Telugu — top 312 words
High-frequency vocabulary for English speakers. Reveal each card, then rate your recall — the schedule adapts (SM-2) and is stored on your device.
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| # | Telugu | English |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | welcome | |
| 2 | hello (general greeting); also good evening (formal) | |
| 3 | hello / good evening (informal) | |
| 4 | how are you? | |
| 5 | I am well | |
| 6 | thank you | |
| 7 | you're welcome (reply to thank you) | |
| 8 | what is your name? | |
| 9 | my name is ... | |
| 10 | where are you from? | |
| 11 | where have you come from? | |
| 12 | I am from ... | |
| 13 | good morning | |
| 14 | good morning (alternative) | |
| 15 | good afternoon; have a nice day | |
| 16 | good night | |
| 17 | goodbye (lit. I will go and come back) | |
| 18 | farewell | |
| 19 | goodbye (leave-taking) | |
| 20 | good luck! (lit. may all good happen) | |
| 21 | cheers! good health! (toast) | |
| 22 | bon voyage; have a good journey | |
| 23 | I understand | |
| 24 | I don't understand | |
| 25 | (it) is not understood | |
| 26 | please speak more slowly | |
| 27 | please say that again | |
| 28 | please write it down | |
| 29 | do you speak Telugu? | |
| 30 | yes, a little | |
| 31 | don't worry | |
| 32 | don't fear | |
| 33 | excuse me | |
| 34 | sorry (lit. our apologies) | |
| 35 | how much is this? | |
| 36 | where is the toilet / bathroom? | |
| 37 | I love you | |
| 38 | help! | |
| 39 | stop! | |
| 40 | fire! | |
| 41 | call the police! | |
| 42 | happy birthday | |
| 43 | happy birthday (alternative) | |
| 44 | congratulations! | |
| 45 | one language is never enough | |
| 46 | long time no see | |
| 47 | family | |
| 48 | relatives | |
| 49 | father | |
| 50 | dad, father (familiar) | |
| 51 | father (respectful) | |
| 52 | mother | |
| 53 | mum, mother (familiar) | |
| 54 | husband | |
| 55 | wife | |
| 56 | child | |
| 57 | son | |
| 58 | daughter | |
| 59 | brother | |
| 60 | older brother | |
| 61 | younger brother | |
| 62 | sister | |
| 63 | older sister | |
| 64 | older sister (familiar) | |
| 65 | younger sister | |
| 66 | younger sister (alternative) | |
| 67 | uncle (mother's brother) | |
| 68 | father's older brother | |
| 69 | father's younger brother | |
| 70 | mother's brother | |
| 71 | aunt | |
| 72 | mother's older sister | |
| 73 | mother's younger sister | |
| 74 | father's sister | |
| 75 | cousin (male) | |
| 76 | cousin (female) | |
| 77 | nephew | |
| 78 | niece | |
| 79 | grandfather | |
| 80 | grandfather (familiar) | |
| 81 | grandmother (father's mother) | |
| 82 | grandmother (father's mother, alternative) | |
| 83 | grandmother (mother's mother) | |
| 84 | grandson | |
| 85 | granddaughter | |
| 86 | colour | |
| 87 | black | |
| 88 | pitch black, jet black | |
| 89 | lamp black | |
| 90 | black dust of burnt material | |
| 91 | white | |
| 92 | whiteness | |
| 93 | whitewash | |
| 94 | red | |
| 95 | reddish, reddish brown | |
| 96 | a bright red colour | |
| 97 | reddish tint, saffron colour | |
| 98 | the red lotus | |
| 99 | to become red | |
| 100 | green or yellow | |
| 101 | leaf green | |
| 102 | turmeric yellow | |
| 103 | gold coloured, bright yellow | |
| 104 | blue | |
| 105 | blue (alternative) | |
| 106 | deep blue | |
| 107 | pale brown, milky white | |
| 108 | dark brown | |
| 109 | rose colour, pink | |
| 110 | salmon colour | |
| 111 | light rose colour | |
| 112 | orange | |
| 113 | grey | |
| 114 | grey (alternative) | |
| 115 | dark blue or violet; light complexion | |
| 116 | violet (lit. colour of a brinjal) | |
| 117 | light (of colour) | |
| 118 | dark (of colour) | |
| 119 | variegated colour | |
| 120 | paint, colour | |
| 121 | to lose colour | |
| 122 | dyeing with colour | |
| 123 | rainbow | |
| 124 | she, it, this | |
| 125 | these (things) | |
| 126 | she, this woman | |
| 127 | he, this person | |
| 128 | she, this woman (respectful) | |
| 129 | thou (archaic) | |
| 130 | how much; how many | |
| 131 | how many (persons) | |
| 132 | many persons | |
| 133 | which | |
| 134 | all persons | |
| 135 | all persons (alternative) | |
| 136 | who | |
| 137 | one man, somebody, anybody | |
| 138 | one woman, a female | |
| 139 | one woman | |
| 140 | a few persons | |
| 141 | some; a few persons | |
| 142 | many | |
| 143 | that, the same | |
| 144 | one or oneself | |
| 145 | one or oneself; he or himself | |
| 146 | me (oblique-accusative of నేను nēnu "I") | |
| 147 | our (inclusive) | |
| 148 | ours (inclusive of the person addressed) | |
| 149 | we (including the person addressed) | |
| 150 | us (oblique-accusative, inclusive) | |
| 151 | us (oblique-accusative, exclusive) | |
| 152 | our (exclusive) | |
| 153 | he (informal distal); that man | |
| 154 | they | |
| 155 | of them | |
| 156 | theirs | |
| 157 | they; he (respectful distal) | |
| 158 | he; this man | |
| 159 | these persons | |
| 160 | 1 (Telugu digit ౧) | |
| 161 | one | |
| 162 | one (archaic) | |
| 163 | 2 (Telugu digit ౨) | |
| 164 | 3 (Telugu digit ౩) — CONFIRMED | |
| 165 | 2 (Telugu digit ౨) | |
| 166 | three (Sanskritic) | |
| 167 | 12 (Sanskritic) | |
| 168 | 20 (Sanskritic) | |
| 169 | 31 | |
| 170 | 32 | |
| 171 | 35 | |
| 172 | 37 | |
| 173 | 30 (Sanskritic) | |
| 174 | 40 | |
| 175 | 41 | |
| 176 | 42 | |
| 177 | 43 | |
| 178 | 44 | |
| 179 | 45 | |
| 180 | 46 | |
| 181 | 47 | |
| 182 | 48 | |
| 183 | 49 | |
| 184 | 50 | |
| 185 | 100 | |
| 186 | lakh, one hundred thousand | |
| 187 | one hundred billion | |
| 188 | one hundred crores | |
| 189 | 4 (Telugu digit ౪) | |
| 190 | 5 (Telugu digit ౫) | |
| 191 | five (alternative form of ఐదు) | |
| 192 | five (archaic) | |
| 193 | 6 (Telugu digit ౬) | |
| 194 | six (lit. two-threes) | |
| 195 | 7 (Telugu digit ౭) | |
| 196 | seven (lit. six-and-one) | |
| 197 | 8 (Telugu digit ౮) | |
| 198 | eight (alternative form) | |
| 199 | 10 (Telugu digit ౧౦) | |
| 200 | 11 | |
| 201 | 11 (Sanskritic) | |
| 202 | 11 (archaic) | |
| 203 | 12 | |
| 204 | 12 (alternative) | |
| 205 | 12 (lit. two-sixes) | |
| 206 | 13 | |
| 207 | 14 | |
| 208 | 15 | |
| 209 | 16 | |
| 210 | 17 | |
| 211 | 18 | |
| 212 | 18 (Sanskritic) | |
| 213 | 19 | |
| 214 | nineteen (lit. one less than twenty) | |
| 215 | 20 | |
| 216 | 20 (alternative) | |
| 217 | 21 | |
| 218 | 22 | |
| 219 | 23 | |
| 220 | 24 | |
| 221 | 25 | |
| 222 | 26 | |
| 223 | 27 | |
| 224 | 28 | |
| 225 | 29 | |
| 226 | 40 | |
| 227 | 50 | |
| 228 | 60 | |
| 229 | 100 (Telugu digit ౧౦౦) | |
| 230 | 700 | |
| 231 | 110 | |
| 232 | 116 | |
| 233 | 144 | |
| 234 | 10,000 | |
| 235 | 100,000 | |
| 236 | one hundred crores | |
| 237 | one thousand millions | |
| 238 | a large number, ten billions | |
| 239 | to see, to look, to view | |
| 240 | to see | |
| 241 | to show, demonstrate, display, point out | |
| 242 | to show | |
| 243 | to say, to tell; to teach | |
| 244 | to make one say or tell; to get one taught | |
| 245 | to happen, befall; to obtain, attain | |
| 246 | to cause to get, attain or enjoy | |
| 247 | to engrave, to carve; to cut into slices | |
| 248 | to have something engraved or carved | |
| 249 | to be spoiled or damaged; to become bad | |
| 250 | to spoil, corrupt, ruin, destroy | |
| 251 | to spoil | |
| 252 | to winnow | |
| 253 | to pay | |
| 254 | to pass (as time); to be over; to be paid | |
| 255 | to shake someone's hand | |
| 256 | to go out of control, to slip | |
| 257 | to catch | |
| 258 | to join hands; to come together, unite | |
| 259 | to wash one's hands of, to absolve oneself | |
| 260 | to put your hands up; to surrender | |
| 261 | to fall (into); to occur, happen; to feel, suffer | |
| 262 | to lie down, recline; to sleep | |
| 263 | to go to bed, to lie down | |
| 264 | hurry up; let's start; get going | |
| 265 | to sharpen | |
| 266 | to work, to act, to function, to be effective | |
| 267 | to send, to command | |
| 268 | to cause something to be sent | |
| 269 | to prepare; to make, form, invent | |
| 270 | to depart to bliss; to die | |
| 271 | never mind, it is not important | |
| 272 | to condole with, to console | |
| 273 | to examine, investigate, scrutinize | |
| 274 | to think, reckon, consider | |
| 275 | to take, accept, admit, receive | |
| 276 | to marry | |
| 277 | to smell, to be fragrant | |
| 278 | to examine closely, to research, to search | |
| 279 | to solve, resolve, settle | |
| 280 | to examine, to test | |
| 281 | to run | |
| 282 | to tour | |
| 283 | to ripen | |
| 284 | to speak, to converse with someone | |
| 285 | to speak; to sound, to ring | |
| 286 | to sleep | |
| 287 | to smell something | |
| 288 | to walk, go, move, proceed; to happen, take place | |
| 289 | to behave, to conduct oneself | |
| 290 | to make one walk; to manage, conduct; to steer | |
| 291 | to make one walk | |
| 292 | to walk (alternative form of నడచు) | |
| 293 | to make a thing proceed; to manage, conduct | |
| 294 | to move (a piece in a game) | |
| 295 | to bow, to salute with folded hands, to adore | |
| 296 | to chew | |
| 297 | to believe; to trust | |
| 298 | to convince; to cause to believe or trust | |
| 299 | to cut, hack, fell, sever, chop | |
| 300 | to dance | |
| 301 | to break; to be crushed or crumpled; to wither | |
| 302 | to pound, to bruise | |
| 303 | to crush (verb; cf. the colour noun నలుపు "black") | |
| 304 | to make black, to blacken | |
| 305 | to rub the body surface with paste | |
| 306 | to become black, to blacken | |
| 307 | to laugh | |
| 308 | to amuse, to cause to laugh | |
| 309 | to be ruined, destroyed; to vanish, go extinct | |
| 310 | to lose | |
| 311 | to make one lose | |
| 312 | to make one lick |