Common English–Spanish Vocabulary and Useful Phrases

English–Spanish Vocabulary and Useful Phrases

Phrases and Translations

• Chat: conversación.
• Complex: complejo.
• Develop: desarrollar.
• Express your feelings.
• Get the message across: transmitir tu mensaje.
• Get to the point.
• Interrupt.
• Keep in touch: mantener el contacto.
• Latest news: últimas noticias.
• Lighten up: animar, suavizar.
• Manage: manejar.
• Notice: advertir, aviso.
• Post: publicar.
• Properly: adecuado.
• Social media.
• Spread: esparcir.
• Talk something over: hablar de algo.
• Text messaging.
• Upload: subir.
• View: ver.
• Worldwide: por todo el mundo.
• Abroad: en el extranjero.
• An only child: hijo único.
• Fluent: fluido.
• Hang out: dar una vuelta.
• Last a lifetime: toda una vida.
• Nightlife: vida nocturna.
• Run a business: dirigir un negocio.
• Challenging: desafiante.
• Amusing: entretenida.
• Thrilled: emocionado.
• Embarrassed: avergonzado.
• Careless: descuidado.
• Devices: aparatos.
• Hopeless: sin esperanza.
• Thoughtful: empático.
• Wink: guiñar.
• Stunning: sorprendente.
• Attempt (n): intento.
• Avoid: evitar.
• Capable of: capaz de.
• Controversial: polémico.
• Costly: costoso.
• Cutting-edge: innovador.
• Device: dispositivo.
• Downside: abajo, desventaja.
• Enable: capacitar.
• Feature: característica.
• Go missing: perderse.
• Hi-tech: de alta tecnología.
• Increase: incrementar.
• Operate: funcionar.
• Proud: orgulloso/a.
• Remote control.
• Rough: áspero, rugoso.
• Search: buscar.
• Stunning: maravilloso/a.
• Tough: difícil.
• Trend.
• Upgrade: mejorar.
• Amount: cantidad.
• Ban: prohibición.
• Complaint: queja.
• Deal with: tratar con.
• Predict: predecir.
• Replace: sustituir.
• Sensible: sensato.
• Sensitive: sensible.
• Injure: herir o lesionar.
• Awareness: conciencia.

Palabras:

• -, awareness, aware;
• equip, equipment, equipped;
• assist, assistant/assistance, -;
• sense, sense, sensible/sensitive;
• injury, injury, injured;
• entail, -; enabled;
• combine, combination, -;
• develop, development, developed;
• -, complexity, complex;
• -, seriousness, serious;
• describe, description, descriptive.

Adjectives and States

• popularity.
• careful.
• shocked.
• hopeless.
• development.
• annoying.
• sadness.
• location.
• improvement.
• loneliness.
• responsibility.
• seriousness.
• hopeful.
• powerful.
• harmless.
• meaningless.
• thoughtless.
• useless.

Phrases and Collocations

• save the day.
• keep to himself.
• keep awake.
• keep you waiting.
• save your breath.
• keep me posted.
• save her life.
• save ourselves the trouble.
• keep track.
• keen on facial.
• impressed with.
• aware of.
• message across.
• skillful at.
• keen on.
• aware of.
• proud of.