Essential English Communication Vocabulary and Examples

Key Communication Vocabulary and Expressions

Improve your communication and digital media vocabulary with these essential terms, Spanish definitions, and contextual example sentences:

• Challenge (reto): It’s a challenge to get a message into 140 letters.
• Chat (chatear): I chatted with my friend for hours.
• Comment (comentar): After she saw the picture, she commented that her mother looked well.
• Complex (complicado): This is a complex problem for our small community.
• Develop (desarrollar / crear): We want to develop a system for our network.
• Express your feelings (expresar los sentimientos): You must express your feelings or nobody will know what you are thinking.
• Face-to-face (cara a cara): It’s best to have a face-to-face conversation with Julia.
• Get the message across (expresar un mensaje / transmitir el mensaje): Speak clearly so that you can get your message across.
• Get to the point (ir al grano): Stop wasting time and get to the point.
• In this day and age (hoy en día): In this day and age, we expect to communicate quickly and efficiently.
• Inform (informar): Tom informed us about the new project.
• Interrupt (interrumpir): Every time I tried to speak, Tom interrupted me.
• Keep in touch (mantener el contacto / seguir en contacto): Please keep in touch so that I know what is happening.
• Latest news (noticias de última hora): Have you heard the latest news?
• Lighten up (suavizar / relajarse): Tom is very serious. He should lighten up.
• Manage (dominar / conseguir): How do you manage with all your work?
• Misunderstand (malinterpretar): I hope you didn’t misunderstand my message.
• Notice (darse cuenta): Did you notice what she was wearing?
• Post (publicar en internet): Did you post a message on my page?
• Properly (correctamente): The project will fail if we don’t do the work properly.
• Share (compartir): I shared a link to a new website about sports.
• Social media (medios sociales / redes sociales): Do you use social media regularly?
• Spread (ponerse de moda / extenderse): News spreads quickly on social networks.
• Talk something over (hablar sobre algo): I’ve got a problem and I would like to talk it over with you.
• Text messaging (envío de mensajes de texto): Text messaging apps are especially popular with teenagers.
• Upload (subir / colgar en internet): I always upload my photos when I'm on holiday.
• View (ver): I like people to view my photos.
• Worldwide (por todo el mundo): The company is a worldwide operation with branches in every country.