Essential English Vocabulary and Financial Idioms

English Vocabulary and Word Families

Below is a list of related English terms, their grammatical categories, and Spanish translations.

Science and Literacy Terms

• Scientist (n) → Científico (n)
• Scientific (adj) → Científico (adj)
• Scientifically (adv) → Científicamente (adv)
• Science (n) → Ciencia (n)
• Illiteracy (n) → Analfabetismo (n)
• Literacy (n) → Alfabetización (n)
• Literate (adj) → Alfabetizado (adj)
• Illiterate (adj) → Analfabeto (adj)

Tolerance and Expectation Terms

• Permissive (adj) → Tolerante (adj)
• Permission (n) → Permiso (n)
• Permitted (adj) → Permitido (adj)
• Permit (v) → Permitir (v)
• Expectations (n) → Expectativas (n)
• Expect (v) → Esperar (v)
• Expecting (v) → Estar embarazada (v) (Contextual meaning)
• Expectancy (n) → Expectación (n)
• Expectant (adj) → Expectante (adj)

Reality and Solution Terms

• Reality (n) → Realidad (n)
• Really (adv) → Realmente (adv)
• Real (adj) → Real (adj)
• Solution (n) → Solución (n)
• Solving (v) → Resolver (v)
• Solve (v) → Resolver (v)

Bearing and Freezing Terms

• Unbearable (adj) → Insoportable (adj)
• Bearable (adj) → Soportable (adj)
• Unbearably (adv) → Insoportablemente (adv)
• Bear (v) → Soportar (v)
• Freezer (n) → Congelador (n)
• Frozen (adj) → Congelado (adj)
• Freezing (adj) → Helado (adj)
• Freeze (v) → Congelar (v)

Advising, Benefiting, and Equipping Terms

• Beneficial (adj) → Beneficioso (adj)
• Benefit (n) → Ventajas (n)
• Advisable (adj) → Aconsejable (adj)
• Advise (v) → Aconsejar (v)
• Advice (n) → Consejo (n)
• Revolutionary (adj) → Revolucionario (adj)
• Revolution (n) → Revolución (n)
• Equipment (n) → Equipamiento (n)
• Equip (v) → Equipar (v)

Financial Idioms and Expressions

Common English expressions related to money, cost, and wealth.

High Cost and Saving

• Cost an arm and a leg → Costar un ojo de la cara
• Pay through the nose → Pagar un ojo de la cara
• Push the boat out → Gastar mucho dinero
• Save for a rainy day → Guardar dinero para cuando lo necesites
• Tighten your belt → Gastar menos dinero de lo habitual

Earning and Wealth

• Bring home the bacon → Traer el pan a casa
• Make a killing → Sacar provecho, enriquecerse
• Make a mint → Hacer un buen provecho, ganar mucho dinero
• Rolling in money/it → Tener mucho dinero
• Have the Midas touch → Habilidad para ganar dinero
• It's bread and butter → Principal fuente de ingresos

Budgeting and Poverty

• Make ends meet → Llegar a fin de mes
• Break (ing) even → Apañárselas para cubrir gastos/despesas
• On a shoestring → Usar poco dinero
• Live from hand to mouth → Apenas tener suficiente dinero para sobrevivir
• Keep the wolf from the door → Suficiente dinero para sobrevivir
• Live beyond her means → Vivir más allá de sus límites económicos
• Flat broke → Arruinado

Transactions and Character

• Rip (sb) off → Estafar dinero a alguien
• Dirt cheap → Demasiado barato
• Skinflint (n) → Tacaño (Miser)
• Pay cash in hand → Pagar en efectivo
• Have cash on hand → Tener dinero en efectivo
• Foot the bill → Pagar la cuenta

Collective Funds and Trust

• Set up a kitty → Empezar unos fondos comunes
• Had a whip-round → Colecta de dinero
• Give a blank check → Sin limitaciones financieras
• Put money where his mouth is → Demostrar intenciones sinceras