Word lists · B1
Unit B1.6 words: Work and the future
The words of unit B1.6 (Work and the future), most frequent first.
| # | Word | Type | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 154 | el equipo | noun · m | team; equipment | A1 |
| 326 | el puesto | noun · m | job, post, position; stall (market) | A1 |
| 1248 | requerir | verb | to require | B1 |
| 1296 | rendir | verb | to yield, to perform well; rendirse: to give up, to surrender | B1 |
| 1308 | la entrevista | noun · f | interview | B1 |
| 1398 | la búsqueda | noun · f | search | B1 |
| 1488 | solicitar | verb | to apply for, to request; to request (formal) | B1 |
| 1564 | la referencia | noun · f | reference; mention | B1 |
| 1661 | el empleo | noun · m | job, employment; use | B1 |
| 1697 | el candidato | noun · m | candidate | B1 |
| 1706 | independiente | adjective | independent | B1 |
| 2003 | el inspector | noun · m | inspector; police inspector, detective | B1 |
| 2051 | ascender | verb | to go up, to climb; to be promoted, to promote | B1 |
| 2324 | la paga | noun · f | pay, wages; allowance, pocket money | B1 |
| 2376 | liderar | verb | to lead, to head; to be in the lead | B1 |
| 2401 | el ascenso | noun · m | promotion; rise, increase | B1 |
| 2407 | ejercer | verb | to practise (a profession); to exert, to exercise (influence, a right) | B1 |
| 2439 | dominar | verb | to dominate, to control; to master, to be fluent in | B1 |
| 2488 | el consejero | noun · m | adviser, counsellor; board member, councillor | B1 |
| 2677 | el / la obrero | noun · mf | worker, labourer | B2 |
| 2691 | emplear | verb | to use; to employ | B2 |
| 2783 | asignar | verb | to assign, to allocate | B2 |
| 2827 | incorporar | verb | to incorporate, to add; to join | B2 |
| 2833 | el / la gerente | noun · mf | manager | B2 |
| 2859 | la trayectoria | noun · f | career, track record; trajectory, path | B2 |
| 2924 | promover | verb | to promote, to foster; to promote (in rank) | B2 |
| 2955 | el / la funcionario | noun · mf | civil servant, official | B2 |
| 2979 | la promoción | noun · f | promotion (offer); promotion (career) | B2 |
| 2987 | la solicitud | noun · f | application, request | B2 |
| 3017 | la labor | noun · f | work, labour | B2 |
| 3036 | la iniciativa | noun · f | initiative | B2 |
| 3119 | administrar | verb | to manage, to run; to administer (medicine) | B2 |
| 3203 | la renuncia | noun · f | resignation | B2 |
| 3341 | el certificado | noun · m | certificate | B2 |
| 3353 | el reporte | noun · m | report | B2 |
| 3462 | entrevistar | verb | to interview | B2 |
| 3576 | el / la asesor | noun · mf | adviser, consultant | B2 |
| 3629 | administrativo | adjective | administrative | B2 |
| 3755 | laboral | adjective | work, labour | B2 |
| 3789 | la jornada | noun · f | working day; day (of an event) | B2 |
| 3818 | la gestión | noun · f | management; errand, procedure | B2 |
| 3959 | el / la administrador | noun · mf | administrator, manager | B2 |
| 3974 | desempeñar | verb | to carry out, to hold (a post); to play (a role) | B2 |
| 4032 | supervisar | verb | to supervise | C1 |
| 4175 | el liderazgo | noun · m | leadership | C1 |
| 4486 | el traslado | noun · m | transfer, relocation; transfer, transport | C1 |
| 4652 | el / la sustituto | noun · mf | substitute, replacement | C1 |
| 4656 | el / la auxiliar | noun · mf | assistant, aide; flight attendant | C1 |
| 4820 | redactar | verb | to write up, to draft | C1 |
| 4950 | el / la colaborador | noun · mf | collaborator, contributor; employee, staff member | C1 |
| 4976 | el / la supervisor | noun · mf | supervisor | C1 |
| 5015 | postular | verb | to apply, to run (postularse); to put forward, to postulate | C1 |
| 5282 | el requisito | noun · m | requirement | C1 |
| 5520 | el / la aprendiz | noun · mf | apprentice, trainee; learner, beginner | C1 |
| 5619 | dimitir | verb | to resign | C1 |
| 5629 | la supervisión | noun · f | supervision | C1 |
| 5885 | el / la mentor | noun · mf | mentor | C1 |
| 5894 | el / la suplente | noun · mf | substitute, stand-in | C1 |
| 5982 | la vacante | noun · f | vacancy, job opening | C1 |
| 5999 | el despido | noun · m | dismissal, firing; redundancy, lay-off | C1 |
| 6257 | confidencial | adjective | confidential | C1 |
| 6286 | flexible | adjective | flexible; pliable, bendable | C1 |
| 6392 | el / la aspirante | noun · mf | candidate, applicant; contender, hopeful | C1 |
| 6483 | el desempeño | noun · m | performance; carrying out (a role, a duty) | C1 |
| 6508 | el maletín | noun · m | briefcase; small case; case; kit (for tools or medical supplies) | C2 |
| 6509 | gestionar | verb | to manage; to run; to arrange; to deal with (paperwork) | C2 |
| 6564 | dedicarse | verb | to work as; to do for a living; to devote oneself (to) | C2 |
| 6584 | el nombramiento | noun · m | appointment; nomination | C2 |
| 6596 | el promotor | noun · m | promoter; organiser; property developer | C2 |
| 6601 | el organizador | noun · m | organiser; organiser (storage item) | C2 |
| 6690 | prestigioso | adjective | prestigious | C2 |
| 6694 | el / la integrante | noun · mf | member (of a group) | C2 |
| 6738 | el relevo | noun · m | relief; replacement; handover; relay (race) | C2 |
| 6752 | la jubilación | noun · f | retirement; pension | C2 |
| 6775 | la secretaría | noun · f | secretary's office; secretariat; ministry; government department (Mexico) | C2 |
| 6776 | el carpintero | noun · m | carpenter; joiner | C2 |
| 6789 | el / la contable | noun · mf | accountant | C2 |
| 6836 | horizontal | adjective | horizontal; flat; non-hierarchical | C2 |
| 6969 | el / la contratista | noun · mf | contractor | C2 |
| 6986 | la plantilla | noun · f | template; pattern; staff; workforce; squad (Spain) | C2 |
| 7033 | relevar | verb | to relieve (from duty); to replace; to survey; to collect data (Southern Cone) | C2 |
| 7048 | asesorar | verb | to advise; to consult | C2 |
| 7106 | el coordinador | noun · m | coordinator | C2 |
| 7128 | el predecesor | noun · m | predecessor | C2 |
| 7138 | el cumplimiento | noun · m | compliance; fulfilment | C2 |
| 7209 | la dedicación | noun · f | dedication; commitment | C2 |
| 7275 | la sucursal | noun · f | branch (of a bank, company) | C2 |
| 7304 | el listado | noun · m | list; listing; printout | C2 |
| 7308 | el bufete | noun · m | law firm; lawyer's office | C2 |
| 7327 | forjar | verb | to forge (metal); to forge; to build (a career, a bond) | C2 |
| 7409 | concertar | verb | to arrange; to set up; to agree on; to settle | C2 |
| 7459 | el subordinado | noun · m | subordinate | C2 |
| 7501 | la guardería | noun · f | day nursery; nursery | C2 |
| 7523 | la exigencia | noun · f | demand; requirement; rigour; high standards | C2 |
| 7525 | simplificar | verb | to simplify | C2 |
| 7582 | capacitar | verb | to train; to qualify; to enable; to qualify (capacitar para) | C2 |
| 7638 | el astillero | noun · m | shipyard | C2 |
| 7643 | apto | adjective | suitable; fit; qualified; suitable for (audience) | C2 |
| 7683 | competente | adjective | competent; capable; competent (having authority) | C2 |
| 7699 | el borrador | noun · m | draft; rough copy; rubber (board, pencil) | C2 |
| 7701 | reorganizar | verb | to reorganise; to restructure | C2 |
| 7801 | la continuidad | noun · f | continuity | C2 |
| 7855 | profesionalmente | adverb | professionally | C2 |
| 7856 | el / la superintendente | noun · mf | superintendent (head of an agency) | C2 |
| 7870 | la ampliación | noun · f | expansion; extension; enlargement (photo) | C2 |
| 7875 | la nómina | noun · f | payroll; wage bill; payslip; salary (Spain) | C2 |
| 7881 | directivo | adjective | managerial; executive (adj.) | C2 |
| 7881 | el directivo | noun · m | executive; manager | C2 |
| 7902 | la especificación | noun · f | specification | C2 |
| 7906 | la jerarquía | noun · f | hierarchy; leadership; top officials (jerarquías) | C2 |
| 7914 | sindical | adjective | trade-union (adj.) | C2 |
| 7960 | interino | adjective | interim; acting; temporary appointee (public sector) | C2 |
| 8057 | el afiliado | noun · m | member; affiliate (of a union, party, scheme); affiliate (company, station) | C2 |
| 8066 | el jubilado | noun · m | retiree; pensioner; retired (adjective use) | C2 |
| 8088 | la carpeta | noun · f | folder (paper); folder (on a computer) | C2 |
| 8133 | el desempleo | noun · m | unemployment; unemployment benefit | C2 |
| 8144 | el boceto | noun · m | sketch; outline; rough draft | C2 |
| 8177 | la dimisión | noun · f | resignation (from a post) | C2 |
| 8188 | la indemnización | noun · f | compensation; damages; severance pay | C2 |
| 8313 | el gremio | noun · m | guild; craft association; trade association; professional body | C2 |
| 8327 | el subdirector | noun · m | deputy director; assistant head | C2 |
| 8355 | el reclutamiento | noun · m | recruitment (of staff); military recruitment; enlistment | C2 |
| 8409 | el convenio | noun · m | agreement; accord; collective agreement | C2 |
| 8418 | la jefatura | noun · f | leadership; post of chief; headquarters (police) | C2 |
| 8421 | jubilar | verb | to retire (jubilarse); to retire (a person or an object) from service | C2 |
| 8474 | la incapacidad | noun · f | inability; incapacity; sick leave; certified disability | C2 |
| 8479 | encomendar | verb | to entrust (a task, a person); to commend oneself (encomendarse) | C2 |
| 8566 | reescribir | verb | to rewrite; to recast; to revise radically | C2 |
| 8593 | el aporte | noun · m | contribution; contribution (payment: pension, funding) | C2 |
| 8596 | el desempleado | noun · m | unemployed person; unemployed (adjective use) | C2 |
| 8770 | el incentivo | noun · m | incentive; incentive (tax break, grant) | C2 |
| 8905 | destituir | verb | to dismiss; to remove from office; to strip (of); devoid of (destituido de) | C2 |
| 9028 | senior | adjective | senior (rank, experience); senior (sports category) | C2 |
| 9029 | el fax | noun · m | fax | C2 |
| 9145 | el encabezado | noun · m | heading; header; headline (Latin America) | C2 |
| 9146 | el / la nómada | noun · mf | nomad; nomadic; digital nomad (adjective use) | C2 |
| 9183 | prescindir | verb | to do without; to dispense with (prescindir de); to let go; to dispense with the services of | C2 |
| 9202 | el opositor | noun · m | opponent; member of the opposition; civil-service exam candidate (Spain) | C2 |
| 9211 | el anexo | noun · m | annex; attachment (to a document); annex (building) | C2 |
| 9265 | la credencial | noun · f | ID badge; membership card (Latin America); credentials (login, qualifications) | C2 |
| 9331 | el plus | noun · m | bonus; allowance (extra pay); plus; added advantage | C2 |
| 9361 | el subsidio | noun · m | subsidy; state aid; benefit; allowance (welfare) | C2 |
| 9372 | la pretensión | noun · f | claim; aspiration; ambition (usually plural); expectation (pretensiones salariales) | C2 |
| 9383 | el empleador | noun · m | employer | C2 |
| 9389 | el cese | noun · m | cessation; halt; dismissal; removal from a post | C2 |
| 9428 | cualificado | adjective | skilled; qualified (trained); qualified (majority); aggravated (offence) | C2 |
| 9435 | la negligencia | noun · f | negligence; carelessness; neglect | C2 |
| 9505 | selectivo | adjective | selective; choosy; selection (proceso selectivo) | C2 |
| 9560 | el requerimiento | noun · m | requirement; demand; formal request; summons (legal) | C2 |
| 9675 | el asesoramiento | noun · m | advice; consultancy; professional guidance (legal, financial) | C2 |
| 9702 | la designación | noun · f | appointment (to a post); designation; name (of a thing) | C2 |
| 9754 | despachar | verb | to dispatch; to send off (goods, orders); to deal with quickly; to get through (informal) | C2 |
| 9815 | adjuntar | verb | to attach (a file, a document); to enclose (with a letter, a form) | C2 |
| 9862 | la contratación | noun · f | hiring; recruitment; taking out (a service, insurance); contracting | C2 |
| 9896 | la valoración | noun · f | assessment; evaluation; valuation (price estimate) | C2 |
| 9999 | ágil | adjective | agile; nimble; quick; efficient (a process, a method) | C2 |
| 10024 | la justificación | noun · f | justification; reason; supporting documents; proof (of expenses) | C2 |
| 10226 | el / la capataz | noun · mf | foreman; overseer; ranch foreman (on a farm or hacienda) | C2 |
| 10237 | la citación | noun · f | summons; subpoena; notice of a meeting; call to attend | C2 |
| 10310 | la gerencia | noun · f | management (the managers); managership; term as manager | C2 |
| 10327 | imprescindible | adjective | essential; indispensable; indispensable (a person) | C2 |
| 10483 | la incorporación | noun · f | incorporation; inclusion; joining; starting (a job, a group) | C2 |
| 10541 | la elaboración | noun · f | making; production (food, drink, products); drafting; working out (a report, a plan) | C2 |
| 10562 | rutinario | adjective | routine (check, procedure); humdrum; monotonous | C2 |
| 10565 | el / la coach | noun · mf | coach (personal, life or business mentor); coach (sports; common in Mexico) | C2 |
| 10578 | remplazar | verb | to replace; to substitute; to stand in for; to take over from | C2 |
| 10746 | la ong | noun · f | NGO (non-governmental organisation) | C2 |
| 10770 | la prestación | noun · f | benefit; allowance (social security; job benefits); performance; features (prestaciones: of a device or car) | C2 |
| 10814 | reprogramar | verb | to reschedule (an event, a meeting); to reprogram (software, a device) | C2 |
| 10832 | el papeleo | noun · m | paperwork; red tape | C2 |
| 10847 | el duplicado | noun · m | duplicate; copy (of a document, a key); por duplicado: in duplicate | C2 |
| 10878 | la comprobación | noun · f | check; verification; proof; confirmation (the result of a check) | C2 |
| 10905 | acoplar | verb | to couple; to attach (a trailer, a part); to adapt; to fit in (acoplarse) | C2 |
| 10922 | la convocatoria | noun · f | call; announcement (for applications, a meeting, a competition); turnout; drawing power (of an event) | C2 |
| 10932 | intermediar | verb | to mediate; to intercede (intermediar entre, en); to broker; to act as go-between in a deal | C2 |
| 10937 | el currículum | noun · m | CV; curriculum (content of a course of study) | C2 |
| 10972 | la burocracia | noun · f | bureaucracy; red tape; officialdom; the civil service as a body | C2 |
| 11025 | emprendedor | adjective | enterprising; go-getting | C2 |
| 11025 | el emprendedor | noun · m | entrepreneur | C2 |
| 11078 | disciplinado | adjective | disciplined (self-controlled); orderly; well-drilled (a group) | C2 |
| 11078 | disciplinar | verb | to discipline; to punish; to instil discipline; to train | C2 |
| 11188 | el subsecretario | noun · m | under-secretary; deputy secretary (government) | C2 |
| 11205 | el cv | noun · m | CV (curriculum vitae); CV: horsepower (caballos de vapor) | C2 |
| 11229 | júnior | adjective | junior (lower rank, less experienced); junior (age category in sport) | C2 |
| 11244 | desocupado | adjective | unoccupied; free (room, seat, person with time); unemployed (Latin America) | C2 |
| 11263 | precario | adjective | precarious; unstable; insecure (job, contract) | C2 |
| 11264 | disciplinario | adjective | disciplinary | C2 |
| 11271 | individualmente | adverb | individually; one by one; on one's own; separately (as individuals) | C2 |
| 11360 | el fichero | noun · m | file (computer; Spain); card index; filing cabinet | C2 |
| 11362 | acarrear | verb | to carry; to haul; to bring about; to entail (problems, consequences) | C2 |
| 11391 | prioritario | adjective | priority; high-priority; having right of way (emergency vehicles) | C2 |
| 11395 | descontar | verb | to deduct; to discount; to rule out; to take for granted (descontar que) | C2 |
| 11408 | la utilización | noun · f | use; utilisation; use; exploitation (of people, resources) | C2 |
| 11413 | responsabilizar | verb | to hold responsible; to blame; to take responsibility (responsabilizarse de) | C2 |
| 11421 | operacional | adjective | operational (relating to operations); operational; in working order | C2 |
| 11486 | arduo | adjective | arduous; strenuous; demanding (task, work) | C2 |
| 11510 | conjuntamente | adverb | jointly; together; conjuntamente con: together with (formal) | C2 |
| 11528 | el negociador | noun · m | negotiator; negotiating (adjective: equipo negociador) | C2 |
| 11535 | sobrecargado | adjective | overloaded; overworked | C2 |
| 11535 | sobrecargar | verb | to overload (a vehicle, a circuit); to overburden (someone with work) | C2 |
| 11554 | reubicar | verb | to relocate; to resettle (people); to move; to reposition (offices, objects) | C2 |
| 11591 | reciclar | verb | to recycle; to retrain; to upskill (reciclarse) | C2 |
| 11597 | el utensilio | noun · m | utensil; implement; tool; instrument (for a trade) | C2 |
| 11636 | desafiante | adjective | defiant; challenging (attitude); challenging; demanding (task, project) | C2 |
| 11643 | la capacitación | noun · f | training (professional); qualification; making someone able | C2 |
| 11648 | la aportación | noun · f | contribution; input; contribution (money paid in) | C2 |
| 11649 | materializar | verb | to bring about; to make real; to materialise; to take shape (materializarse) | C2 |
| 11657 | estructurado | adjective | structured | C2 |
| 11657 | estructurar | verb | to structure; to organise; to give shape to (a text, a plan) | C2 |
| 11662 | el becario | noun · m | scholarship holder; grant recipient; intern; trainee (Spain) | C2 |
| 11706 | el mediador | noun · m | mediator; mediating (adjective use: papel mediador) | C2 |
| 11713 | grupal | adjective | group (adjective); collective; shared; joint (decision) | C2 |
| 11723 | departamental | adjective | departmental (administrative division); departmental (company or university department) | C2 |
| 11736 | la confidencialidad | noun · f | confidentiality; privacy; secrecy (of data) | C2 |
| 11745 | el máster | noun · m | master's degree; master's programme (postgraduate course) | C2 |
| 11757 | la clientela | noun · f | clientele; customers (of a business); patients; clients (of a doctor, lawyer) | C2 |