Spanish Travel Vocabulary

With this post you will learn about the Spanish travel vocabulary used at the airports.

In addition, there are plenty of examples with audios to help you better understand the concepts and to practice your listening skills.

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Having a good understanding of vocabulary is essential in order to understand and speak better in a second language. This is specially important when you travel and you need those language skills to “survive”. In this case, travel vocabulary comes into play, including Spanish travel vocabulary, if you are traveling to Spanish speaking countries.

If you want to improve your travel vocabulary, an enormous amount of resources are available everywhere, including internet. But it is not always the same when you need something more specific, such as vocabulary used at airports.

Spanish Vocabulary for travel

The reasons to learn a language can differ among people. There are people who need languages for work, others who want to communicate with their in-laws, or even the ones who enjoy the great benefits of such an activity. In addition, I am sure most of you would also want to improve your language skills for travel.

MAKE TRAVEL EASIER AND MORE ENJOYABLE

When you know the language that is spoken in the country you are visiting, things such as asking for a drink, buying a souvenir, or trying to make friends, become much simpler.

Also, you get a better understanding of the culture and people when you are able to communicate with the locals.

Additionally, what about understanding what is being said at the airports or on a plane? For example, sometimes, the speaker systems used to communicate do not help at all, such as poor sound or unclear voices, which makes it difficult to understand.

AT THE AIRPORT

When you have traveled abroad you probably have had some issues understanding what they said about your flight. Have they just changed my boarding gate? Have they just delayed my flight? Similarly, why don’t I understand the safety instructions the flight attendants give? But the main question is; why do people speak as fast when I am not fluent in a foreign language?

If you are planning to travel to Spain or any other Spanish speaking country, this post will interest you. Also, if you are worried about not understanding anything during your time at the airport and on your plane, this post is for you. And of course, if you just want to learn new vocabulary in Spanish, feel free to read on.

A picture of Barcelona Airport — Barcelona airport, Catalonia, Spain. Photo by Andrew Peat from FreeImages

Spanish Travel Vocabulary List

Here is a list with the most common Spanish travel vocabulary people use at airports and planes with their English translations. A list that certainly will help you when you travel.

Enjoy!

NOUNS

Spanish	English
La aduana	Customs
El área designada	Designated area
El asiento	Seat
El asiento al lado de la ventana	Window seat
El asiento al lado del pasillo	Aisle seat
El aterrizaje	Landing
El aterrizaje de emergencia	Emergency landing
Los auriculares Los cascos	Headphones
El avión	Plane
El billete de avión	Plane ticket
El/la azafato/a de vuelo El/la auxiliar de vuelo El/la asistente de vuelo	Flight attendant
La cabina La cabina de mando La cabina del piloto	Cockpit Flight deck
El/la capitán/a	Captain
El carrito	Trolley
El chaleco salvavidas	Life jacket Vest
La cinta transportadora (de recogida) de equipaje/s	Baggage carousel
El cinturón de seguridad	Seatbelt
La clase de negocios	Business class
La clase turista La clase económica	Tourist class Economic class
El compartimiento (superior) para equipaje	Baggage compartment
El control de seguridad	Security checkpoint
El/la copiloto	Co-pilot
El desembarque	Disembarking
El despegue	Takeoff
La despresurización	Depressurization
El detector de metales	Metal detector
El edificio de la terminal	Terminal building
El embarque	Boarding Embarkation
El/la encargado/a del equipaje	Baggage handler
El equipaje	Baggage Luggage
El equipaje de mano	Hand luggage Carry-on luggage
El equipaje demasiado grande	Over-sized baggage
El equipaje facturado	Checked baggage Checked luggage
La escala	Layover Stopover
El exceso de equipaje	Excess baggage
El exceso de reservas La sobreventa	Overbooking
La facturación	Check-in
La fila	Row
El jet lag	Jet lag
El límite de equipaje	Baggage allowance
Las llegadas	Arrivals
La máscara de oxígeno	Oxygen mask
La mesita	Tray-table
El mostrador de facturación	Check-in desk
Objetos perdidos	Lost property
El/la oficial/a de aduana	Customs officer
El/la oficial/a de inmigración	Immigration officer
El pasaporte	Passport
El pasillo	Aisle
El/la piloto	Pilot
La pista de despegue La pista de aterrizaje	Runaway
El portaequipaje El compartimiento superior	Overhead locker
El precio del billete El precio del pasaje La tarifa aérea	Airfare
La presurización	Pressurization
La primera clase	First class
La puerta de embarque	Boarding gate
Las salidas	Departures
La salida de emergencia	Emergency exit
La tarjeta de embarque	Boarding pass Boarding card
La terminal	Terminal
La tienda libre de impuestos	Duty-Free Shop
La torre de control	Control tower
La tripulación	Crew
El/la tripulante de cabina El/la tripulante de pasajeros	Crew member Crew cabin
La turbulencia	Turbulence
El vuelo directo	Direct flight
El vuelo de conexión	Connecting flight
La zona de pre-embarque	Departure lounge
La zona de recogida de equipajes	Baggage claim area Baggage reclaim area

VERBS

Spanish	English
Abrocharse	To fasten
Aterrizar	To land
Ayudar	To assist To help
Confiscar	To confiscate
Declarar	To declare
Desabrocharse	To unfasten
Desembarcar	To disembark
Despegar	To take off
Embarcar	To board To embark
Facturar	To check
Tocar tierra	Touch down

Final Thoughts

I hope this post helps you learn the Spanish travel vocabulary you need.

I advise you to practice with the audios here and try to use the vocabulary in your conversations.

If you want, I can help you practice with this vocabulary by using it while having a conversation during our online Spanish conversation classes.

Additionally, we can practice in the comment section below by answering the following questions:

¿A qué hora aterrizó el último avión que cogiste?
¿Llevaste equipaje de mano?

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