How many hours do you go on your phone a day? Technology plays a big role in our everyday lives, from chatting with your friends to writing a school essay. In this post, I will be listing out 20+ crucial words about tech in Spanish that you need to know along with some helpful memory tips so you won't be too overwhelmed.
Key
Orange text: Similar-sounding words in English to help you remember
Picture this: Funky scenarios that will give you a visual image of the word
Think of: References to history, present-day pop culture, people, etc. so you can make links with the word!
Break the word apart: Some words are merely 2 separate words combined together
Underlined words: Example sentences with the word
(Most of these are cognates-meaning they look and sound similar to their English translation)
Note: A lot of these words have other meanings, but this blog focuses on the use of these words in the context of technology
Furthernote: All images come from pixabay (no need to sue me for copyright)
Feel free to print this page out as a reference guide!
La aplicación- application
Desde que descargué esta aplicación, mi computadora está muy lenta
Ever since I downloaded this application, my computer is very slow
La cámara digital de video- digitial/video camera
Para la clase de fotografÃa, necesitmaos una cámara digital de video.
For the photography class, we need a digital camera
El canal- TV channel
El canal favorito de mi hermanita es Pepa Pig
My sister´s favorite channel is Pepa Pig
El cargador- charger
Se me olvidó mi cargador y mi mobÃl está muerto!
I forgot my charger and my phone is dead!
El cibercafé- cybercafe/ internet cafe
Vamos al cibercafé para beber café y navegar en Internet
We´re going to the cybercafe to drink coffee and search the Internet
El control remoto- remote control
Dondé está el control remoto?!? Lo necesito para cambiar el canal!
Where is the remote control? I need it to change the channel!
El correo de voz- voice mail
Correo means mail and voz means voice
Déjame un correo de voz
Leave me a voice mail
El disco compacto- CD
Este disco compacto tiene mis canciónes favoritos de los Beetles
This CD has my favorite songs from the Beetles
El estéreo- stereo
Traiste el estéreo a la fiesta?
Did you bring the stereo to the party?
La pantalla táctil- touch screen
Se me cayó mi computadora y ahora la pantalla táctil no funciona
I dropped my computer and now the touch screen doesn't work
Pantalla- screen
El radio- radio (Set)
El reproductor de MP3- MP3 player
El teléfono celular- cell phone
El televisor- television set
Apagar- to turn off
Picture this- Did you know that there used to be a bagger machine? That is until storeowners often forgot to turn them off. That just left a lot of empty bags thrown about! Now we hire "baggers" to do this job for us
Cada vez sales la casa, apaga la luz para conservar energÃa.
Funcionar- to work
Looks like "function", which also means "to work"
Llamar- to call
Poner, prender- to turn on
Note: poner also means "to put"
Sonar (o:ue)- to ring
El tiembre está sonando! por favor abre la puerta!
The doorbell is ringing! Please open the door!
Descompuesto/a-not working/out of order
"Dis-compost" Think: "Diss this compost, it's not working, it's only creating a foul odor in our backyard"
Estupendo, la impresora está descompuesta y necesito imprimir algo importante!
Perfect, the printer is out of order and I need to print something important!
Lento/a-slow
See story below
Lleno/a-full
Lento and Lleno are two twins, after all, their names sound similar, right?
Lento is an expert at cooking lentils, but cooks them slowly. Lento cooks
lentils a bit too much, so Lleno is full of them.
Lento y lleno son gemeros, después de todo, sus nombres suenan por igual, no? Lento es un experto en cocina lentils, pero los cocina lento. Lento cocina lentils un poco de más, asà que Lleno es lleno de ellos.
El archivo- file
archive
Guarda el documento en el archivo
Save the document in the file
La arroba- @ symbol
"a robe"
Think of: You just texted your friend that you got a robe @ the mall
Todas las dirreciónes de correo eléctronicos tiene una arroba
All email addresses have an @ symbol
El blog- blog
El buscador- browser
Note- buscar means ´¨to find¨¨
La computadora (portátil)- (Portable computer, laptop)
La conexión inalámbrica- wireless (connection)
Espero que el hotel tiene la conexión inalámbrica
I hope the hotel has wireless connection
El alambre- wire
It's alarming that my pet keeps chewing on my wire!
Es alarmente que mi mascota siempre mastica mi alambre!
El adjunto/adjuntar- attachment/to attach
Te adjunto el archivo para que lo mires
I´m attaching you the file so you can see it
El aparato- equipment device, system
Think of: a parrot is like a squawking device
Tengo que arreglar este aparato
I have to fix this device
El dispositivo- device
You deposit information into your device
La conexión- connection
En muchos pobres paÃses, no hay conecciones de Internet
In a lot of poor countries, there aren´t Internet connections
El disco duro- hard drive
El enlace- link
Think of: lace binding (linking) clothing together
Haga clic en el enlace
Click on the link
El motor de busqueda- search engine
Google es un motor de busqueda es utilizado por muchos
Google is a search engine used by many
Recargar- recharge
Sabes que una persona recarga su teléfono casi tres veces al dÃa?
Do you know a person charges his/her phone almost three times a day?
El cargador-charger
Reiniciar- restart
Sounds like: Reinstate, which means to restore, kind of like restart
Si la página se congela, intente reinciarlo.
If the web page freezes, try refreshing it
Ajustes- settings
You adjust your computer by going to the settings
Hay que adjusta la computadora yendo al ajustes
Tomacorriente- electrical outlet
La memoria- flash/ USB- thumb drive, flash drive, etc.
The flash drive has a "memory"
La página- web page
La torre-pylon
Estos torres sustienen calbes que transportan electricidad.
These pylons hold cables that transport electricity
El virus- virus
El virus borró todos los programas en mi computadora
The virus erased all the programs on my computer
Cortar y pegar- cut and paste
Hay una opción que te deja cortar y pegar si haces un clic izquierdo.
There is an option that lets you copy and paste if you left-click
hacer (doble) clic-to (double) click
Meter- to insert, to put
Think of: You insert your money in a parking meter
Ellos metieron un imagen en el documento
They inserted an image in the document
Thank you for reading! If you have any suggestions, please leave them down below! Part two is coming up so stay tune!