Essential Business English Vocabulary and Grammar Reference

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Professional Vocabulary

Core Business Concepts

  • Advisor: Consejero
  • Approach: Acercarse
  • Bond: Vínculo
  • Bonus: Bono
  • Break the ice: Romper el hielo
  • Challenge: Desafío
  • Clues: Pistas
  • Conflict resolution: Resolución de conflictos
  • Evaluate: Evaluar
  • Experience: Experiencia
  • Interpersonal: Interpersonal
  • Laughter: Carcajada
  • Prioritise: Priorizar
  • Pull together: Tirar del mismo lado
  • Relaxed: Relajado
  • Setting: Ajuste
  • Shocked: Impactado
  • Strenuous: Energético
  • Team spirit: Espíritu de equipo
  • Treasure hunt: Búsqueda del tesoro
  • Unmotivated: Desmotivado
  • Workshop: Taller

Collaboration and Performance

  • Aspect: Aspecto
  • Collaborate: Colaborar
  • Come up with: Conseguir
  • Commitment: Compromiso
  • Contribution: Contribución
  • Demotivating: Desmotivador
  • Encourage: Animar
  • Express: Expresar
  • Facilitate: Facilitar
  • Input: Participar
  • Overrated: Sobrevalorado
  • Perform: Realizar
  • Point of view: Punto de vista
  • Problematic: Problemático
  • Prove: Probar
  • Reasonable: Lógico
  • Settle: Resolver
  • Share: Compartir
  • Strength: Fuerza
  • Weakness: Debilidad

Leadership and Management

  • Accomplishments: Logros
  • Assertiveness: Confianza
  • Attitude: Actitud
  • Criticise: Criticar
  • Expectation: Expectativa
  • Mediation: Arbitraje
  • Mentor: Aconsejar
  • Mission: Misión
  • Morale: Moral
  • Rewarding: Gratificante
  • Tactful: Discreto
  • Teambuilding: Construcción de equipos
  • Tension: Tensión
  • Win-win solution: Solución ganar-ganar

Strategic Operations

  • Approach: Aconsejar
  • Basis: Base
  • Bother: Molestar
  • Circumstance: Circunstancia
  • Constantly: Constantemente
  • Crisis: Crisis
  • Delegate: Delegar
  • Direct: Directo
  • Empower: Fortalecer
  • Enhance: Mejorar
  • Get along with: Llevarse bien con
  • Identify: Identificar
  • Implementation: Implementación
  • Inspiration: Inspiración
  • Lack: Falta
  • Lead to: Guiar a
  • Praise: Alabar
  • Proactive: Dinámico
  • Reactive: Reactivo
  • Separate: Separar
  • Socialise: Socializar
  • Vision: Visión
  • Work things out: Resolver problemas

Awareness and Autonomy

  • Awareness: Conciencia
  • Bargaining power: Regateo
  • Be caught off guard: Ser pillado por sorpresa
  • Chain: Cadena
  • Demand: Demanda
  • Discipline: Disciplina
  • Distraction: Distracción
  • Force: Potencia
  • In the light of: A la luz de
  • Irrelevant: Irrelevante
  • Navigate: Dirigir
  • Overcome: Superar
  • Reinvent: Reinventar
  • Revolution: Revolución
  • Role: Labor
  • Set aside: Interrumpir
  • Substitute: Sustituir
  • Threat: Amenaza
  • Autonomy: Autonomía
  • Clarity: Claridad
  • Coaching skills: Habilidades de coaching
  • Consult: Consultar
  • Coordinate: Coordinar
  • Curious: Curioso
  • Group dynamics: Dinámicas de grupo
  • Hidden opportunities: Oportunidades ocultas
  • Initiative: Iniciativa
  • Innovation: Innovación
  • Micromanage: Controlar
  • Resourcefulness: Habilidad
  • Role model: Ejemplo
  • Routine: Rutina
  • Vision statement: Declaración de visión

Grammar Essentials

Verb Tenses

  • To be: I am / I'm not / Am I? | You are / You aren't / Are you?
  • Have got: I have got / I haven't got / Have I got? | You have got / You haven't got / Have you got?
  • Present simple: I learn / I don't learn / Do I learn? | He learns / He doesn't learn / Does he learn?
  • Continuous: I am working / I'm not working / Am I working? (Now/at the moment)
  • Past simple: I talked / I didn't talk / Did I talk? / Yes, he did.

Quantifiers and Modals

  • Quantifiers: Much (cuánto), Many (cuántos), Some, Any, Little (poco), Few (pocos).
  • Modals: May/Might (permiso o probabilidad), Can/Could (probabilidad), Must/Have to (obligación), Be allowed to (tener permiso), Be able to (ser capaz de), Should (recomendación), Ought to (consejo).

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