Crime, News and Digital Vocabulary: English-Spanish Study Guide
Crime Vocabulary
Masked (enmascarado), attacked (atacado), grabs (garras), gets away (se va), witness (testigo), thief (ladrón), evidence (evidencia), suspect (sospechar), robbery (robo), patrol (patrulla), prevent (evitar), goes off (se apaga), lock (cerradura), break the law (violar la ley), safe (caja fuerte), burglar alarm (alarma), jewellery (joyería).
General Words
Gate (puerta), ladder (escalera), tools (herramientas), cat burglar (gato ladrón), cheap (barato), tape (cinta), lifted (levantado), at least (al menos), success (éxito), pleasant (agradable).
Journalism
- The press (la prensa)
- Reporters (reporteros)
- Front page (portada)
- Daily (diario)
- Headline (titular)
- News source (fuente de noticia)
- Scoop (primicia)
- Breaking news (noticias de última hora)
- Cover the news (cubrir las noticias)
- News bulletins (boletín de noticias)
- Hold a press conference (dar una conferencia de prensa)
- Live broadcast (transmisión en vivo)
- Published (publicado)
Crime Words
Burglar (ladrón), murder (asesinato), mugging (asalto), shoplifter (ladrón de tiendas), mugger (asaltante), rob (robar), steal (robar), murderer (asesino), kill (matar).
Helping and Feelings
Helpful (servicial) / helpless (no servicial), hopeful (esperanzado) / hopeless (sin esperanza), thoughtful (considerado) / thoughtless (desconsiderado), harmful (perjudicial) / harmless (inofensivo), useful (útil) / useless (inútil), painful (doloroso) / painless (sin dolor), careful (cuidadoso) / careless (sin cuidado), skilful (habilidoso) / defenceless (indefenso).
In bold (en negrita), I was mugged (me asaltaron), upset (trastornado), witnessed a robbery (testigo de robo).
Present Perfect Simple
Form: have/has + past participle.
Examples: The police have been here since 6:00. / The detective has found a witness.
Time Expressions
Never, ever, already, just yet, recently, lately, years, since.
Social Media and Technology
Social media (medios sociales), keep in touch (mantener el contacto), account (cuenta), post updates (postear actualizaciones), post comments, tweets, hurricane (huracán), tsunami, seaquake (maremoto), storm (tormenta), floods (inundaciones), earthquake (terremoto), tornadoes, device (aparato), hang on (espera un momento), wireless (inalámbrico), up to date (al día), old-fashioned (vintage), user-friendly (fácil para la gente), switch on / switch off (encender / apagar), plug in / unplug (conectar / desconectar), look after (hacerse cargo de), keep up with (estar al día), can't help (no puedo ayudar), going on (qué pasa), break down (averiarse), catch on (triunfar), turn off (apagar), break into (allanar), came up with (ocurrírsele), landline (teléfono fijo).
Information
Missing information (falta de información), accurate (preciso), bounced (rebotar), thrilled (emocionado), develop (desarrollar), out of date (desactualizado), store information (almacenar información), do a search (hacer una búsqueda), go viral (hacerse viral), download apps (descargar aplicaciones), solve a problem (resolver un problema), go online (conectarse).
Adjectives and Adverbs
- Beautiful / beautifully
- Fast / fast
- Quick / quickly
- Frequent / frequently
- Good / well