10 Spanish Words with K

Let’s review some Spanish words with K in this article. As you know, the letters K and W are the least common ones in the Spanish language.

Here you can listen to how the name of the letter K is pronounced in Spanish.

Most of the Spanish words with K, as the Royal Spanish Academy states, were taken from another language and keep their original spelling with K. Nowadays, some of them can also be written with the letters C or QU.

10 Spanish Words with K

Let’s take a look at some Spanish words with K. In Spanish, this letter is always pronounced as K (like in keep or kiss).

Kárate

Kárate is a Japanese sport or way of fighting. In American countries, they tend to put in the accent in the second syllable and spell it like karate. The person who practices this sport is called karateca or karateka.

Karaoke

Karaoke refers to a type of entertainment in which people sing a song while the music is playing. It became popular in the middle of the 20th century. Karaoke comes from the Japanese words “kara” (empty) and “oke” (short for orchestra), so it literally means empty orchestra. The word karaoke also refers to the machine that plays recorded music with lyrics.

Kilo or kilogramo

Kilo or kilogramo is a unit of mass that contains 1,000 grams. Nowadays, it is more common to say kilo than kilogramo. Its symbol is kg.

Kétchup

Kétchup is the spelling used in Spain. However, in some American countries they use the spelling of cátsup to refer to this tomato sauce.

Bikini

Bikini refers to a two-piece swimsuit. This is a masculine noun in all Spanish speaking countries, expect in Argentina where they use it as feminine.

Hockey

Hockey is a game played on ice or on a field between two teams of 11 players who try to score goals with a long curved stick. In Spanish, you can also spell it as jóquey.

Marketing

Marketing refers to how a company encourages people to buy its products. In Spanish, you can also call it mercadotecnia, however, the word marketing is more popular among Spanish speakers.

Kayak

In Spanish, the word kayak refers to the fishing canoe or narrow boat used by the Inuit people. It can also refer to the sport of canoeing using that kind of boat.

Anorak

In Spanish, an anorak is a waterproof jacket with a hood. This word is mainly used in Spain. In American countries, they usually refer to this piece of clothing as chamarra impermeable.

Stock

In Spanish, the word stock (in italics) refers to the amount of goods a company has available. You can also use the word existencias with the same meaning.

Exercises

Let’s do some exercises with these Spanish words with K. Feel like practicing more vocabulary? In our blog, you can do exercises about words with CH, H, J, Ñ, Q, R, W, X, Y or Z.