March 30, 2021 by Luis F. Dominguez Spanish Vocabulary 0 comments

The Definitive Vocabulary Guide to Accounting in Spanish

Learning vocabulary related to accounting in Spanish is a wise investment of your time.

Perhaps you need to balance your books in a Spanish-speaking country or solicit the help of a native Spanish-speaking accountant.

Even if you are not an entrepreneur looking for new business opportunities in Latin America, learning new words about money, finances, and accounting, is a good idea.

Keep reading to explore the world of accounting in Spanish. I’ll provide you with a long list of accounting-related nouns, adjectives, and verbs in Spanish. By the end of this article, you’ll be able to balance your books yourself, or at least understand what your accountant is telling you in Spanish.

How to Talk About Accounting in Spanish

Every area of knowledge and work has its own specific set of terms and vocabulary. Accounting in Spanish is no exception. Every business needs a good accountant and has to deal with all the financial terms and obligations related to bookkeeping and accountancy.

Talking about accounting in Spanish is crucial to assure that a business based in a Spanish-speaking country is functioning in the right way.

If you’re not a businessperson opening companies overseas, why should you learn about accounting in Spanish?

Why Learn Accounting Vocabulary in Spanish?

First of all, learning a language implies learning everything you can about it and the culture that produced it. You don’t only learn the words that you think you may need one day, it doesn’t work like that.

That’s why you learn about music, math, or basketball in Spanish, to just name a few areas of life.

Also, did you know that accounting is one of the top 10 careers of the future in Spanish? If you haven’t yet decided which path to follow in life, that’s an interesting tidbit of information. It opens a lot of possibilities overseas. Within the United States, the Spanish-speaking percentage of the population keeps growing at a steady pace.

Accounting in Spanish

Now that we have established that learning accounting in Spanish is important to keep your language-learning progress improving, let’s dive deep into the specifics of this business area.

Accounting-related Nouns in Spanish

First, let’s learn some of the most common nouns used in accounting in Spanish:

la contabilidad	accounting
el contador / la contadora	accountant
el año / ejercicio fiscal	fiscal year
el activo	asset
el pasivo	liability
la deuda	debt
el impuesto	tax
el IVA	VAT
la cuenta por pagar	account payable
la cuenta por cobrar	account receivable
los ingresos	revenue
los egresos / gastos	expenses
la ganancia / utilidad	profit
la pérdida	loss
el déficit	deficit
el fondo	fund
el préstamo	loan
el reporte	report
el seguro	insurance
el puntaje crediticio	credit score
el traspaso	conveyance
la cuenta corriente	checking account
el flujo de caja / efectivo	cash flow
la capitalización	capitalization
el préstamo temporal	bridge loan
el cheque sin fondos	bounced check
el banco	bank
el codeudor	co-debtor
la firma	signature
el contrato	contract
las compras	purchases
las ventas	sales
la deuda	debt
la fecha	date
la teneduría de libros	bookkeeping
el libro mayor	ledger
el inventario	inventory
el ingreso neto	net income
la utilidad neta	net profit
el gasto de operación	operating cost
la utilidad de operación	operation profit
el capital	equity
el estado financiero	financial statement
el reparto de utilidades	employees’ statutory profit sharing
el mobiliario y equipo	furniture and fixtures
el balance de comprobación	trial balance
los bienes semiacabados	unfinished goods
la depreciación lineal	straight-line depreciation
la hipoteca	mortgage
la sociedad	partnership
los socios	partners
los accionistas	shareholders
la tasa de interés	interest rate
los ahorros	savings
el descuento	discount
la administración / gerencia	management
la contabilidad de gestión	managerial accounting
la auditoría	audit
el auditor / la auditora	auditor
la factura	invoice
el actuario	actuary
la inversión	investment
el fondo de retiro	retirement fund
el fondo de inversión	investment fund
la garantía	collateral, backing
el porcentaje	percentage
la bancarrota	bankruptcy
el tipo de cambio	exchange rate
la financiación	funding
los bienes	assets
los bienes raíces	real estate
el dinero	money
el cheque	check
la chequera	checkbook
el efectivo	cash
el crédito	credit
la tarjeta de crédito	credit card
la tarjeta de débito	debit card
el bono	bonus
la cuenta bancaria	bank account
los ingresos antes de impuestos	before-tax income
la tasa	fee
la transferencia	transfer
la transferencia electrónica	electronic transfer
el saldo	account balance
el depósito	deposit
el presupuesto	budget
la liquidez	liquidity
el salario	salary
la nómina	payroll
las ganancias de capital	capital gains

Accounting-related Adjectives in Spanish

After that long list of nouns about accounting in Spanish, let’s study some accounting-related adjectives.

barato	cheap
caro	expensive
costoso	costly
pagado	paid
cobrado	charged
requerido	required
comprado	bought
vendido	sold
reportado	reported
exitoso	successful
libre de impuestos	duty-free, tax-free
asequible	affordable
financiado	financed
aprobado	approved
excesivo	excessive
satisfactorio	satisfactory
vencido	expired
diferido	deferred
denegado, rechazado	denied
elegible	eligible

Accounting-related Verbs in Spanish

Now, let’s focus on learning some useful accounting-related verbs in Spanish.

pagar	to pay
cobrar	to charge
vender	to sale
balancear	to balance
cerrar	to close
firmar	to sign
solicitar, pedir	to ask
requerir	to require
valorar	to value
depreciar	to depreciate
invertir	to invest
ejecutar, aplicar	to enforce
elegir	to choose
diferir	to defer
ganar	to earn
perder	to lose
reclamar	to dispute
deber	to debt
ahorrar	to save
retirar	to withdraw
transferir	to transfer
devengar	to yield (interest)
endosar	to endorse
gastar	to expend
comprar	to buy
presentar	to submit
capitalizar	to capitalize
incluir	to include
pedir un préstamo	to borrow

Balance Your Books and Practice Your Spanish!

Now that you are familiar with plenty of useful vocabulary about accounting in Spanish, you can balance your books and practice your Spanish at the same time! Practice is the key word, as new vocabulary won’t stick in your brain unless you start using it in real-life conversations.

Sign up for a free class with one of our certified, native Spanish-speaking teachers from Guatemala, and start talking about accounting in Spanish today!

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Luis F. Domínguez is a freelance writer and independent journalist interested in travel, languages, art, books, history, philosophy, politics and sports. He has written for Fodor’s, Yahoo!, Sports Illustrated, Telemundo, and Villa Experience, among other brands of print and digital media in Europe and North America.

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