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December 9, 2020 by Luis F. Dominguez Spanish Vocabulary 0 comments

Online in Spanish: 100 Useful Words Related to the Internet

Do you find being online in Spanish an interesting adventure or an excruciating experience? Your answer may depend on your level of Spanish. 

The truth is that to experience something as interactive, complex, and diverse as the internet in a language that you haven’t mastered can be a real challenge. I thought I could manage, but when I tried to send an email on my wife’s Polish computer, I couldn’t even log in to my account. 

Going online in Spanish doesn’t have to be a problem, though. All you need to do is learn some basic vocabulary and build on that to navigate the Spanish web without trouble. 

In today’s post, we’ll explore what it’s like to be online in Spanish, learn why so many technology terms are “Anglicisms,” and discover 100 internet-related words in Spanish. 

Are You Online in Spanish? 

While the internet is a global network where English is king, every other language has its particular way of dealing with it. Being online in Spanish means entering a world of computadoras, ordenadores, descargas, and redes sociales where you can get lost if you don’t know your way. 

The online world in Spanish is full of internet-related vocabulary that you need to learn in order to move at ease in this medium. 

A Note About Anglicisms

According to the Oxford dictionary, an Anglicism is “a word or phrase borrowed from English by a foreign language.” You’ll find a lot of these Anglicisms when you’re online in Spanish, as many of the latest inventions and new tech terms come from English-speaking countries. 

In a way, that makes it easier for you. But soon, you’ll see that these words take on a life of their own in their adopted language. A quick example is the word formatear. A few years back, you had to format your hard disk to clean it. No Spanish word existed for that, so a new verb came to life—formatear—which means to give format to your disk. From there, words like formateado and formateaste started to circulate in a beautiful example of how languages are constantly evolving.

Online in Spanish: 100 Internet Words 

Check out this list of important internet-related terms in Spanish, organized by different areas of the online world, followed by a selection of internet-related Spanish verbs. 

El Equipo – Equipment

When going online in Spanish, you’ll need to know how to refer to the equipment you’re using to access information. Consider it the first step. 

SpanishEnglish
La computadora (Latin America)computer
El ordenador (Spain)computer
La laptop (Latin America)laptop
El ordenador portátil (Spain)laptop
La tablet (or tableta)tablet
El iPadiPad
El teléfono celular (Latin America)cellphone
El teléfono móvil (Spain)cellphone
El ratón mouse
La impresoraprinter
El disco duroHard disk
El módemmodem
Los audífonos (Latin America)headphones
Los auriculares (Spain)Slang bonus: Los cascos (Spain)headphones
El tecladokeyboard
La teclakey
La pantalla screen
El micrófonomicrophone
Las bocinas (Latin America)speakers
Los altavoces (Spain)speakers
La cámaracamera
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El Correo Electrónico – Email

I find it astonishing that younger generations think of email as “unfashionable and outdated,” as I still use it as my main way of professional communication. I guess the times are changing faster than I thought. 

SpanishEnglish
El correo mail
La bandeja de entradainbox
La papeleratrash folder
Las carpetasfolders
La direcciónaddress
La arroba (@) at (@)
El puntodot
El guiónhyphen
El guión bajounderscore
Eliminadodeleted
Borradordraft
Archivo adjuntoattachment

Las Redes Sociales – Social Media

Since the advent of Facebook and Twitter to our lives the importance of social media has grown exponentially. The amount of time we spend on social media has also grown accordingly, and that’s why these terms come in handy. 

SpanishEnglish
El tuittweet
El nombre de usuariousername
La contraseñapassword
La etiquetatag
El hashtaghashtag
La historiastory
La sección de noticiasnews feed
El perfilprofile
El comentariocomment
Me gustalike
Nuevo mensajenew message
El amigofriend
La privacidadprivacy
La publicaciónpost
La notificaciónnotification
La páginapage
El anuncioadvertisement
El grupogorup
El eventoevent
El seguidorfollower
El canalchannel
La tendenciatrending topic
La suscripciónsubscription

El Internet – The Internet

These common technical terms will help you surf the web in Spanish.  

SpanishEnglish
La nubecloud
El enlacelink
El navegadorbrowser
La barra de navegaciónnavigation bar
La pestaña del navegadorbrowser tabs
La ventanawindow
La cuentaaccount
El historial de navegadorbrowser history
Los favoritosbookmarks
La aplicaciónapp
La rednetwork
La base de datosdatabase
La hoja de cálculospreadsheet
La videollamadavideocall

Verbos – Verbs

Sometimes we need more than one word to accurately express the action we want to communicate. For example, it’s not the same to “log” as to “log in,” or to “turn” as to “turn on.” 

When we need to use more than one word to express an action, we call these terms “phrasal verbs.” I’ve included a few of them both in English and Spanish in the following list. 

SpanishEnglish
Descargar, bajardownload
Subirupload
Iniciar sesiónlog in
Cerrar sesiónlog out
Registrarsesign in
Tuitearto tweet
Postearto post
Seguirto follow
Compartirto share
Responderto reply
Navegar en internetto surf the web, to browse
Refrescarto refresh, to reload
Hacer click (or clicar)to click
Copiar y pegarcopy paste
Adjuntarto attach
Reenviarto forward
Destacarto highlight
Comentarto comment
Encender, prenderto turn on
Apagarto turn off
Buscarto search
Reiniciarto reboot
Imprimirto print
Teclearto type
Instalar to install
Actualizarto upgrade
Conectarto connect
Llamarto call
Mandar mensajeto text
Guardarto save
Ejecutarto launch

Ready to Go Online in Spanish?

These words and phrases are a good starting point for going online in Spanish. Now you can handle yourself with confidence while sending a correo electrónico, posting on redes sociales, or simply navegando el internet. 

My recommendation is to set all your devices to Spanish. This way, you’ll soon familiarize yourself with this vocabulary for going online in Spanish. To keep building upon that knowledge, join HSA on Facebook where we share loads of Spanish vocabulary, interactive quizzes, and free resources every day!  

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