Comprehensive Vocabulary List for Language Learners

Entertainment

Television

Show: show (English), audiencia (Spanish), espectador (Spanish)
Viewer: presentador (Spanish)
Broadcast: emisión (Spanish)
Advert: anuncio (Spanish)
Screen: pantalla (Spanish)
Camera: cámara (Spanish)
Remote control: mando (Spanish)
Talent show: show de talento (Spanish)
Quiz show: preguntas (Spanish)
Game show: concurso de juegos (Spanish)
Soap opera: novela (Spanish)
Sitcom: comedia (Spanish)
Episode: episodio (Spanish)
Cartoon: dibujos (Spanish)

Reality TV

Reality show: reality show (English), programa de telerrealidad (Spanish)
Drama series: serie de drama (Spanish)

Environment

Recycling and Waste

Recycle: reciclar (Spanish)
Reuse: reusar (Spanish)
Save: salvar (Spanish)
Pollute: basura (Spanish)
Poison: veneno (Spanish)
Throw away: tirar (Spanish)
Burn: quemar (Spanish)
Bury: enterrar (Spanish)
Destroy: destrozar (Spanish)
Waste: desperdiciar (Spanish)

Packaging Types

• Can of fizzy drink
• Roll of toilet paper
• Bottle of shampoo
• Box of washing powder
• Packet of crisps
• Bag of apples
• Bar of chocolate
• Jar of coffee
• Tube of toothpaste
• Carton of juice

Technology and Internet

Horoscope: horóscopo (Spanish)
Celebrities: famosos (Spanish)
Relationships: relación (Spanish)
Advice: consejo (Spanish)
Fashion: moda (Spanish)
Reviews: revisar (Spanish)
Gadget: dispositivo (Spanish)
Jokes: bromas (Spanish)
Homework: deberes (Spanish)
Shopping: comprar (Spanish)

Online Activities

• Email
• Instant messaging
• Download
• File sharing
• Message board
• Blog
• Personal webpage
• Chat room
• Online game
• Search engine

Common Online Actions

• Message people
• Download files
• Share files
• Post a message
• Blog
• Create a personal webpage
• Chat
• Play games online
• Search

Careers: Music and Entertainment Industry

Shoot a video: rodar un video (Spanish)
Do an interview: hacer una entrevista (Spanish)
Sign a contract: firmar un contrato (Spanish)
Have a hit: tener un éxito (Spanish)
Get a good/bad review: recibir una buena/mala noticia (Spanish)
Sack someone: despedir a alguien (Spanish)
Appear on TV: aparecer en TV (Spanish)
Release a single: lanzar un single (Spanish)
Break up: separarse (Spanish)
Audition: audición (Spanish)

Personal Qualities

Style, stylish: estilo (Spanish)
Skill, skillful: habilidad (Spanish)
Independence, independent: independencia (Spanish)
Strength, strong: fuerza (Spanish)
Creativity, creative: creatividad (Spanish)
Luck, lucky: suerte (Spanish)
Intelligence, intelligent: inteligencia (Spanish)
Talent, talented: talento (Spanish)
Ego, egotistical: ego (Spanish)
Fame, famous: fama (Spanish)
Good, good-looking: guapo/a (Spanish)

Education

School Activities

• Make friends
• Get good marks
• Pass exams
• Play truant
• Revise for an exam
• Cheat in an exam
• Fail an exam
• Copy a friend's work
• Do your homework
• Get a bad mark

School Issues

• Bullies
• Suspend
• Expel
• Leave school

School Types and Terms

• Get a qualification
• Mixed school
• Single-sex school
• School leaving age
• State school
• Private school
• School uniforms
• School rules
• School holidays
• School subjects
• Primary school
• Secondary school
• Boarding school

Phrasal Verbs

Look after: cuidar, care for (Spanish)
Wipe out: aniquilar, destroy (Spanish)
Carry on: continuar, continue (Spanish)
End up: acabar, finish (Spanish)
Set up: fundar, start (Spanish)
Find out: encontrar, discover (Spanish)
Sign up: inscribirse, subscribe to (Spanish)
Join in: participar, participate in (Spanish)

Movies

Technical Aspects

• 3D films
• Sound
• Colour
• Digital projectors
• Surround sound
• Computer-generated images

Story Elements

Beginning: comienzo (Spanish)
Ending: final (Spanish)
Special effects: efectos especiales (Spanish)
Novelist: novelista (Spanish)
Film director: director de cine (Spanish)
Theme: tema (Spanish)
Setting: escenario (Spanish)
Blockbuster: éxito de taquilla (Spanish)
Best-seller: superventa (Spanish)
Plot: argumento (Spanish)
Scene: escena (Spanish)
Character: personaje (Spanish)

Art

Art Forms and Venues

Sculpture: escultura (Spanish)
Gallery: galería (Spanish)
Portrait: retrato (Spanish)
Landscape: paisaje (Spanish)
Auction: subasta (Spanish)
Critic: crítico (Spanish)
Art movement: movimiento artístico (Spanish)
Masterpiece: obra maestra (Spanish)
Museum: museo (Spanish)
Exhibition: exposición (Spanish)
Collector: coleccionista (Spanish)

Describing Art

Beautiful: bonito (Spanish), beautiful (English)
Controversial: polémico (Spanish), controversial (English)
Amusing: divertido (Spanish), amusing (English)
Shocking: chocante (Spanish), shocking (English)
Imaginative: imaginativo (Spanish), imaginative (English)
Ridiculous: ridículo (Spanish), ridiculous (English)
Traditional: tradicional (Spanish), traditional (English)
Dull: aburrido (Spanish), dull (English)
Colourful: colorido (Spanish), colourful (English)
Strange: extraño (Spanish), strange (English)
Provocative: provocativo (Spanish), provocative (English)
Original: original (Spanish), original (English)