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If you want to know what’s going on in the world, this Spanish vocabulary related to news, current events, and journalism will help you understand what you read and hear.
| a media asta | at half-mast | ||
| el aborto | abortion | ||
| aclarar | to clarify | ||
| un acusado | defendant, accused | ||
| el agresor | assailant | ||
| el antidisturbios | riot police office | ||
| un anuncio clasificado | classifed ad, small advert | ||
| un apagón | blackout | ||
| una apelación | appeal, call | ||
| apuntar apuntar con un arma | to target to point a gun at | ||
| una arma | weapon | ||
| las armas de destrucción masiva | weapons of mass destruction | ||
| arrestar | to arrest | ||
| un arresto | arrest | ||
| asaltar | to hold up | ||
| un asalto | assault, stick-up | ||
| asesinar | to murder | ||
| el asesinato | murder | ||
| el asilo | asylum | ||
| asustado | (adj) | panic-stricken | |
| un ataque | attack | ||
| un ataque militar | military strike | ||
| un ataque aéreo | airstrike | ||
| un atasco | traffic jam | ||
| un atentado suicida | suicide bombing | ||
| el autor del antendado | perpetrator | ||
| bajar la bandera a media asta | to lower the flag to half-mast | ||
| una bala | bullet | ||
| una boleta electoral | ballot | ||
| una bomba | bomb | ||
| buscar | to look for, seek | ||
| una cadena de televisión pública | public TV station | ||
| el calentamiento global | global warming | ||
| una carta abierta | open letter | ||
| un cartel | sign, placard | ||
| una catástrofe aérea | air disaster | ||
| una catástrofe medioambiental | environmental disaster | ||
| una catástrofe natural | natural disaster | ||
| censurar | to censure, suppress | ||
| un cese del fuego | cease-fire | ||
| un ciclón | cyclone | ||
| citar | to cite, quote | ||
| una columna | (newspaper/magazine) column | ||
| un.a columnista | columnist | ||
| una comparecencia ante el tribunal | court appearance | ||
| la compra de pánico | panic buying | ||
| condenar | to condemn | ||
| el confinamiento | lockdown | ||
| un contraataque | counter-attack | ||
| una corte de energía | power outage | ||
| el Covid | Covid | ||
| un crimen | crime | ||
| criminal | criminal | ||
| una crisis | crisis | ||
| una crítica | review | ||
| criticar | to criticize | ||
| una cuarentena | quarantine | ||
| un cuchillo | knife | ||
| culpable | guilty | ||
| una cumbre | political summit | ||
| la custodia policial mantener en custodia retener para interrogar | police custody to be kept in custody to be held for questioning | ||
| un daño | damage | ||
| un debate público | public debate | ||
| una declaración jurada | sworn statement | ||
| declarar | to declare | ||
| decretar | to decree | ||
| un delito menor | misdemeanor | ||
| demandar | to sue | ||
| un derrocamiento | overthrow | ||
| un derrumbe | landslide | ||
| un desastre financiero | financial disaster | ||
| un desastre político | political disaster | ||
| desconocido | unknown | ||
| el desempleo | unemployment | ||
| un desprendimiento de rocas | rockslide | ||
| detener | to detain | ||
| diario | (adj) | daily | |
| disparar (a) | to shoot (at) | ||
| un disturbio | riot | ||
| drogas | drugs | ||
| el duelo | bereavement | ||
| la economía | economy, economics | ||
| un ejemplar | copy (of a magazine) | ||
| elecciones | election | ||
| en directo | live (broadcast) | ||
| en mi / su opinión | in my / his opinion | ||
| una encuesta | poll | ||
| una entrevista | interview | ||
| un enviado especial | special envoy / correspondent | ||
| una epidemia | epidemic | ||
| una escasez | shortage | ||
| una escopeta | shotgun | ||
| un estado de emergencia | state of emergency | ||
| exonerar | to exonerate, clear | ||
| una explosión sónica | sonic boom | ||
| extraditar | to extradite | ||
| un fallo de alimentación | power outage | ||
| una falta | lack | ||
| fiable | (adj) | reliable | |
| la fiscalía | District Attorney’s office, public prosecutors’ department | ||
| un fondo para catástrofes | disaster fund | ||
| un fuego | fire | ||
| fuerzas de paz | peacekeeping forces | ||
| el gas lacrimógeno | tear gas | ||
| la globalización | globalization | ||
| un golpe de estado | coup d’etat | ||
| la gripe aviar | bird flu | ||
| la gripe porcina | swine flu | ||
| una guerra | war | ||
| herido | (adj) | injured, wounded | |
| un homenaje | tribute | ||
| una huelga estar en huelga | strike to be on strike | ||
| un huracán | hurricane | ||
| un hurto | burglary | ||
| impuestos | taxes | ||
| un informe especial | special report | ||
| un informe meteorológico | weather report | ||
| iniciar | to start | ||
| un.a inmigrante | immigrant | ||
| un.a insurgente | insurgent | ||
| una inundación | flood | ||
| inundar | to flood | ||
| una investigación | investigation | ||
| un invitado | guest | ||
| un juicio | trial | ||
| lanzar | to launch | ||
| la ley | law | ||
| la línea de cuarentena | quarantine line | ||
| llevar para interrogar | to take in for questioning | ||
| localizado | (adj) | located | |
| localizar | to spot, to track/hunt down | ||
| la lucha (literal/figurative) | struggle, fight | ||
| el luto | mourning | ||
| una manifestación | demonstration | ||
| una matanza | slaughter, carnage | ||
| matar | to kill | ||
| un médico de urgencias | emergency doctor, EMT | ||
| mensual | (adj) | monthly | |
| la muerte | death | ||
| un muerto una muerta | dead man dead woman | ||
| las noticias | news | ||
| noticias de primera plana | headline news | ||
| un objetivo | target | ||
| un obús | explosive shell | ||
| oficial de policía | police officer | ||
| una ola de calor | heat wave | ||
| ondear la bandera a media asta | to fly the flag at half-mast | ||
| una pandemia | pandemic | ||
| un pasamontañas | face mask, balaclava | ||
| la pena de muerte | death penalty | ||
| un periódico | newspaper | ||
| el periodismo | journalism | ||
| un.a periodista un.a periodista independiente | journalist freelance journalist | ||
| una pistola | gun | ||
| un plan de acción | plan of action | ||
| el poder de compra | buying power | ||
| la policía | police | ||
| la política | politics, policy | ||
| un político | politician | ||
| poner en marcha | to set off | ||
| precisar | to specify | ||
| presunto | (adj) | alleged | |
| un prisionero | prisoner | ||
| el procedimiento judicial | legal proceedings | ||
| producirse | to break out (e.g., a fire) | ||
| un programa de noticias | news program | ||
| prohibir | ban | ||
| una ráfaga | gust (of wind), burst (of bullets) | ||
| reclamar | to claim (responsibility) | ||
| un refugiado | refugee | ||
| el refugio | asylum | ||
| un rehén | hostage | ||
| una réplica | after-shock | ||
| una reseña | review | ||
| reseñar | to review | ||
| un resumen | summary | ||
| el retiro | retirement | ||
| un robo | break-in | ||
| Se busca: vivo o muerto | Wanted: dead or alive | ||
| las secuelas | aftermath | ||
| semanal | (adj) | weekly | |
| señalar | to pinpoint | ||
| un sindicato | union | ||
| el sistema de salud pública | health care system | ||
| sobrevivir | surviving | ||
| un soldado | soldier | ||
| un.a solicitante de asilo | asylum seeker | ||
| sospechar | to suspect | ||
| un sospechoso | suspect | ||
| un suburbio | suburb | ||
| el suicidio asistido | assisted suicide | ||
| superviviente | (adj) | surviving | |
| un.a superviviente | survivor | ||
| supuesto | (adj) | alleged | |
| un tema | topic | ||
| un terremoto | earthquake | ||
| el terrorismo | terrorism | ||
| un terrorista | terrorist | ||
| un terrorista suicida | suicide bomber | ||
| un testigo | witness | ||
| un testimonio | testimony | ||
| un tiroteo | gunfire, shooting | ||
| titulares | headlines | ||
| un título | caption | ||
| la toma de rehenes | hostage taking | ||
| una tormenta | storm | ||
| tornado | tornado | ||
| tráfico | traffic | ||
| transbordador espacial | space shuttle | ||
| tránsito público | public transit | ||
| trastorno | upheaval | ||
| una tregua | truce | ||
| ubicar | to locate | ||
| una vacuna | vaccine | ||
| una víctima | victim | ||
| una vigilia | vigil | ||
| votar | to vote | ||
| una zona de catástrofe | disaster area | ||
Related lessons
Spanish lesson plans
- Current Events (Lesson plan, 7th-11th)
- Let’s Read the Newspaper (Lesson plan, 1st – 12th grade)
- News in Spanish (Lesson plan, 9th-12th grade)
- Writing a News Article (Worksheet, 6th – 8th grade)
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