means
How common is it?
por favor is ranked #403 of the 500 most common Spanish words. It sits in the second half of the list: still everyday vocabulary, but you will meet it less often than the first two hundred.
Nearby on the frequency list
Words with a similar frequency to por favor — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.
- cien — hundred
- mil — thousand
- medio — half
- gracias — thank you
- de nada — you are welcome
- perdón — sorry, excuse me
See all 500 most common Spanish words
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Compiled and checked by the Flipkado team · Last updated 2026-08-22