My Travel Vocabulary (English-Spanish)

My Travel Vocabulary

To those who are travelling to Spain and Latin Countries, I share with you my travel vocabulary and its Spanish translation.


My Travel Mates
English - Spanish
airline company - compaña aérea (Mexico- linea aérea
air stewardess, flight attendant, cabin crew - azafata
bell boy - botones
captain - capitán
commander,commandant - comandante
crew - tripulación
driver - chofer, conductor
front desk clerk - recepcionista
guide - guía
house maid - mucama
interpreter - interprete
passenger - pasajero
pilot - piloto
purser - contador
taxi driver - taxista
travel agency - agencia de viajes
waiter - camarero

The Place To Be
airport - aeropuerto
bath room - cuarto de baño
boarding gate - puerta de embarque
border - frontera
cabin - camarote
corridor,passage,pedestrian walkway - pasillo
counter - mostrador
customs - aduana
entrance - entrada
exit - salida
front desk,reception - recepcion
guest house, boarding house - pensión
hotel alojamiento - hotel
passport control - control de pasaportes
platform ( train) - anden
port - muelle
rail road - paso a nivel (Mexico- paso a desnivel)
station - estación
ticket office - taquilla
track, trail tarmac - pista
waiting room - sala de espera


Things That I Should Have and Things That I Need to Know
baggage cart - carrito
bed - litera
camera - maquina de fotos, cámara
camping tent - tienda de campana
car window, small window - ventanilla
caravan - caravana
change - cambio
control tower - torre de control
cruise - crucero
delay - retraso, demorado
excess baggage - sobrepeso
flight - vuelo
foreign currency - divisas
halt, stop - parada
information - información
itinerary, route/ (timetable- México) - itinerario
lane, route - vía
life jacket, life preserver chaleco - salvavidas
life raft - bote salvavidas
life vest, life preserver - salvavidas
line - línea
luggage,baggage - equipaje
magazine - revista
map - mapa
newspaper - periódico (Argentina – diario)
operating instructions for a flight, operational orders for a flight - consigna de vuelo
overnight bag, travelling bag - bolsa de mano
periódico - prensa
postage, post - postal
reservation - reserva
route, way - trayecto
seat - asiento
sleeping bag - saco de dormir
tax - impuesto
ticket - billete
timetable - horario
trunk, suitcase - maleta
turbulence - turbulencia
velocity - velocidad
visa - visado
visibility - visibilidad
window - ventana

How To Get There/Mode of Transport
airplane - avión
bicycle - bicicleta
bus - autobús
coach, railway, carriage - vagón
ferry - trasbordador
motorcycle - moto
ship - barco
train - tren
train coach - coche cama, ferro carril

How I Describe It…
jerky, hilly, bumpy - accidentado
aereal - aéreo
airconditioned - climatizado
comfortable - cómodo
complete - completo
spacious - espacioso
narrow - estrecho
uncomfortable -incomodo
slow - lento
luxurious - lujoso
modest, unpretentious - modesto
dangerous -peligroso
fast - rápido
normal - regular
reserved - reservado
certain - seguro
silent - silencio

To Do's
annoy - marear(se)
arrive - llegar
board - desembarcar
cancel - cancelar
change place - desplazarse
charge - cargar
check-in - facturar (Mexico- documentar)
complain - reclamar
confirm - confirmar
connect - enlazar
declare - declarar
derrail (train)- descarrillar
descend - bajar
discharge - descargar
embark, go on board - embarcar
exchange - hacer trasbordo
exit, leave - salir
fly - volar
go up, climb - subir
land - aterrizar
lodge - alojarse
navigate - navegar
reserve - reservar
ride, take - coger (Argentina, Mexico –tomar)
sail - zarpar
send-off - despedir(se)
take-off - despegar
top-over - hacer escala
travel - viajar
visit - visitar