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

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