Essential Business English Vocabulary & Terms

Essential Business English Vocabulary

Enhance your understanding of key business terms with this comprehensive English-to-Spanish glossary.

• Stock exchange: La bolsa
• Shareholders: Accionistas
• Assets / shares: Acciones de bolsa. Can be bought on the stock exchange.
• Likely to: Tener la probabilidad de
• Sole trader / Sole proprietor: Autónomo
• Management: Gestión
• To manage (v): Gestionar
• Debts: Deudas
• To set up / to settle / to start a business (v): Empezar, establecer un negocio
• Profits / benefits: Beneficios
• Losses: Pérdidas
• To appoint (v): Nombrar a
• Headquarters (pl) / main office: Sede central
• Branches: Sucursales
• Subsidiary: Sucursal, filial
• To found a business (v): Fundar una empresa
• Dotcoms: Online companies, haven't got a physical company.
• Franchising / Franchise business: Franquicia
• Franchisor: Franquiciador
• Franchisee: Franquiciado
• Liability / responsibility: Responsabilidad
• To be responsible for: Ser responsable de
• Goal / objective / aim: Objetivo
• Employees / workers / staff / personnel: Trabajadores
• To do business / to get money (v): Hacer negocios / Obtener dinero
• To own (v): Ser propietario
• An owner: Propietario
• Ownership (n): Propiedad
• On the market: Virtual concept. E.g., Financial market.
• In the market: Real and concrete concept. E.g., El Retiro market.
• To issue (v): Emitir
• To invest (v): Invertir
• Investment (n): Inversión
• To close down / go out (v): Quebrar
• To belong (v): Pertenecer
• Suppliers: Proveedores
• To supply (v): Proveer, abastecer
• Trade mark: Marca registrada. E.g., Coca-Cola.
• Brand names: Nombres de marca. E.g., from Coca-Cola: Fanta, Aquarius.
• Seek / look for (v): Buscar
• Approval / permission: Permiso
• Advice (n): Consejo /// Advise (v): Aconsejar
• Deal with: Tratar, gestionar problemas
• Borrow: Pedir prestado
• Advertising / publicity: Publicidad
• Provide: Suministrar, proporcionar
• Reports / formal documents: Informes
• To develop (v): Desarrollar
• Development (n): Desarrollo
• Source(s): Fuente(s) de información
• Turnover: Facturación
• Joint venture: Unión entre empresas para un negocio específico
• Merger: Fusión de empresas
• Currently / nowadays: Actualmente
• Throw out (v): Eliminar
• Bureaucracy: Burocracia
• Manufacturers: Fabricante, productor
• Goods / finished goods: Productos
• Bulk: Al por mayor
• In bulk: En grandes cantidades.
• Wholesaler: Mayorista
• Retailers: Minorista
• Warehouse: Almacén
• Freight forwarder / forwarding agent: Empresa de transporte, logística
• To arrange (v): Organizar, disponer
• Wool: Lana
• Dyes: Colorante
• Raw materials: Materias primas
• Run a business: Gestionar un negocio
• Domestic market: Mercado nacional
• To send / to forward / to dispatch (v): Enviar
• To purchase / to buy (v): Comprar