Word lists · B2
Economy and business
Spanish words for “economy and business”, most frequent first.
| # | Word | Type | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1434 | fiscal | adjective | fiscal, tax | B1 |
| 1450 | la industria | noun · f | industry | B1 |
| 1518 | la crisis | noun · f | crisis | B1 |
| 1539 | económico | adjective | economic; cheap, economical | B1 |
| 1589 | la competencia | noun · f | competition; competence, skill | B1 |
| 1643 | el sector | noun · m | sector | B1 |
| 1770 | el impuesto | noun · m | tax | B1 |
| 1775 | la deuda | noun · f | debt | B1 |
| 1801 | la demanda | noun · f | demand (economics); lawsuit | B1 |
| 1845 | la economía | noun · f | economy; economics (subject) | B1 |
| 1846 | el beneficio | noun · m | benefit; profit | B1 |
| 1900 | financiero | adjective | financial | B1 |
| 2049 | el comercio | noun · m | trade, commerce; shop, business | B1 |
| 2127 | la estrategia | noun · f | strategy | B1 |
| 2210 | el aumento | noun · m | increase, rise; pay rise | B1 |
| 2298 | la sede | noun · f | headquarters, main office; venue, host (of an event) | B1 |
| 2344 | la inversión | noun · f | investment; inversion, reversal | B1 |
| 2471 | el plazo | noun · m | deadline, time limit; term (short, long) | B1 |
| 2513 | el préstamo | noun · m | loan; loanword, borrowing | B2 |
| 2530 | la prima | noun · f | bonus, premium; female cousin | B2 |
| 2535 | industrial | adjective | industrial | B2 |
| 2578 | calcular | verb | to calculate, to estimate | B2 |
| 2637 | la publicidad | noun · f | advertising | B2 |
| 2645 | el / la fundador | noun · mf | founder | B2 |
| 2655 | el presupuesto | noun · m | budget; estimate, quote | B2 |
| 2713 | el costo | noun · m | cost | B2 |
| 2716 | distribuir | verb | to distribute | B2 |
| 2759 | el suministro | noun · m | supply | B2 |
| 2781 | congelar | verb | to freeze; to freeze (prices, accounts) | B2 |
| 2803 | el petróleo | noun · m | oil, petroleum | B2 |
| 2843 | adicional | adjective | additional, extra | B2 |
| 2847 | estable | adjective | stable | B2 |
| 2852 | la cifra | noun · f | figure, number | B2 |
| 2853 | líquido | adjective | liquid; liquid (readily available as cash) | B2 |
| 2877 | la riqueza | noun · f | wealth; richness | B2 |
| 2954 | la renta | noun · f | income; rent | B2 |
| 3028 | impulsar | verb | to drive, to boost | B2 |
| 3114 | invertir | verb | to invest; to reverse | B2 |
| 3143 | la tendencia | noun · f | trend, tendency | B2 |
| 3152 | la ganancia | noun · f | profit, gain | B2 |
| 3164 | el / la empresario | noun · mf | businessman, entrepreneur | B2 |
| 3174 | expandir | verb | to expand; to spread (expandirse) | B2 |
| 3179 | la tasa | noun · f | rate; fee, charge | B2 |
| 3195 | la fusión | noun · f | merger, fusion; melting | B2 |
| 3243 | el flujo | noun · m | flow | B2 |
| 3264 | financiar | verb | to finance, to fund | B2 |
| 3433 | la mercancía | noun · f | goods, merchandise | B2 |
| 3510 | la transferencia | noun · f | transfer; transfer (of a person, ownership) | B2 |
| 3589 | aportar | verb | to contribute, to provide | B2 |
| 3624 | la corporación | noun · f | corporation; public body | B2 |
| 3867 | bancario | adjective | bank, banking | B2 |
| 3929 | la entidad | noun · f | organisation, body; entity | B2 |
| 3971 | depositar | verb | to deposit; to place (trust) | B2 |
| 4040 | el índice | noun · m | index, table of contents; rate, index | C1 |
| 4068 | la contribución | noun · f | contribution; tax, contribution | C1 |
| 4075 | beneficiar | verb | to benefit; to profit (beneficiarse) | C1 |
| 4079 | el / la fabricante | noun · mf | manufacturer | C1 |
| 4135 | el rendimiento | noun · m | performance, output; yield, return | C1 |
| 4139 | el establecimiento | noun · m | establishment, premises; setting up | C1 |
| 4164 | la expansión | noun · f | expansion | C1 |
| 4322 | asociar | verb | to associate; to team up (asociarse) | C1 |
| 4327 | el bono | noun · m | voucher, coupon; bonus | C1 |
| 4371 | bruto | adjective | gross; rough, uncouth | C1 |
| 4382 | el nicho | noun · m | niche; recess (in a wall) | C1 |
| 4384 | el retorno | noun · m | return; return (on investment) | C1 |
| 4422 | la finanzas | noun · f | finance, finances | C1 |
| 4476 | recaudar | verb | to collect, to raise (funds) | C1 |
| 4547 | el / la proveedor | noun · mf | supplier; provider (internet, services) | C1 |
| 4583 | el crudo | noun · m | crude oil | C1 |
| 4712 | la burbuja | noun · f | bubble; bubble (economic, social) | C1 |
| 4729 | el / la asegurado | noun · mf | insured person, policyholder | C1 |
| 4740 | el barril | noun · m | barrel, keg; barrel (of oil) | C1 |
| 4760 | la subasta | noun · f | auction | C1 |
| 4778 | el coste | noun · m | cost | C1 |
| 4790 | quebrar | verb | to break; to go bankrupt | C1 |
| 4823 | emprender | verb | to undertake, to embark on; to start a business | C1 |
| 4853 | la reducción | noun · f | reduction, cut | C1 |
| 4869 | el / la contador | noun · mf | accountant; meter | C1 |
| 4878 | la cuota | noun · f | fee, instalment; quota, share | C1 |
| 4893 | la directiva | noun · f | board of directors, management; directive | C1 |
| 4906 | el ajuste | noun · m | adjustment; (economic) adjustment, austerity | C1 |
| 4929 | fusionar | verb | to merge; to blend (styles, ideas) | C1 |
| 5014 | el / la competidor | noun · mf | competitor, rival | C1 |
| 5029 | la concesión | noun · f | concession, compromise; grant, franchise | C1 |
| 5034 | el lote | noun · m | batch, lot; plot of land | C1 |
| 5065 | la utilidad | noun · f | usefulness, utility; profits (utilidades) | C1 |
| 5110 | corporativo | adjective | corporate | C1 |
| 5183 | el / la autónomo | noun · mf | self-employed person | C1 |
| 5196 | el colapso | noun · m | collapse; breakdown, gridlock | C1 |
| 5216 | el tributo | noun · m | tribute, homage; tax, levy | C1 |
| 5231 | suministrar | verb | to supply, to provide | C1 |
| 5285 | la banca | noun · f | banking, the banks; bench | C1 |
| 5324 | eficaz | adjective | effective | C1 |
| 5337 | la gama | noun · f | range (of products); spectrum (colours, tones) | C1 |
| 5365 | estimular | verb | to stimulate; to encourage, to promote | C1 |
| 5378 | colapsar | verb | to collapse; to overwhelm, to bring to a standstill | C1 |
| 5390 | el honorario | noun · m | fee (honorarios) | C1 |
| 5484 | el / la inversor | noun · mf | investor | C1 |
| 5518 | costoso | adjective | costly, expensive; costly (in effort or loss) | C1 |
| 5552 | la adquisición | noun · f | acquisition, purchase; new signing, new asset | C1 |
| 5557 | la fabricación | noun · f | manufacture, production | C1 |
| 5574 | la infraestructura | noun · f | infrastructure | C1 |
| 5575 | la planificación | noun · f | planning | C1 |
| 5609 | petrolero | adjective | oil, petroleum (adjective) | C1 |
| 5614 | el inventario | noun · m | inventory, stock list | C1 |
| 5634 | la transacción | noun · f | transaction; settlement (legal) | C1 |
| 5637 | la quiebra | noun · f | bankruptcy; collapse, breakdown | C1 |
| 5651 | el / la banquero | noun · mf | banker | C1 |
| 5683 | promocionar | verb | to promote (a product) | C1 |
| 5686 | traspasar | verb | to pierce, to go through; to transfer, to sell on (business, player) | C1 |
| 5730 | competitivo | adjective | competitive (market, price); competitive (person) | C1 |
| 5750 | prosperar | verb | to prosper, to thrive; to succeed, to get through (a proposal) | C1 |
| 5760 | el / la patrocinador | noun · mf | sponsor | C1 |
| 5778 | el siniestro | noun · m | accident, loss (insurance) | C1 |
| 5806 | estabilizar | verb | to stabilise; to stabilise (estabilizarse) | C1 |
| 5873 | el segmento | noun · m | segment; segment (market, population) | C1 |
| 5932 | productivo | adjective | productive | C1 |
| 5996 | la ejecutiva | noun · f | executive committee, board; female executive | C1 |
| 6000 | la compensación | noun · f | compensation; offset, balance | C1 |
| 6033 | el equipamiento | noun · m | equipment, fittings | C1 |
| 6041 | empresarial | adjective | business, corporate | C1 |
| 6050 | el balance | noun · m | balance sheet, accounts; overall assessment (hacer balance) | C1 |
| 6093 | publicitario | adjective | advertising | C1 |
| 6107 | liquidar | verb | to settle, to pay off; to wind up, to sell off | C1 |
| 6114 | la asignación | noun · f | allocation, assignment; allowance, benefit | C1 |
| 6142 | el recorte | noun · m | cut, cutback; clipping, cutting | C1 |
| 6145 | recortar | verb | to trim, to cut; to cut out | C1 |
| 6156 | el distintivo | noun · m | badge, emblem; quality mark, label | C1 |
| 6159 | patrocinar | verb | to sponsor; to back, to put forward (a bill) | C1 |
| 6183 | la maquinaria | noun · f | machinery; machine (political, institutional) | C1 |
| 6203 | la provisión | noun · f | supplies, provisions (provisiones); provision, supply (act of supplying) | C1 |
| 6225 | el / la consultor | noun · mf | consultant | C1 |
| 6264 | el / la accionista | noun · mf | shareholder | C1 |
| 6316 | duplicar | verb | to double; to duplicate, to copy | C1 |
| 6330 | la regulación | noun · f | regulation (act of regulating); adjustment, control | C1 |
| 6352 | especular | verb | to speculate, to guess; to speculate (financially) | C1 |
| 6380 | exceder | verb | to exceed, to surpass; to go too far (excederse) | C1 |
| 6395 | el adelanto | noun · m | advance (payment); progress, advance | C1 |
| 6416 | la franquicia | noun · f | franchise; allowance, exemption | C1 |
| 6422 | el / la analista | noun · mf | analyst | C1 |
| 6429 | el incremento | noun · m | increase, rise | C1 |
| 6474 | implementar | verb | to implement; to implement (code, software) | C1 |
| 6494 | el derivado | noun · m | by-product, derivative; financial derivative | C1 |
| 6536 | agregado | adjective | added; aggregate | C2 |
| 6556 | informal | adjective | informal; casual; informal (economy, work) | C2 |
| 6572 | revertir | verb | to reverse; to turn around; to revert (to a previous state or an owner) | C2 |
| 6602 | la estimación | noun · f | estimate; estimation; esteem; regard | C2 |
| 6726 | la alza | noun · f | rise; increase | C2 |
| 6797 | la recaudación | noun · f | tax collection; revenue; takings; funds raised | C2 |
| 6851 | la escasez | noun · f | shortage; scarcity | C2 |
| 6867 | la subida | noun · f | rise; increase; climb; uphill stretch | C2 |
| 6896 | el indicador | noun · m | indicator; metric; gauge; indicator light | C2 |
| 6964 | la cooperativa | noun · f | cooperative | C2 |
| 6966 | añadido | adjective | added; additional | C2 |
| 7051 | enriquecer | verb | to enrich; to get rich (enriquecerse) | C2 |
| 7080 | la especulación | noun · f | speculation; guesswork; speculation (finance) | C2 |
| 7133 | la exportación | noun · f | export; exportation | C2 |
| 7256 | la prosperidad | noun · f | prosperity | C2 |
| 7326 | el tope | noun · m | limit; cap; ceiling; speed bump (Mexico) | C2 |
| 7429 | el estímulo | noun · m | stimulus; incentive; encouragement | C2 |
| 7515 | la canasta | noun · f | basket; basic basket of goods (canasta básica) | C2 |
| 7540 | la contracción | noun · f | contraction (muscle, labour); contraction (of the economy) | C2 |
| 7558 | próspero | adjective | prosperous; thriving | C2 |
| 7559 | inmobiliario | adjective | property (adj.) | C2 |
| 7564 | estructural | adjective | structural | C2 |
| 7571 | el buitre | noun · m | vulture; vulture (opportunist, fund) | C2 |
| 7659 | flotante | adjective | floating; floating (variable) | C2 |
| 7680 | la elevación | noun · f | elevation; height; rise; increase | C2 |
| 7681 | capitalista | adjective | capitalist | C2 |
| 7681 | el / la capitalista | noun · mf | capitalist (person) | C2 |
| 7685 | la locomotora | noun · f | locomotive; engine; driving force (figurative) | C2 |
| 7782 | la importación | noun · f | import; importation | C2 |
| 7866 | el capitalismo | noun · m | capitalism | C2 |
| 7893 | monetario | adjective | monetary | C2 |
| 7932 | el trimestre | noun · m | quarter (three months); term (school) | C2 |
| 7978 | considerablemente | adverb | considerably; significantly | C2 |
| 7983 | abastecer | verb | to supply (with); to provision; to refuel; to fill up | C2 |
| 7999 | la corrida | noun · f | bullfight; run (on a bank or a currency) | C2 |
| 8011 | el / la mercader | noun · mf | merchant; trader (dated); dealer (usually negative) | C2 |
| 8062 | la filial | noun · f | subsidiary; branch office; branch (of a club or institution) | C2 |
| 8133 | el desempleo | noun · m | unemployment; unemployment benefit | C2 |
| 8142 | permitirse | verb | to afford; to allow oneself; to take the liberty of | C2 |
| 8168 | el cobro | noun · m | charge; collection (of a payment); cashing; receiving payment | C2 |
| 8186 | balancear | verb | to swing; to sway; to balance (accounts, a diet, wheels) | C2 |
| 8264 | el auge | noun · m | boom; peak; heyday | C2 |
| 8313 | el gremio | noun · m | guild; craft association; trade association; professional body | C2 |
| 8417 | la inmobiliaria | noun · f | estate agency; property developer | C2 |
| 8439 | estancar | verb | to stop (a flow); to staunch; to stagnate; to stall (estancarse) | C2 |
| 8461 | saldar | verb | to settle; to pay off (a debt); to end in; to result in (saldarse con) | C2 |
| 8468 | viable | adjective | viable; feasible; viable (able to survive or grow) | C2 |
| 8476 | textil | adjective | textile; textile; fabric (noun use) | C2 |
| 8532 | el inmueble | noun · m | property (a building, a premises); building (block of flats) | C2 |
| 8572 | el lucro | noun · m | profit; gain | C2 |
| 8583 | acuñar | verb | to mint; to coin (money); to coin (a word, a phrase) | C2 |
| 8589 | el / la magnate | noun · mf | magnate; tycoon | C2 |
| 8593 | el aporte | noun · m | contribution; contribution (payment: pension, funding) | C2 |
| 8596 | el desempleado | noun · m | unemployed person; unemployed (adjective use) | C2 |
| 8608 | regulador | adjective | regulating; regulatory; regulator (device) | C2 |
| 8623 | el monto | noun · m | amount; sum (of money) | C2 |
| 8710 | el dígito | noun · m | digit; double-digit figure (dos dígitos) | C2 |
| 8770 | el incentivo | noun · m | incentive; incentive (tax break, grant) | C2 |
| 8793 | sostenido | adjective | sustained; steady; sharp (music) | C2 |
| 8825 | el monopolio | noun · m | monopoly; monopoly (exclusive claim) | C2 |
| 8856 | la disminución | noun · f | decrease; reduction | C2 |
| 8935 | el déficit | noun · m | deficit; shortage; deficiency | C2 |
| 8944 | el / la contribuyente | noun · mf | taxpayer; contributor | C2 |
| 9073 | la inflación | noun · f | inflation (economic); inflation (of a quantity, grades) | C2 |
| 9139 | rentable | adjective | profitable; worthwhile; cost-effective | C2 |
| 9151 | comerciar | verb | to trade; to deal (in goods); to profit from; to traffic in (comerciar con) | C2 |
| 9162 | automovilístico | adjective | automobile (adjective); motor-industry; motor-racing; motoring (adjective) | C2 |
| 9205 | mayoritario | adjective | majority (adjective); predominant; most widespread | C2 |
| 9301 | el demandado | noun · m | defendant (civil case); in demand (muy demandado) | C2 |
| 9313 | el / la terrateniente | noun · mf | landowner (large estates) | C2 |
| 9316 | económicamente | adverb | economically; financially; cheaply; thriftily | C2 |
| 9342 | multimillonario | adjective | multimillionaire (person); multimillion (sum, contract) | C2 |
| 9361 | el subsidio | noun · m | subsidy; state aid; benefit; allowance (welfare) | C2 |
| 9387 | la minería | noun · f | mining (industry); mining (of data, cryptocurrency) | C2 |
| 9395 | la penetración | noun · f | penetration (of a market, a service); penetration (of light, a substance, a projectile) | C2 |
| 9421 | comercializar | verb | to market; to sell commercially; to commercialise; to turn into a business | C2 |
| 9500 | sustancial | adjective | substantial; considerable; essential; fundamental | C2 |
| 9515 | la bajada | noun · f | descent; way down; downhill slope; drop; fall (in prices, temperature) | C2 |
| 9532 | la balanza | noun · f | scales; balance (for weighing); balance (of trade, payments) | C2 |
| 9536 | exportar | verb | to export (goods); to export (data, files) | C2 |
| 9599 | el / la economista | noun · mf | economist | C2 |
| 9631 | la acumulación | noun · f | accumulation; build-up; accumulation (of wealth, capital) | C2 |
| 9659 | vertebral | adjective | vertebral; of the spine; backbone (columna vertebral, figurative) | C2 |
| 9708 | la limosna | noun · f | alms; money given to beggars; pittance (informal) | C2 |
| 9779 | contrarrestar | verb | to counteract; to neutralise; to offset (a loss, a drop) | C2 |
| 9811 | quebrado | adjective | broken; cracked; broke; bankrupt (informal, Latin America) | C2 |
| 9865 | la subvención | noun · f | subsidy; grant (public funding) | C2 |
| 9890 | reactivar | verb | to revive; to restart (an economy, a project); to reactivate (an account, a device) | C2 |
| 9896 | la valoración | noun · f | assessment; evaluation; valuation (price estimate) | C2 |
| 9909 | neto | adjective | net (after deductions); net (overall result) | C2 |
| 9936 | fallido | adjective | failed; unsuccessful; bad (debt, loan); uncollectable | C2 |
| 9960 | notablemente | adverb | markedly; considerably; notably; in particular | C2 |
| 9978 | el cártel | noun · m | cartel (criminal organisation); cartel (price-fixing group of companies) | C2 |
| 10052 | el abastecimiento | noun · m | supply; provisioning | C2 |
| 10084 | beneficioso | adjective | beneficial; good (for); advantageous (agreement, deal) | C2 |
| 10088 | costear | verb | to pay for; to fund; to sail along the coast | C2 |
| 10106 | adinerado | adjective | wealthy; well-off; wealthy person (los adinerados; noun use) | C2 |
| 10110 | el sustento | noun · m | livelihood; sustenance; support; basis (for a claim) | C2 |
| 10125 | la multinacional | noun · f | multinational (company); multinational (involving several countries; adjective use) | C2 |
| 10165 | lucrativo | adjective | lucrative; profitable; profit-making (sin fines lucrativos: non-profit) | C2 |
| 10171 | mercante | adjective | merchant (marina mercante, barco mercante); merchant; trader (noun use) | C2 |
| 10188 | significativamente | adverb | significantly; markedly; meaningfully; in a telling way | C2 |
| 10323 | el peaje | noun · m | toll (road, bridge) | C2 |
| 10368 | saturar | verb | to saturate; to overload; to flood; to oversupply (a market) | C2 |
| 10445 | el / la inversionista | noun · mf | investor (Latin America) | C2 |
| 10466 | el consorcio | noun · m | consortium | C2 |
| 10495 | el benefactor | noun · m | benefactor; patron | C2 |
| 10526 | emergente | adjective | emerging; arising (from); daño emergente: actual loss (law) | C2 |
| 10545 | el caudal | noun · m | flow; volume of water (of a river); abundance; large store (of knowledge, wealth) | C2 |
| 10754 | artesanal | adjective | handmade; artisan (product); small-scale; non-industrial (fishing, mining) | C2 |
| 10757 | sostenible | adjective | sustainable (environmentally); sustainable; viable over time (economically) | C2 |
| 10770 | la prestación | noun · f | benefit; allowance (social security; job benefits); performance; features (prestaciones: of a device or car) | C2 |
| 10834 | el perjuicio | noun · m | harm; damage; sin perjuicio de: without prejudice to; notwithstanding | C2 |
| 10871 | la evasión | noun · f | evasion; avoidance (tax evasion); escape (from prison; from reality) | C2 |
| 10909 | la refinería | noun · f | refinery | C2 |
| 10918 | el carguero | noun · m | cargo ship; freighter; cargo plane (avión carguero) | C2 |
| 10987 | el financiamiento | noun · m | financing; funding; financing plan; credit terms (retail) | C2 |
| 11131 | el embalse | noun · m | reservoir (artificial lake); damming; impounding (the act) | C2 |
| 11142 | el silo | noun · m | silo (grain storage); silo (underground store or missile silo) | C2 |
| 11173 | desplomar | verb | to collapse; to crumble (building, person); to plummet; to crash (prices, shares) | C2 |
| 11190 | la procedencia | noun · f | origin; provenance; admissibility; merit (of a claim) | C2 |
| 11263 | precario | adjective | precarious; unstable; insecure (job, contract) | C2 |
| 11311 | la burguesía | noun · f | bourgeoisie; middle class; bourgeoisie (owners of capital, in Marxist thought) | C2 |
| 11314 | abusivo | adjective | abusive; excessive (prices, clauses); abusive (behaviour, treatment) | C2 |
| 11374 | la recesión | noun · f | recession (economic); recession (retreat of glaciers) | C2 |
| 11400 | el canon | noun · m | canon; standard (literary canon, canon of beauty); fee; levy (periodic payment to the state) | C2 |
| 11511 | la puja | noun · f | bid (at an auction); struggle; tussle (puja por) | C2 |
| 11541 | el contingente | noun · m | contingent (group of troops or people); quota; allocation (contingente de importación) | C2 |
| 11570 | la ganga | noun · f | bargain; good deal; gangue (worthless rock around ore) | C2 |
| 11609 | el cupo | noun · m | quota; allocation; available place; capacity (Latin America) | C2 |
| 11611 | el rublo | noun · m | rouble | C2 |
| 11689 | malgastar | verb | to waste; to squander (money, inheritance) | C2 |