Vocabulary for Shopping, Waste, and Society
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Shopping Vocabulary
- Afford (v): Permitirse
- Auction (n): Subasta
- Bargain (n): Ganga
- Boutique (n): Boutique
- Brand (n): Marca
- Browse (v): Ojear
- Cashier (n): Cajero/a
- Changing Room (n): Probador
- Charity Shop (n): Tienda de caridad
- Customer (n): Cliente/a
- Deliver (v): Entregar
- Department Store (n): Grandes almacenes
- Exchange (v): Intercambiar
- Get a Discount (v): Obtener un descuento
- Order (v): Pedir/Ordenar
- Pay in Cash/Credit Card (v): Pagar en efectivo/tarjeta de crédito
- Personal Shopper (n): Asistente de compras
- Refund (n, v): Reembolso, Reembolsar
- Rip Off (phrasal verb): Estafar
- Sales (n): Rebajas
- Sales Assistant (n): Dependiente/a
- Save Up (phrasal verb): Ahorrar
- Second-hand (adj): De segunda mano
- Shopping Trip (n): Viaje de compras
- Sweatshop (n): Taller de explotación laboral
- Take it Back (phrasal verb): Devolverlo
- Try it On/Out (phrasal verb): Probárselo/Probarlo
- Window Shopping (n): Mirar escaparates
Waste Vocabulary
- Biodegradable (adj): Biodegradable
- Compost (n): Compost
- Consume (v): Consumir
- Consumer (n): Consumidor/a
- Consumption (n): Consumo
- Dispose (v): Desechar
- Disposable (adj): Desechable
- Dump (v, n): Verter; Vertedero
- Dumped (adj): Vertido
- Emit (v): Emitir
- Emission (n): Emisión
- Environmental (adj): Ambiental
- Incinerate (v): Incinerar
- Incinerator (n): Incineradora
- Landfill Site (n): Vertedero
- Manufacture (v): Fabricar
- Manufacturer (n): Fabricante
- Pollute (v): Contaminar
- Pollutant (n): Contaminante
- Pollution (n): Contaminación
- Recycle (v): Reciclar
- Recycling (n): Reciclaje
- Recyclable, Recycled (adj): Reciclable, Reciclado
- Renewable (adj): Renovable
- Reuse (v): Reutilizar
- Sustain (v): Sostener
- Sustainability (n): Sostenibilidad
- Sustainable (adj): Sostenible
- Toxic (adj): Tóxico
- Waste (v, n): Desperdiciar; Desperdicio
- Wasteful (adj): Derrochador
Common Idioms
- Be bitten by the bug / Be hooked on: Estar enganchado a algo
- Be on a high: Estar eufórico
- Be up to your eyeballs: Estar hasta arriba
- Cost an arm and a leg: Costar un ojo de la cara
- Feel down: Sentirse deprimido
- Get out of hand: Irse de las manos
- Go on a spending spree: Irse de compras compulsivamente
- Live from hand to mouth: Vivir al día
- Retail therapy: Terapia de compras
- Shop on a shoestring: Comprar con poco presupuesto
- Shop till you drop: Comprar hasta caer rendido
- Tighten your belt: Apretar el cinturón
Society Vocabulary
- Appointment (n): Cita
- Authorities (n): Autoridades
- Bravery (n): Valentía
- Capitalism (n): Capitalismo
- Colony (n): Colonia
- Community (n): Comunidad
- Custom (n): Costumbre
- Employment (n): Empleo
- Freedom (n): Libertad
- Healthcare (n): Asistencia médica
- Household (n): Hogar
- Law (n): Ley
- Majority (n): Mayoría
- Membership (n): Membresía
- Monarchy (n): Monarquía
- Neighborhood (n): Vecindario
- Ownership (n): Propiedad
- Population (n): Población
- Poverty (n): Pobreza
- Slavery (n): Esclavitud
- Socialism (n): Socialismo
- Society (n): Sociedad
- Taxation (n): Impuestos
- Tolerance (n): Tolerancia
- Wealth (n): Riqueza
- Welfare State (n): Estado de bienestar
- Wisdom (n): Sabiduría
Useful Phrasal Verbs
- Share Out (phrasal verb): Distribuir, Repartir
- Hand Over (phrasal verb): Entregar
- Move Out (phrasal verb): Mudarse
- Put Up (phrasal verb): Levantar, Construir, Hospedar
- Set Off (phrasal verb): Salir, Partir
- Set Up (phrasal verb): Establecer, Configurar
- Spring Up (phrasal verb): Surgir, Aparecer rápidamente