Essential Shopping and Sustainability Vocabulary

Posted on Jan 3, 2025 in Training and Employment Advise

Shopping Terms

  • Afford (v): Permitirse
  • Auction (n): Subasta
  • Bargain (n): Ganga
  • Be bitten by the bug (exp): Picar el gusanillo
  • Be hooked on (exp): Estar enganchado a
  • Boutique (n): Boutique
  • Brand (n): Marca
  • Browse (v): Echar un vistazo
  • Cashier (n): Cajero/cajera
  • Changing room (n): Probador
  • Charity shop (n): Tienda benéfica
  • Customer (n): Cliente
  • Department store (n): Grandes almacenes
  • Exchange (v): Cambiar
  • Get a discount (v): Obtener un descuento
  • Get a refund (v): Obtener un reembolso
  • Go on a spending spree (exp): Hacer compras de forma compulsiva
  • Label (n): Etiqueta
  • Order (v): Pedir
  • Pay by credit card (v): Pagar con tarjeta de crédito
  • Pay in cash (v): Pagar con dinero
  • Personal shopper (n): Asesor de compras
  • Retail therapy (n): Terapia de compras
  • Rip off (v): Timar
  • Sales (n): Rebajas
  • Sales assistant (n): Dependiente/a
  • Save up (v): Ahorrar
  • Second-hand (adj): De segunda mano
  • Shop on a shoestring (exp): Hacer compras gastando poco
  • Shop till you drop (exp): Comprar hasta caer rendido
  • Shopping trip (n): Viaje de compras
  • Take something back (v): Devolver algo
  • Try something on (v): Probarse algo
  • Try something out (v): Probar algo
  • Window-shopping (n): Mirar escaparates

Sustainability Terms

  • Be on a high (exp): Estar de subidón
  • Be up to your eyeballs in (exp): Estar a tope de
  • Biodegradable (adj): Biodegradable
  • Cheer up (v): Animarse
  • Compost (n): Compost
  • Consume (v): Consumir
  • Consumer (n): Consumidor
  • Consumption (n): Consumo
  • Cost an arm and a leg (exp): Costar un ojo de la cara
  • Deliver (v): Entregar
  • Disposable (adj): De usar y tirar
  • Dispose (v): Tirar
  • Dump (n): Vertedero
  • Dump (v): Arrojar
  • Dumped (adj): Vertido
  • Emission (n): Emisión
  • Emit (v): Emitir
  • Environmental (adj): Ambiental
  • Face up to (v): Hacer frente a
  • Feel down (exp): Estar triste
  • Get out of hand (exp): Descontrolarse
  • Get through (v): Salir adelante
  • Go on (v): Hacer
  • Incinerate (v): Incinerar
  • Incinerator (n): Incinerador
  • Landfill site (n): Vertedero
  • Live from hand to mouth (exp): Vivir con lo justo
  • Make up for (v): Compensar
  • Manufacture (v): Fabricar
  • Manufacturer (n): Fabricante
  • Packaging (n): Envoltorio
  • Pollutant (n): Sustancia contaminante
  • Pollute (v): Contaminar
  • Polluted (adj): Contaminado
  • Pollution (n): Contaminación
  • Recyclable (adj): Reciclable
  • Recycle (v): Reciclar
  • Recycled (adj): Reciclado
  • Recycling (n): Reciclaje
  • Sustain (v): Sustentar
  • Sustainability (n): Sostenibilidad
  • Sustainable (adj): Sostenible
  • Sweatshop (n): Fábrica clandestina
  • Tighten your belt (exp): Apretarse el cinturón
  • Toxic (adj): Tóxico
  • Waste (n): Desechos
  • Waste (v): Desperdiciar
  • Wasteful (adj): Derrochador