Essential Vocabulary and Phrases for Business and Daily Life

Posted on Mar 4, 2025 in Administration and Management

Essential Vocabulary and Phrases

This document provides a list of essential vocabulary and phrases, including translations and context.

Business and Finance

Wishing well: el pozo de los deseos
Redundancy Scheme: ERE (Abroad: en el extranjero)
Income tax: impuesto de IRPF
VAT: Value Added Tax
Tax refund: devolución del IVA para no residentes
Duty: arancel
Excise tax: impuestos especiales
To levy: gravar, recaudar
Customs: aduanas
Outlet: tienda o establecimiento
Department store: grandes almacenes
Direct mailing: buzoneo
Mail order: venta por correo
Order: pedido
To run a business: llevar un negocio
To afford: permitir
Revenue: ingresos

General Vocabulary

Whistle: silbar
Broad: wide
To widen: ensanchar
To fasten: abrochar
Whereas: mientras que
Border: frontera
Soft drinks: refrescos
Retired people: jubilados
Diapers: pañales
Nappy: pañales
Tissue: Kleenex
Berries: bayas o frutos del bosque
Blackberry: moras
Slim: esbelto
Lightweight: ligero
Display: pantalla
Wireless: inalámbrico
Wired: cableado
Headset: cascos o auriculares
Browser: explorador o navegador
To browse: hojear o explorar, ver páginas
Wireless headset: manos libres
Weather forecast: pronóstico del tiempo
Report: informe
To hire: alquiler, contratar
Foundation: cimientos
Launch: lanzar, lanzamiento
Expand: expansión
To put on: montar un show
Street performer: artista callejero
Stilt walker: zancudo
Fire breather: tragafuegos
Voiced: sonoro
Voiceless: sordo
Key staff: clave personal
Complaint form: hoja de reclamaciones
Glasses: vasos o copas
Cups: tazas o copas
At least: al menos
As: como
Stress management: gestión, control de estrés
Replacement: repuesto
Matter: asunto
Advisor: consejero
To make a suggestion: hacer una sugerencia
Blindfold: antifaz o venda de ojos
A crossword: un crucigrama
A moving company: empresa de mudanzas
Move: mudarse
Wanderer: vagabundo
Homeless: sin techo
Basement: sótano
Jinx: gafe
To run a program: ejecutar un programa
Several: varios
Advertising: publicidad
Stand-up comedian: monologuista

Phrases and Sayings

REFRANES:
We don’t know the worth of water until the well is dry. (Nunca sabes lo que tienes hasta que lo pierdes.)
A mistake repeated more than once is a decision. (Una equivocación repetida más de una vez es una decisión.)
Not my circus, not my monkeys. (A mí no me busques.)
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. (Sentir gratitud y no expresarlo es como envolver un regalo y no darlo.)
May peace and love always triumph. (Que la paz y el amor triunfen siempre.)
There is only one week left for the Easter holidays. (Queda solo una semana para las vacaciones de Pascua.)

Crossword Solution

Crucigrama:

Mail
Discount
Move
Rent
Revenue
Staff
Location

Advice to a Friend

Do not despair. He thinks that your race is not finished, that you are only in a process of change and that, after a short time. Adopt a positive attitude. Identify what makes you different.

Disadvantages of Part-Time Work

The worker cannot perform overtime, except for those to prevent or repair casualties and other extraordinary and urgent damages.
The part-time worker has the same rights as a full-time worker.
The worker can subscribe a special agreement of the Social Security.

Technical Service Information

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If for any reason the Netbook cannot be repaired, it will be replaced by another of equal or superior characteristics.

You can send an email.

Additional Notes

Open-plan office: without walls, diáfano

Essential Vocabulary and Phrases for Business and Daily Life