This document contains vocabulary related to the construction industry. It provides Spanish translations for words such as apartment, bathroom, bedroom, bridge, client, factory, house, kitchen, office block, plumber, and supplier. The words are organized alphabetically and include common terms used in construction projects, buildings, jobs in the industry, and materials.
This document contains vocabulary related to the construction industry. It provides Spanish translations for words such as apartment, bathroom, bedroom, bridge, client, factory, house, kitchen, office block, plumber, and supplier. The words are organized alphabetically and include common terms used in construction projects, buildings, jobs in the industry, and materials.
This document contains vocabulary related to the construction industry. It provides Spanish translations for words such as apartment, bathroom, bedroom, bridge, client, factory, house, kitchen, office block, plumber, and supplier. The words are organized alphabetically and include common terms used in construction projects, buildings, jobs in the industry, and materials.
This document contains vocabulary related to the construction industry. It provides Spanish translations for words such as apartment, bathroom, bedroom, bridge, client, factory, house, kitchen, office block, plumber, and supplier. The words are organized alphabetically and include common terms used in construction projects, buildings, jobs in the industry, and materials.
AC (n) (= alternating current) a corriente alterna (n) continuous electric current that periodically reverses direction address (n) the name of the place dirección (n) where someone lives air conditioning (n) a system that makes the aire acondicionado (n) air in a room or building cooler and drier alphabet (n) a set of letters, arranged in alfabeto (n) a particular order and used in writing apartment (n) a set of rooms on one floor apartamento (n) of a building where someone lives apartment block (n) a large building containing bloque de apartamentos many apartments (n) bathroom (n) British English a room cuarto de baño (n) where there is a bath or shower, a basin and sometimes a toilet [= a room where there is a toilet American English] bedroom (n) a room for sleeping in dormitorio (n)
bridge (n) a structure built over puente (n)
something, usually water, to allow travel from one side to the other client (n) someone who pays for a cliente (n) service commercial (adj) relating to schools, comercial (adj) hospitals, office blocks and factories dining area (n) the part of the house comedor (n) where you eat meals excavator (n) a large machine that digs excavadora (n) and moves earth and soil
factory (n) a place in which goods are fábrica (n) produced family area (n) the part of the house sala de estar (n) where families relax and sit together family name (n) the name someone shares apellido (n) with all the members of their family (= last name, surname) first floor (n) American English the floor piso bajo (n) of a building that is at ground level [= ground floor British English] first name (n) the name or names that nombre (n) come before your family name flyover (n) a type of bridge that takes paso elevado (n) one road over another road garden (n) the area of land next jardín (n) to/behind/in front of a house with grass and plants ground floor (n) British English the floor of piso bajo (n) a building that is at ground level [= first floor American English] heating (n) a system for making a calefacción (n) room or building warm hospital (n) a building where sick or hospital (n) injured people receive medical help house (n) a small building that casa (n) people live in house plan (n) a drawing of the floor of a plano en planta de la casa house and the rooms in it, (n) as seen from above infrastructure (n) the basic systems and infraestructura (n) structures that a country or organisation needs in order to work properly, e.g. roads, railways, banks JCB (n) (= JC Bamford Excavators JCB (n) Limited) a construction equipment manufacturer of heavy duty equipment kitchen (n) the room where you cocina (n) prepare and cook food manufacturer (n) a company that makes fabricante (n) goods office block (n) a large building with many bloque de oficinas (n) offices in it
porch (n) an entrance covered by a porche (n) roof outside the front door of a house power plant (n) building where electricity is central eléctrica (n) produced residential (adj) relating to houses and residencial (adj) apartments rather than offices and businesses road (n) a specially prepared hard carretera (n) surface for cars, buses, bicycles, etc. to travel on rpm (n) (= revolutions per minute) revoluciones por minuto a unit of frequency: the (n) number of full rotations completed in one minute around a fixed axis school (n) a place where children escuela (n) learn sector (n) a part of an area of sector (n) activity, especially of business, trade, etc. spell (v) to form a word by writing deletrear (v) or naming the letters stairs (n) set of steps built for going escaleras (n) from one level of a building to another surname (n) the name that you share apellido (n) with your parents and which in English comes at the end of your full name (= last name, family name) tunnel (n) a passage that has been túnel (n) dug under the ground for cars, trains, etc. to travel through ventilation (n) a system for changing the ventilación (n) air in a room or building plumber (n) someone whose job is to fontanero (n) install and repair water pipes, baths, toilets, etc. roofer (n) someone whose job is to techador (n) build a roof architect (n) someone whose job is to arquitecto (n) plan and design buildings crane operator (n) someone whose job is to operador de grúa (n) operate a crane building inspector (n) someone whose job is to inspector de obra civil (n) inspect structures at different stages of completion ministry (n) a government department ministerio (n)
project (n) the plan and process of proyecto (n) building something, e.g. a house, bridge, road general contractor (n) someone who is contratista general (n) responsible for overseeing a construction site and subcontractors subcontractor (n) someone who does an subcontratista (n) agreed part of the building work for a fixed fee material (n) any type of material used material (n) in construction, e.g. bricks, pipes, plaster, tiles equipment (n) the tools needed to do a equipo (n) job construction site (n) the place where the emplazamiento de la construction, e.g. of a construcción (n) building, is situated deal with (phr v) to take action to solve tratar con (v) something, e.g. a problem supplier (n) a company or person that proveedor (n) provides a particular product