150 Essential Spanish Housing and Rental Vocabulary for Finding Your Perfect Home Abroad

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 getting around by road: el coche, el conductor, el motor, el neumático, el volante, el freno, plus road signs and traffic rules and the phrases used at a petrol station or a car rental desk.

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 looking after an animal: la mascota, el cachorro, el hámster, el loro, la tortuga, la raza. Plus feeding, grooming and daily care, and the words for describing a symptom to a vet and understanding the treatment.

Spanish vocabulary for celebrations: la boda, el cumpleaños, la fiesta, la celebración, el día festivo, el regalo, la invitación. Plus everyone involved in a wedding and the toasts and congratulations that are expected.

Spanish vocabulary for music: la canción, el cantante, la banda, el concierto, la guitarra, el piano, la batería. Covers genres and instruments plus everything around a live show, from tickets and the queue to the encore.

Spanish vocabulary for everyday technology: el teléfono inteligente, el portátil, la tableta, el cargador, la batería, la pantalla, el teclado. Plus apps and accounts and the words for describing a fault or changing a setting.

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 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.

Spanish vocabulary for life online: publicación, muro, me gusta, compartir, comentario, seguidor and the verbs for posting, following and unfollowing. Plus the abbreviations and slang that fill comment threads and private chats.

Spanish words and phrases pulled from series people actually watch — La Casa de Papel, Vis a Vis, El Juego del Calamar, La Reina del Flow. Each with the context it appears in, so it is recognisable next time on screen.

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.