Essential Travel & Hospitality Vocabulary: English-Spanish

Trail, footpath: sendero.

Fee: cuota

Cabin, small hut made with Wood: cabaña.

Tent, a portable shelter: tienda de campaña.

Rate, tariff: tarifa

Sturdy, strong and solid: robusto

Lounge, living room: salón

Wide, extended: amplio

Advised, counseled: aconsejado.

Avoid: evitar.

Cottage: cabaña

Lower, less: más bajo.

Midweek: entre semana.

Available, ready for use: disponible.

Premiere, first public performance: estreno.

Signposted, signalized: señalada.

Wooden, made of Wood: de madera.

Year-round, during the whole year: todo el año.

Falls, waterfalls: cataratas.

Within, distance that can be traveled: dentro.

Redwood, a very tall tree: secuoya.

Gateway, something that serves as an entrance: entrada.

Roughing it, live without amenities: vivir sin comodidades.

Southern end, extreme south: extremo sur.

Nearby, not far away: cercano.

Whopping, very large: enormes.

Scattered, disperse: disperso.

Drinking water: agua potable.

Flush toilets, lavatory: inodoros.

Fire place: chimenea.

Bench, long seat: banco.

A smattering of, a bit of: un poco.

Brochure, small pamphlet: folleto.

Fond, amateur: aficionados.

Keen on, interested: interesado en.

Storeys, a floor of a building: plantas.

Roof, top covering of something: techo.

Staff personal: servicio.

Adjoining, next to each other: contiguo.

Budget, amount of money available for a specific purpose: presupuesto.

Chain, group of hotels owned by the same person or company: cadena de hoteles.

Self-contained, with no shared facilities: independiente.

Sparsely, with little furniture: escasamente amueblado.

Split into, divided into: dividido en.

Throughout, everywhere: por todo.

Unwind, relax: relajarse.

Unit 2

Central heating, system for heating the rooms of a building: calefacción central

Facilities for disabled, comforts for disabilities: comodidades para discapacitados

Laundry, room for doing the wash: lavandería

Current, present: actual

Slightly, lightly: ligeramente

Desk, reception: mostrador/recepción

Wheelchair, chair with wheels for a disabled person: silla de ruedas

Nappy-changing, place to diapering babies: cambiador

Wide, extent from side to side: ancho

Hoists, machine for transporting or lifting: montacargas/elevador

Lifts, elevator: ascensor

Courtesy, free: por cortesía

Full-length mirrors, mirrors in which can see the whole body: espejos de cuerpo entero

Furnishings, furniture: muebles

Homely, simple but comfortable: acogedor

Paying off, bringing benefits: dar frutos

Refit, replace for new equipment: reinstalar

Safety rail, a barrier for safety: barandilla de seguridad

Subtle, without being noticed: sin que se note

Trouser-press, machine for ironing trousers: plancha pantalones

Unit 3

Duties, obligation: obligaciones

Concierge, staff member who assists guests: conserje

Clerks, person who works at a desk: oficinistas

Chamber-maids, maid who cleans: limpiadoras

Skills, abilities: habilidades

Answerable to, responsible to: responsable ante

Bargaining, discussing prices: negociación

Comes under the remit of, is the responsibility of: ámbito de competencias de

Command of, knowledge of: mandato de

Dispatch of luggage, sending luggage: envío de equipaje

Enhance, improve: mejorar

Entails, involves: conlleva/implica

In-house training, training given in the hotel by the hotel staff: formación de la empresa

Liaise, communicate and cooperate: servir de enlace

Log book, official written record of guests: libro de registro

Onward travel, going on from one destination to another: futuro viaje/recorrido hacia delante

Outside contractors, firms used by other firms to do jobs under contract: contratistas externos

Overall vision, general objectives: visión global

Personal touch, personal service: servicio de personal

Profitable, that makes a profit: rentable

Queries, questions: consultas

Smart, neat and well dressed: elegante

Tip, small amount of money given for good service: propina

Tip-top condition, perfect condition: condiciones óptimas

Turnover of stock, rate at which goods are used: volumen de ventas

Work record, things known about the work someone has done in the past: registro de trabajo

Work shifts, turns of working: turnos de trabajo

Workaholic, person who cannot stop working: adicto al trabajo

Unit 4

Aiding, helping: ayudar

Allocate a room, decide which room a guest will stay in: asignar una habitación

Corporate client, client which is a company rather than an individual: cliente corporativo

Market segment, parts of the market: segmento de mercado

Matching, the same as: lo mismo/que coincide

Process guests, complete all the official transaction necessary for guests to stay: proceso de huésped

Provision for sth, preparation in case something happens: previsión en caso de que pase algo

Refer to sb, send to somebody for advice or action: consultar a alguien

Retrieve, get again: recuperar

Revenues, income: ingresos

Room rack, cards showing the details of rooms: estante de la habitación

Settling your account, paying your bill: pago de la factura

Tailoring sth to sb’s needs, write down somebody’s name, address etc: confeccionar las necesidades de alguien

Up-to-the-minute, the most recent information: información al minuto

Unit 5

Drugstore, pharmacy: farmacia

Faucet, pipe for regulating the flow of water: grifo

Freeways, motorway: autopista

Plasters, mixture of sand, and water: yeso

Downtown, city center: centro de la ciudad

Closet, cupboards: armario

Diaper, nappy: pañal

Coated, covered: recubierto

Liqueur, liquor: licor

Wrapped, involved: envuelto

Roasted, barbecued: asado

Mushrooms, fungus: hongos

Head chef, head cook: jefe de cocina

Commis chef, kitchen assistant: ayudante de cocina

Baked, cooked in an oven: al horno

Carved, cut: cortado

Crisp, crunchy: crujiente

Crust, hard surface: corteza

Current, in use at the moment: actual

Dressing table, bedroom table with mirror and drawers to make up etc: tocador

Garlic, small plant like an onion with a strong smell: ajo

Juicy, enjoyable to eat: jugoso

Pastry, mixture of flour fat and water used to cover pies: repostería

Retained, kept: retenido

Snail, slow animal: caracoles

Spicy, flavored strong because contain a lot of pepper or chili: picante

Switchboard, central telephone panel: centralita

Tap, that controls the flow of water: grifo

Vacate, leave: desocupar

Valuable, worth a lot of money: valioso