Word lists · B1
Work and job search
The vocabulary of job interviews and working life at B1: positions, contracts, salaries, promotions, dismissals and the verbs to hire, fire and resign.
| # | Word | Type | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91 | el trabajo | noun · m | work, job; assignment, paper | A1 |
| 1661 | el empleo | noun · m | job, employment; use | B1 |
| 326 | el puesto | noun · m | job, post, position; stall (market) | A1 |
| 1308 | la entrevista | noun · f | interview | B1 |
| 792 | la experiencia | noun · f | experience (knowledge); experience (event) | A2 |
| 534 | la empresa | noun · f | company, business | A1 |
| 154 | el equipo | noun · m | team; equipment | A1 |
| 261 | el jefe | noun · m | boss, chief | A1 |
| 503 | el compañero | noun · m | colleague, classmate, partner | A1 |
| 755 | el / la cliente | noun · mf | customer, client | A2 |
| 559 | el proyecto | noun · m | project | A1 |
| 658 | la reunión | noun · f | meeting | A2 |
| 368 | la oficina | noun · f | office | A1 |
| 938 | el contrato | noun · m | contract | A2 |
| 3470 | el sueldo | noun · m | salary, pay | B2 |
| 3139 | el salario | noun · m | salary, wages | B2 |
| 2482 | el horario | noun · m | schedule, timetable; hours (opening, working) | B1 |
| 3789 | la jornada | noun · f | working day; day (of an event) | B2 |
| 2401 | el ascenso | noun · m | promotion; rise, increase | B1 |
| 5999 | el despido | noun · m | dismissal, firing; redundancy, lay-off | C1 |
| 2987 | la solicitud | noun · f | application, request | B2 |
| 1697 | el candidato | noun · m | candidate | B1 |
| 1305 | la práctica | noun · f | practice; training session (sport) | B1 |
| 1706 | independiente | adjective | independent | B1 |
| 2907 | el sindicato | noun · m | trade union | B2 |
| 3057 | la huelga | noun · f | strike | B2 |
| 8133 | el desempleo | noun · m | unemployment; unemployment benefit | C2 |
| 1022 | contratar | verb | to hire; to take out (a service) | A2 |
| 1171 | despedir | verb | to fire, to dismiss; despedirse (de): to say goodbye (to) | A2 |
| 1233 | renunciar | verb | to resign; to give up (renunciar a) | B1 |