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.
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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
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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
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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