Advanced Spanish Tech Vocabulary

Technology is a necessary part of all of our lives, and some of the most common terms we use every day. Think about all of the time you spend online, telling people about things you said or saw on social media, or using different softwares at work. So much of our lives are in screens, which makes advanced Spanish tech vocabulary a necessity.

Basic phone and computer words are in most intro vocabululary lists. Those words are important, like móvil or ordenador. However, there are so many more words that are crucial to getting to the next level in your fluency. Interestingly, you might notice that some of these words are similar to classroom vocabulary. That’s because a lot of tech words were named after a tangible item, like “folder” or “trash can.”

Advanced Spanish Tech Nouns

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Imagine you’re traveling in Spain and you realize you need to borrow a charger because your phone battery is running low. Do you know what you should ask for? These Spanish tech nouns will help you communicate more effectively, whether it’s for fun or in an emergency.

• La batería / la pila – battery
• El borrador – draft
• El cargador – charger
• La carpeta – folder
• La contraseña – password
• El defecto – bug, glitch
• El enlace – link
• La impresora – printer
• Los medios sociales – social media **NOTE: In English, this is singular, but in Spanish, it’s plural
• El ordenador portátil – laptop
• La pestaña – tab
• El ratón – mouse
• La red – network
• El teclado – keyboard
• El usuario – username
• El virus – virus

Key verbs

In Spain, sometimes I used to help my host mom with Facebook. I quickly learned which words I knew and which ones I didn’t! These are verbs that you encounter daily in English, and will encounter often in Spanish.

• Anular – to cancel **NOTE: For technology, this tends to be more common than cancelar in some areas
• Arrastrar – to drag
• Borrar – to erase
• Buscar – to search for **NOTE: Since buscar means to search for, you don’t use “para” after buscar
• Cargar – to load
• Confirmar – to confirm
• Ingresar – to enter information
• Iniciar la sesión – to log in
• Instalar – to install
• Publicar / postear – to post
• Registrarse – to sign up

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There are more words where these came from, and new words come up every day. Technology is moving pretty fast, but these terms will help you keep up!