Essential English-Spanish Vocabulary: Society, Law, and Verbs
Posted on Jan 30, 2025 in Hospitality and Tourism
Social and Legal Terms
- appointment – cita
- joyriding – pasear en un auto robado
- authorities – autoritats
- judge – juez
- bravery – valentía
- jury – jurado
- capitalism – capitalismo
- jury service – servicio de jurado
- citizen – ciudadano
- lawyer – abogado
- citizenship – ciudadania
- life sentence – cadena perpetua
- civil servant – funcionario
- mugging – atraco
- colony – colonia
- murder – asesinato
- community – vecindario
- pay a fine – pagar una multa
- custom – costum, hábito
- police officer – oficial de policía
- employment – empleo
- reach a verdict – llegar a un veredicto
- freedom – libertad
- release sb (from) – poner en libertad
- healthcare – asistencia médica
- repeat offence – reincidente
- household – casa
- send sb to prison – enviar a la presó
- law – ley
- sentence sb to – sentenciar
- majority – mayoría
- shoplifting – robo en tienda
- membership – socios
- suspect – sospechar
- monarchy – monarquía
- theft – robo, atraco
- neighbourhood – vecindario
- underage drinking – consumo de alcohol menor de edad
- ownership – propiedad
- vandalism – vandalismo
- population – població
- witness – testigo
- poverty – pobreza
- young offender – joven criminal
- slavery – esclavitud
- build/built/built – construir
- socialism – socialismo
- buy/bought/bought – comprar
- society – sociedad
- eat/ate/eaten – comer
- taxation – impuestos
- grow/grew/grown – crecer
- tolerance – tolerancia
- lead/led/led – guiar
- wealth – riqueza
- put up/put up/put up – subir
- welfare state – estado de bienestar
- seek/sought/sought – buscar
- wisdom – sabiduría
- set off/ set off/ set off – salir
- come up against – tropezar con
- sing/sang/sung – cantar
- hand over – entregar
- teach/taught/taught – enseñar
- move out – mudarse
- sleigh – trineu
- put up – subir, colgar
- snowflake – copo de neu
- set off – salir
- stocking – mitjo
- set up – tender una trampa
- carol – nadales
- spring up – pararse de golpe, brotar rápidamente
- frost – glaçat
- share out – repartir
- holly – grebul
- accuse sb of – echar la culpa
- icicle – estelatita
- admit – confesar
- Scrooge – persona que no creu Nadal
- arrest sb (for) – arrestar a per
- arson – incendio provocado
- burglary – robo, asalto
- charge sb (with) – cobrar
- commit (a crime) – cometer
- community service – servicio a la comunidad
- corporal punishment – castigo físico
- court – tribunal
- criminal record – antecedentes penales
- curfew – horario límite
- defendant – acusado
- dismiss a case – descartar un caso
- disorderly conduct – alteración del orden público
- find sb guilty – declarar culpable
- house arrest – arresto domiciliario
