Vocabulary Related to Sports and Shopping
Sports
General Terms
- Be disqualified: Ser descalificado
- Be knocked out: Ser eliminado
- Boo off: Abuchear
- Carry on: Seguir adelante
- Champion/Championship: Campeón/Campeonato
- Cheer on: Animar
- Competition/Competitor: Competición/Competidor
- Crowd: Multitud
- Diver: Buzo
- Drop out: Abandonar
- Endurance: Resistencia
- Event/Final: Evento/Final
- Get through: Llegar al final
- Give up: Rendirse
- League title: Título de liga
- Participant: Participante
- Qualify: Calificar
- Race/Rider: Carrera/Ciclista
- Sign up: Registrarse
- Spectator/Stadium: Espectador/Estadio
- Stamina: Resistencia
- Supporter: Seguidor
- Take part in: Participar en
- Team/Teammate: Equipo/Compañero de equipo
- Tournament: Torneo
Action Verbs
- Chase: Persecución
- Climb: Escalar
- Crawl: Gatear
- Cross: Cruzar
- Dive: Bucear
- Get/Jog: Empujoncito/Trotar
- Jump: Saltar
- March: Marchar
- Ski: Esquiar
- Skip: Omitir
- Swim: Nadar
- Walk: Caminar
Gym and Fitness
- Become a member: Hacerse miembro
- Bulk up: Aumentar volumen
- Enroll: Inscribirse
- Enter: Entrar
- Feel unwell: Sentirse mal
- Get into shape: Ponerse en forma
- Get together: Reunirse
- Give up: Rendirse
- Go on a diet: Ponerse a dieta
- Join: Unirse
- Keep fit: Mantenerse en forma
- Lose weight: Perder peso
- Make an appointment: Pedir hora o cita
- Put on weight: Subir de peso
- Take up: Comenzar
- Stop smoking: Dejar de fumar
- Take supplements: Tomar suplementos
- Training: Entrenamiento
People
- Businessman/Businesswoman: Hombre/Mujer de negocios
- Entrant: Concursante
- Founder: Fundador
- Organizer: Organizador
- Specialist: Especialista
Shopping
General Terms
- Afford: Permitirse
- Auction: Subasta
- Bargain: Negociar
- Boutique: Boutique
- Brand: Marca
- Browse: Vistazo
- Cashier: Cajero
- Changing room: Vestuario
- Charity shop: Tienda de caridad
- Customer: Cliente
- Deliver: Entregar
- Department store: Grandes almacenes
- Exchange: Intercambio
- Get a discount: Obtener un descuento
- Order: Ordenar
- Pay in cash or by credit card: Pagar en efectivo o con tarjeta de crédito
- Personal shopper: Comprador personal
- Refund: Reembolso
- Rip off: Estafar
- Sales/Sales assistant: Rebajas/Asistente de ventas
- Save up: Ahorrar
- Second-hand: Segunda mano
- Shopping trip: Viaje de compras
- Sweatshop: Fábrica de explotación
- Take something back: Devolver algo
- Try something on: Probarse algo
- Try something out: Probar algo
- Window shopping: Mirar escaparates
Idioms and Expressions
- Be bitten by the bug: Entrar el gusanillo
- Be hooked on: Estar enganchado a
- Be on a high: Estar en un altar
- Be up to your eyeballs in: Estar hasta el cuello
- Cost an arm and a leg: Costar un ojo de la cara
- Feel down: Sentirse triste
- Get out of hand: Irse de las manos
- Go on a spending spree: Irse de compras compulsivamente
- Live from hand to mouth: Vivir al día
- Retail therapy: Terapia de compras
- Shop on a shoestring: Comprar con poco dinero
- Shop ’til you drop: Comprar hasta caer rendido
- Tighten your belt: Apretarse el cinturón
Environment and Sustainability
- Biodegradable: Biodegradable
- Compost: Compost
- Consume/Consumer/Consumption: Consumir/Consumidor/Consumo
- Dispose: Disponer
- Disposable: Desechable
- Dump: Vertedero
- Dumped: Vertido
- Emit/Emission: Emitir/Emisión
- Environmental: Ambiental
- Incinerate/Incinerator: Incinerar/Incineradora
- Landfill site: Vertedero
- Manufacture/Manufacturer: Fabricar/Fabricante
- Pollute/Pollutant/Pollution: Contaminar/Contaminante/Contaminación
- Recycle/Recycling: Reciclar/Reciclaje
- Recyclable/Recycled: Reciclable/Reciclado
- Renewable: Renovable
- Reuse: Reutilizar
- Sustain/Sustainability/Sustainable: Sostener/Sostenibilidad/Sostenible
- Toxic: Tóxico
- Waste/Wasteful: Residuo/Despilfarrador
Phrasal Verbs
- Cheer up: Alegrarse
- Face up to: Hacer frente a
- Get through: Superar
- Go on: Continuar
- Make up: Reconciliarse/Inventar