150 Spanish Words for Restaurant Workers & Servers

Spanish phrases for professional email: estimado señor o señora, le escribo para informarle, adjunto encontrará. Covers greetings and closings, requests, follow-ups and delivering bad news without sounding blunt.

Spanish vocabulary for building and renovating: la renovación, la reparación, remodelar, el contratista, el albañil, el arquitecto. Covers tools and materials, and how to explain a job or buy the right thing in a hardware shop.

Spanish vocabulary for building a company: la empresa emergente, el emprendedor, el fundador, el cofundador, el inversor, la financiación. Covers pitching and metrics, hiring and growth — the words used in a first investor meeting.

Spanish phrases for the phone, where there is no body language to fall back on: ¿puedo hablar con…?, ¿quién llama por favor?, llamo por mi pedido. Covers transfers, leaving a message and working through a customer service call.

Spanish vocabulary for property work: inmueble, vivienda, departamento, terreno, edificio and the features that appear in a listing, plus contract and transaction terms and the language of mortgages and financing.

Medical Spanish for staff treating Spanish-speaking patients: paciente, enfermera, diagnóstico, tratamiento, cirugía. Covers body systems, symptoms and treatments, with the vocabulary needed to take a history and explain it.

Spanish vocabulary for an ordinary working day: oficina, escritorio, jefe, empleado, compañero, departamento, plus equipment and job titles. Includes phrases for asking a colleague for something or raising a problem.

Spanish legal terminology as it appears in practice: abogado, juez, tribunal, juzgado, demanda, acusado. Covers court procedure and the people involved, recurring contract clauses, and criminal against civil vocabulary.

Spanish phrases for situations where hesitation costs time: ¡ayúdeme por favor!, ¡llame a la policía!, ¡llame a una ambulancia!, es una emergencia. Plus describing what happened and where, and the questions an operator asks first.

Spanish academic vocabulary for studying at a Spanish-speaking university: universidad, profesor, clase, semestre, título, beca. Covers following a lecture, structuring an essay, and handling enrolment, deadlines and coursework.

Spanish phrases for a medical appointment abroad, from necesito ver a un médico and quisiera pedir una cita to describing exactly where it hurts and for how long. Includes understanding the diagnosis and the prescription that follows.

Whole Spanish sentences from conversations that actually happen — ¿cómo estás?, estoy bien gracias, mucho gusto, buenos días. Ready to use as they stand, each with a translation and the situation it belongs in.