Essential Vocabulary for Travel and Environment
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Vocabulary Compilation
Travel and Accommodation
- Accommodation (alojamiento)
- All of a sudden (de repente)
- Back and forth (de acá para allá)
- To find one's way (ubicarse)
- Guided tour
- To land
- One-way ticket
- Out of the way (inaccesible)
- Path (camino)
- Suitcase (maleta)
- Landscape (paisaje)
- To pack
- Departure (salida)
- Cozy (acogedor)
- To go sightseeing
- Fare (precio)
- Backpacker (mochilero)
- Sights (lugares de interés turístico)
- Tip (propina)
- Arrival (llegada)
- Tent (tienda de campaña)
- Youth hostel
- Travel insurance
Environmental Concerns
- Floods (inundaciones)
- Waste (desperdicio)
- Toxic waste
- Exhaust fumes
- Pesticides
- Acid rain
- Greenhouse effect
- Ozone layer
- Sea level
- Deserts
- Uninhabitable
- Air quality
- Drought (sequía)
- Earthquake
- Tidal wave
- Crop (cultivo)
- Famine (hambruna)
- Hunting (caza)
- Hole (agujero)
- Ice caps (casquetes polares)
- To dump (verter)
- Engine (motor)
- Fine (multa)
- Fuel (combustible)
- Wildlife
- To melt (derretirse)
- To neglect (descuidar)
- Shortage (escasez)
- Rechargeable (reutilizable)
Health and Fitness
- Plenty of fresh air
- To avoid (evitar)
- To keep to (ceñirte a)
- To stay (mantente)
- To give up (dejar)
- To join a gym
- To put on weight
- To go on a diet
- To cut out chocolate
- Waist size
- To bulk up (aumentar músculo)
- To slim down (adelgazar)
- To pull a muscle (dañar)
- Prescription (receta médica)
- Tablet/Pill (pastilla)
- Stamina (resistencia)
- To shed pounds (perder peso)
- Down in the dumps (bajo ánimo)
Work and Employment
Job Roles
- Executive (quien toma grandes decisiones)
- Administrator (quien está en la oficina día tras día)
- Clerk (trabajo de oficina ordinario)
- Skilled worker
- Safety officer
- Personnel officer (cuida la administración de empleados)
- Supervisor
- Public relations officer
- Union representative (representa a los trabajadores)
- Sales assistant (vende bienes al público)
- Laborer (trabajo físico duro)
- Recruiter (quien busca candidatos)
Trades and Applications
- Mechanic
- Librarian
- Child-minder
- Priest (párroco)
- Accountant (contador)
- Tailor (diseñador/sastre)
- Plumber (fontanero)
- To apply for (solicitar)
- To be promoted (ascender)
- Maternity leave
- To get the sack / To be fired (despedir)
- To be on flexi-time
- To work shifts (en turnos)
- To fill in (rellenar)
- Entrepreneur (emprendedor)
- Civil servant (funcionario)
- A vacancy (vacante de trabajo)
- Job hunting (búsqueda de empleo)
- To be in the rat race (círculo vicioso)
- To make ends meet (llegar a fin de mes)
- To work round the clock
Education and Training
- Resit (recuperación/examen de recuperación)
- Staff room
- Deadline (fecha límite)
- Caretaker (conserje)
- College (universidad/instituto)
- Nursery school
- Headteacher
- Gifted (talentoso)
- Handout (material para repartir)
- To drop out (abandonar)
- Failure (fracaso)
- Fee (matrícula)
- To cram (empollar)
- Willpower
- Scholarship (beca)
Phrasal Verbs and Idioms
- To learn the ropes (aprender a trabajar)
- To play truant (hacer novillos)
- To step down
- To be as fit as a fiddle (saludable)
- Passed away (fallecer)
- To do without (pasar sin)
- Called off (cancelar)
- Carried away (dejarse llevar)
- Break out (separarse/estallar)
- To run out (quedarse sin)
- To put up with (aguantar)
- To keep up (estar al día)
- To come across (cruzar/encontrar por casualidad)
- To take off (despegar)
- Dropped by (dejado por/visitado brevemente)
Grammar Focus: Wishes
Conditional Wishes
Use these structures to express desires or regrets:
- I wish I were taller (Situación presente = con simple past)
- I wish it hadn't rained (Situación pasada = con past perfect)
- I wish you wouldn't be so horrible (En queja del presente = se une con would + infinitivo)
Causal Connectors
Words used to introduce reasons:
- Because
- Since (desde/puesto que)
- As (puesto que)
- Due to (debido a que)
- Seeing that (visto que)