Spanish Travel Vocabulary

The 39 beginner words (A1–A2) for travel, with their English translations and part of speech, across 7 themed lists. These are the ones worth knowing first.

Travel Basics

A1–A2
EnglishSpanishTypeLevel
airportaeropuertonounA1
comevenirverbA1
goirverbA1
hotelhotelnounA1
shoptiendanounA1
taxitaxinounA1
ticketboletonounA1
tourrecorridonounA2

Travel Intermediate

A1–A2
EnglishSpanishTypeLevel
beachplayanounA1
bridgepuentenounA1
islandislanounA1
streetcallenounA1
guidebookguía de viajenounA2
journeytrayectonounA2
passagepasajenounA2
roadcarreteranounA2
sightseeingturismonounA2
suitcasemaletanounA2
touristturistanounA2
traffictráficonounA2

Travel Advanced

A1–A2
EnglishSpanishTypeLevel
cityciudadnounA1
adventureaventuranounA2
parkparquenounA2
stadiumestadionounA2

Landmarks & Sites

A1–A2
EnglishSpanishTypeLevel
palacepalacionounA1
castlecastillonounA2
pyramidpirámidenounA2

Accommodation Types

A2
EnglishSpanishTypeLevel
apartmentapartamentonounA2

Travel Verbs

A2
EnglishSpanishTypeLevel
to arrivellegarverbA2
to boardabordarverbA2
to bookreservarverbA2
to cancelcancelarverbA2
to check inregistrarseverbA2
to check outdejar la habitaciónverbA2
to delayretrasarverbA2
to landaterrizarverbA2
to reservereservarverbA2

Cultural Etiquette

A2
EnglishSpanishTypeLevel
customcostumbrenounA2
traditiontradiciónnounA2

The A1–A2 words are here. The rest are in the app

Watch Your LanguageVocabulary widgets for iPhone & Apple Watch

These lists stop at A1–A2, the words a beginner needs first. The travel packs keep going through B1, B2 and C1 inside Watch Your Language, along with every other topic.

The app shows them to you a few at a time, in a widget on your iPhone Lock Screen and on your Apple Watch face, and brings back the ones you keep forgetting.

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