If you've played Scrabble or similar games, you know how handy two-letter words can be. That's true in Spanish versions of Scrabble as well of 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 Academy's 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
cha — a type of tea
che — the former letter ch
cho — whoa
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
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
ña — shortened form of señora (antiquated)
ño — shortened form of señor (antiquated)
ñu — gnu
oa — a Honduran children's game
oc — Occitan (a language related to Catalan)
oh — oh
os — the plural familiar second-person pronoun
ox — interjection used to frighten birds and 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
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)
