200 Spanish Words for Legal Professionals

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 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 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.

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.

Business Spanish for the situations that carry the most weight: reunión, cliente, contrato, negocio, empresa. Covers running a meeting, presenting and negotiating terms, plus the phrases that open and close correspondence.

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 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 for working in a restaurant rather than eating in one: mesero, comensal, pedido, propina, cuenta, turno. Service and kitchen terms, plus the phrases used with customers from the greeting through to the bill.

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 crime and public safety: el delito, la policía, el agente, el sospechoso, la víctima, el testigo. Covers news coverage, the legal terms behind it and the language needed to report an incident at a station.

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.