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March 25, 2021 by Luis F. Dominguez Spanish Vocabulary 0 comments

The Practical Guide to Math Vocabulary in Spanish

Are you planning to study math in Spanish and seeking useful math vocabulary? Matemáticas is a broad and fascinating field of study!

Keep reading to discover why you should learn math vocabulary in Spanish and why people rightly say that math is an universal language. I’ll provide you with a ton of useful math terms from basic concepts to advanced math vocabulary. 

Why Learn Math Vocabulary in Spanish?

Learning a new language is a multi-layered process that involves several areas of knowledge. Yes, you usually start with basic vocabulary and grammar rules, but as you progress in your Spanish skills, these areas start becoming more diverse and varied. 

At this point, learning math vocabulary is an excellent idea. Here, I’m not talking about the basic knowledge of numbers in Spanish, as that’s everyday vocabulary that you need to learn even if you never do math in the language. 

The terms I’ll cover in this article are subject-specific—math vocabulary for people who do math in Spanish. Think of students in Spanish-speaking countries, professionals in collaboration, or international researchers. 

math vocabulary

Math: An Universal Language

It’s been said that music and math are the only two truly universal languages. The idea behind this expression is that both music and math can be understood and deciphered by any human in the world, regardless of the language they speak. 

Although that is true, in reality you still need a point of reference to work with both math and music in your own language. Musical notes, math symbols, and all the terminology surrounding these beautiful universal languages still need to have names in every different language spoken by people. 

Which is why, even though you may not need to speak a specific language to learn math, you still need the math terms used in your goal language to learn math in that specific language.   

Useful Math Vocabulary in Spanish 

I’ve written before about Numbers in Spanish: Addition, Subtraction, and Fractions, so I won’t be repeating that math vocabulary here. I strongly recommend reading that article if you want to complete your math vocabulary knowledge. 

Basic Math Words

Let’s start with some basic math vocabulary you’ll need every time you deal with math in Spanish. 

EspañolEnglish
las matemáticasmath
el número number
pareven
imparodd
sumaaddition
sumarto add
restasubtraction
restarto subtract
multiplicaciónmultiplication
multiplicarto multiply
tablas de multiplicartimes tables
divisióndivision
dividirto divide
aritméticaarithmetic
álgebraalgebra
geometríageometry
trigonometríatrigonometry
cálculocalculus
estadísticastatistics
fraccionesfractions
fisicaphysics

Math Symbols

Now, let’s take a look at the most common math symbols in Spanish. 

EspañolEnglish
+ más+plus
–menos-minus
xporxtimes
÷dividido entre÷divided by
. punto.point
%por ciento%percent
%porcentaje%percentage
√raíz cuadrada√square root
∛raíz cúbica∛cubic root
= igual=equal

Geometry Terms

Since the times of ancient Greek mathematician Euclid, geometry has been a helpful body of knowledge for humanity. Here is some common Spanish math vocabulary related to geometry.

EspañolEnglish
las figuras geométricasgeometric shapes
el cuadradosquare
el rectángulorectangle
el triángulotriangle
el triángulo equiláteroequilateral triangle
el triángulo isóscelesisosceles triangle
el círculocircle
el rombodiamond
el trapeciotrapezium
el pentágonopentagon
el hexágonohexagon
el octágonooctagon
el dodecaedrododecahedron
el paralelogramoparallelogram
el cubocubo
el prismaprism
el prisma rectangularrectangular prism
la pirámidepyramid
la pirámide pentagonal pentagonal pyramid
la esferasphere
el conocone
el cilindrocylinder
la circunferenciacircumference
el radioradius
el diámetrodiameter
el perímetroperimeter
el áreaarea
la distanciadistance
la hipotenusahypotenuse
el catetoleg or side
la longitudlength
el volumenvolume
la capacidadcapacity
la línealine
la línea rectastraight line
la línea curvacurved line
la basebase
la alturaheight
la esquinacorner
el ánguloangle
el ángulo rectoright angle
el ángulo obtusoobtuse angle
el ángulo agudoacute angle
el ángulo reflexivoreflex angle
el gradodegree
la simetríasymmetry
la superficiesurface
el arcoarc
la longitud de arcoarc length
cóncavoconcave
convexoconvex

Algebra Terms

It’s time to learn some algebra terms in Spanish. 

EspañolEnglish
el álgebraalgebra
algebraicoalgebraic
la ecuaciónequation
el coeficientecoefficient
la variablevariable
la exponenteexponent
la exponencialexponential
el monomiomonomial
el binomiobinomial
el trinomiotrinomial
el polinomiopolynomial
binariobinary

Advanced Math Terms

Finally, in this part you’ll find both advanced math terms and other math vocabulary that wasn’t included in any of the previous sections.  

EspañolEnglish
el promedioaverage
el axiomaaxiom
el ejeaxis
el valorvalue
la función compuestacompound function
la convergenciaconvergence
el sistema coordenadocoordinate system
el plano cartesianocartesian plane
el teorema de pitágoraspythagoras theorem
el cosenocosine
el senosine
la tangentetangent
bidimensionaltwo-dimensional
tridimensionalthree-dimensional
la unidadunit
el segmentosegment
la rotaciónrotation
el número racionalrational number
el número realreal number
el número decimaldecimal number
el resultadoresult
el cocientequotient
la función racionalrational function
la propiedadproperty
la probabilidadprobability
la demostraciónproof
el principioprinciple
el problemaproblem
el número primoprime number
positivopositive
negativonegative
la derivadaderivative
la integralintegral
el cálculo integralintegral calculus
ecuaciones diferencialesdifferential equations
el intervalointerval
el gradientegradient
la gráficagraph
el fractalfractal
la elipseellipse
el límitelimit
el logaritmologarithm
la matrizmatrix

Learn Math In Spanish and Learn Spanish with Math

You can do it both ways! Learn Spanish with math by learning this math vocabulary. Then, you’ll be able to learn math in Spanish, as you’ve already got the needed terms to do it. Either way, you’ll be improving your mathematical and language skills at the same time. 

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