IB Spanish B Educación y El Mundo Laboral

alumno/a (m, f)

pupil, student

aprobado (m)

pass (in exam)

asignatura (f)

subject

aula (f) (el aula)

classroom

biblioteca (f)

library

catedrático/a (m, f)

professor

clases (f pl) extraescolares / extracurriculares

additional classes

colegio (m) secundario (HA)

secondary school

comportamiento (m)

behaviour

computadora (f) (HA)

computer

conciencia (f)

awareness

cuaderno (m)

notebook

curso (m) académico

academic year

deberes (m pl)

homework

educación (f) primaria

primary education

educación (f) secundaria

secondary education

enseñanza (f)

teaching

escuela (f) privada

independent / private school

escuela (f) pública

state school

examen (m) (pl exámenes)

examination

facultad (f)

faculty

formación (f) continua

lifelong learning

formación (f) profesional

vocational / professional training

fracaso (m) escolar

failure at school

horario (m)

timetable

instituto (m) (E)

secondary school

internado (m)

boarding school

licenciatura (f)

degree

librería (f)

bookshop

maestro/a (m, f)

(primary) schoolteacher

método (m)

method

marcador (m)

felt-tip pen

nota (f)

mark

ordenador (m) (E)

computer

personal (m) docente

teaching staff

pizarra (f), pizarrón (m) (HA)

(black)board

pizarra (f) blanca

whiteboard

prácticas (f pl)

practicals

profesor(a) (m, f)

teacher

prueba (f)

test

redacción (f)

essay

rendimiento (m) escolar

performance at school

rotulador (esp. E)

felt-tip pen

tarea (f)

task, homework

tema (m) de actualidad

topical / current issue

tiza (f)

chalk

trimestre (m)

term

arte (m)

art

biología (f)

biology

ciencia (f)

science

dibujo (m)

drawing

ciencias (f pl) empresariales

business studies

ciencias (f pl) políticas

politics

diseño

design

educación (f) física

physical education

física (f)

physics

geografía (f)

geography

historia (f)

history

informática (f)

computer science

matemáticas (f pl)

mathematics

psicología (f)

psychology

química (f)

chemistry

sociología (f)

sociology

analfabeto/a

illiterate

científico/a

scientific

burro/a

dim-witted

culto/a

cultured

inteligente

intelligent

listo/a

clever

notable (esp. E)

outstanding (exam)

obligatorio/a

compulsory, obligatory

optativo/a

optional

perezoso/a

lazy

sobresaliente

excellent, exceptional

superdotado/a

gifted

superior

higher

trabajador/a

hard-working

troncal

main, core

vago/a

lazy

aburrirse

to get bored

aplazar

to fail (exam)

aprender

to learn

aprobar (-ue-)

to pass

asistir a

to attend

borrar

to erase

corregir (-i-)

to correct

enseñar

to teach

escolarizar

to educate, provide schooling for

exponer

to show, present, state

fomentar

to encourage

inculcar

to instil

inscribirse

to enrol

investigar

to research, investigate

matricularse en

to enrol in

repasar

to revise

reprobar (HA)

to fail (exam)

señalar

to point out

subrayar

to underline

suspender (E)

to fail (exam)

acceder a la universidad

to get into university