BUSINESS SPANISH TUTORIALS

VOCABULARIO

Each topic contains between 35 and 150 words related to a selected topic. Every word in each topic has audio. Click on the letters to choose a topic. For daily lessons click here.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A TOP (Top of the page)

Advertising: campaign, agency, slogan, logo.

Anatomy: body parts, such as, arms, fingers, face. (Word games)

Animals: mammals, such as elephant, dolphins, and cows. (Word games)

Art: types of creative expressions, such as, painting, sculpture, printing.

Accounting: bookkeeping, auditing, internal controls.

Alphabet: consonants, vowels, diphthongs, and triphthongs.

B TOP

Balance Sheet: accounting balance, assets, liabilities.

Banking: types of accounts, such as checking, interest, savings, loans. Cultural Notes.

Benefits (employee): social security, retirement, cut back.

Bookkeeping: journal entries, balancing accounts.

Businesses: types, such as corporation, partnership, nonprofit.

I. Set up: start up.
II. Growth: expansion.
III. Downsizing: lay-off.

C TOP

Chemistry: key words for this industry, such as, organic, inorganic.

Clothing and accessories: children's, women's, and men's clothing. (Word games)

Contracts: review, duration, pay.

Compensation: wages, base, seniority.

Colors: primary and secondary. (Word games)

Computer: PC, mouse, types of computers.

Corporation: types, such as partnership, nonprofit.

Correspondence: letter, mail, postal office.

Courtship: romantic meetings. Cultural Notes.

Customer services: complaints, exchange, courtesy.

D TOP

Days of the week: names and differences with English.

Delivery: shipment, recipient, advance.

Design: product, label, packaging.

E TOP

Economics: developments, institutions, international organizations, and sectors.

Electronics: such as cameras, stereo.

Entertainment: such as TV, movies, theater.

Environment: contamination, deforestation, imbalance.

F TOP

Fashion: men's, women's, children's, accessories. (Word games)

Finance: structuring, solvency, equity capital, procurement.

Flowers: rose, daisies, orchid.

Food: breakfast, lunch, dinner and drinks. (Word games)

G TOP

Government: agencies and employment.

Grammar: basic, intermediate, advance rules.

Greetings and farewell: formal and informal greetings. Cultural Notes.

H TOP

Holidays in Latin American countries.

Hour: telling time and differences with English.

Human resources: councilor, hiring, confidentiality, job advertising.

I TOP

Income Statement: net income, gross income.

International finance: conversion price, foreign exchange.

International trade: import, export, distribution network, customs, terms.

Invoicing: bill, method, credit terms.

Investments: real estate, savings, bonds.

Insurance: types, pricing, coverage.

J TOP

Job market: hiring, application, wages.

K TOP

Kitchenware: tableware, plates, pan.

L TOP

Loan: short term, collateral, insured.

M TOP

Maintenance: modernization, innovation, automated.

Manufacturing: raw material, specifications, manpower.

Marketing: advertising, market research, survey, sales.

Money: forms of cash, such as, coins, bills.

Months: Jan, Feb, etc.

Motor vehicles: car, truck, front-wheel drive.

N TOP

Numbers: 1.cardinal and differences with English.

Negation: double negation.

O TOP

Occupations: different types of jobs.

Ordinal numbers: first to millionth.

Office supplies: equipment, paper, printer.

Organizational chart: department, PR, manager, personnel.

P TOP

Pharmaceutical: analgesic, drops, ointment.

Petroleum: fuel, pipeline, exploration.

Politics: parties and elections.

Printing: engrave, pamphlet, font.

Pricing: reduced, discounted, increase.

Production: factory, capacity, freight.

Profit and Loss: income and expense, net sales.

Professions: same as occupations.

Q TOP

Quality control: supervisor, time, return.

R TOP

Real Estate: selling and buying.

Religion: names and bible.

Relationships: family, friends, romantic one.

Resources: allocation, investment activity, investment climate.

Romance: dates, boyfriend and girlfriend.

S TOP

Sales: distribution, direct, middle men, retail.

Seasons: Autumn, Summer, Winter, Fall.

Sports: soccer, golf, martial arts. (Word games)

Stock Market: stock, bull market, market crash.

T TOP

Taxation: tax payer, evasion, collection.

Telephone: rates, long distance, local.

Trade show: banner, exhibition, trade rep.

Training: scholarship, teaching, seminar.

Transportation: means of transportation.

Travel Spanish: making reservations, hotel, planes. Cultural Notes.

Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets: US State Department

U TOP

Unemployment: discharge, firing, cause of discharge.

Union: syndicate, strike, working class.

V TOP

Vacation: planning, travel agency. Cultural Notes.

Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets: US State Department

WX TOP

Warehousing: depot, bulk, fork-lift.

Weather Expressions: cold, hot, ect.

YZ TOP