The purpose of this list is to give a rough idea of the Guarani language. The words listed below are not the most common words, but a broad sampling of words. See the Word Lists page for more details.
| English | Guarani (avañe'ẽ) |
| I | che |
| you (singular) | nde |
| he | ha'e |
| we | ñande *(inclusive)*, ore *(exclusive)* |
| you (plural) | peẽ |
| they | ha'ekuéra |
| this | ko |
| that | pe |
| here | ko'ápe |
| there | upépe |
| who | mávapa *(interrogative)* |
| what | mba'épa *(interrogative)* |
| where | mamópa *(no movement, interrogative)* |
| when | araka'épa *(interrogative)* |
| how | mba'éichapa *(interrogative)* |
| not | ani … |
| all | pa |
| many | eta |
| few | mbovy |
| other | ambue |
| one | peteĩ |
| two | mokõi |
| three | mbohapy |
| four | irundy |
| five | po |
| big | tuicha, guasu |
| long | puku |
| wide | pe |
| thick | kyra |
| heavy | pohýi |
| small | michĩ |
| short | mbyky |
| narrow | po'i |
| thin | pererĩ |
| woman | kuña |
| man (adult male) | kuimba'e |
| man (human being) | tekove |
| child | mitã'i |
| wife | tembireko |
| husband | ména |
| mother | sy |
| father | ru, túva |
| animal | mymba, tymba |
| fish | pira |
| bird | guyra |
| dog | jagua |
| snake | mbói |
| worm | taso |
| tree | yvyra |
| forest | ka'aguy |
| stick | pokoka |
| fruit | yva |
| seed | ta'ỹi |
| leaf | togue |
| root | tapo |
| flower | yvoty |
| grass | ka'a, ñana |
| rope | sã |
| skin | pire |
| meat | so'o |
| blood | tuguy |
| bone | kangue |
| fat (noun) | ñandy |
| egg | tupi'a |
| horn | jepoka |
| tail | tuguái |
| feather | tague |
| hair | áva |
| head | akã |
| ear | nambi |
| eye | tesa |
| nose | tĩ |
| mouth | juru |
| tooth | tãi |
| tongue (organ) | kũ |
| fingernail | pyapẽ |
| foot | py |
| leg | tetyma |
| hand | po |
| wing | pepo |
| guts | py'akue |
| neck | ajúra |
| back | ape |
| breast | káma |
| heart | ñe'ã |
| liver | py'akue |
| to drink | -'u |
| to eat | karu, -'u |
| to bite | su'u |
| to suck | pyte |
| to spit | ndyvu |
| to blow | peju |
| to breathe | pytuhẽ |
| to laugh | puka |
| to see | hecha |
| to hear | hendu |
| to know | kuaa |
| to think | mo'ã |
| to smell | hetũ |
| to fear | kyhyje |
| to sleep | ke |
| to live | kove |
| to die | mano |
| to kill | juka |
| to hit | japete |
| to cut | kytỹ |
| to scratch | karãi |
| to dig | jo'o |
| to swim | yta |
| to fly | veve |
| to walk | guata |
| to come | ju |
| to lie (as in a bed) | ty *(action)* |
| to sit | guapy *(action)* |
| to stand | pu'ã *(action)* |
| to turn (intransitive) | pyryrỹi |
| to fall | -'a |
| to give | me'ẽ |
| to hold | reko |
| to squeeze | jopy |
| to rub | kyty |
| to wash | johéi |
| to wipe | ky'a'o |
| to pull | nohẽ |
| to push | muaña |
| to throw | ty |
| to tie | ñapytĩ |
| to sew | mbovyvy |
| to count | papa |
| to say | -e |
| to sing | purahéi |
| to play | ñembosarái |
| to flow | syry |
| sun | kuarahy |
| moon | jasy |
| star | mbyja |
| water | y |
| rain | ama |
| river | ysyry |
| lake | ypa |
| sea | para |
| salt | juky |
| stone | ita |
| sand | yvyku'i |
| dust | yvytimbo |
| earth | yvy |
| cloud | arai |
| fog | tatatína |
| sky | yvága |
| wind | yvytu |
| snow | yrypy'a |
| ice | yrypy'a |
| smoke | tatatĩ, timbo |
| fire | tata |
| ash | kusugue, tanimbu |
| road | tape |
| mountain | yvaty, yvyty |
| red | pytã |
| green | sa'yky |
| yellow | sa'yju |
| white | morotĩ |
| black | hũ |
| night | pyhare |
| day | ára |
| year | ary |
| warm | haku |
| cold | ro'y |
| full | enyhẽ |
| new | pyahu |
| old | tuja |
| good | porã, pupu |
| bad | vai |
| rotten | tuju |
| dirty | ky'a |
| round | apu'a |
| sharp (as a knife) | haimbe |
| smooth | sỹi |
| wet | hykue |
| dry | kã |
| near | aguĩ |
| far | mombyry |
| right | akatúape |