Examen 1 - Spanish for Global Business

Mexico

La ciudad de Mexico, mexicanos, el peso

Guatemala

La cuidad de Guatemala, guatemaltecos, el quetzal

El salvador

San Salvador, salvadoreños, el colón

Nicaragua

Managua, nicaragüenses, el córdoba

Honduras

Tegucigalpa, hondureño, el lempira

Costa Rica

San Juan, costarricense, colón

Panamá

La cuidad de Panamá, panameño, el balboa

Colombia

Bogotá, columbiano, el peso

Ecuador

Quito, ecuatoriano, el dólar

Perú

Lima, peruano, el nuevo sol

Chile

Santiago, chileno, el peso

Argentina

Buenos Aires, argentino, el peso

Uruguay

Monetvideo, uruguayo, el peso

Paraguay

Asunción, paraguayo, el guaraní

Bolivia

La Paz y Sucre, boliviano, el boliviano

Brasil

Brasilia, brasileño, el real

Venezuela

Caracas, venezolano, el bolívar fuerte

Puerto Rico

San Juan, puertorriceño o boriqua, el dólar

La República Dominicana

Santo Domingo, dominicano, el peso

Cuba

La Habana, cubano, el peso

admiinstracíon

management/administration

agrícola

agriculture

bienes

goods/physical products

cambio de divisas

foreign exchange/currency exchange

casa matriz

headquarters

comercio

commerce/trade

comercio internacional

international trade

comercio multinacional

multinational trade

consumidor/a

consumer

cultura

culture

dejo

trade/influence of another language

demanda

demand

demografía

demographic

distribución

distribution

economía

economy

elaborar

to produce or make

economía global

global economy

ensamblar

to assemble

escasez

scarcity or shortage

éxito

success

filial

subsidiary

gerencia

management

gerente

manager

globalización

globalization

hiperinflación

hyperinflation

industria

industry

inflación

inflation

liderazgo

leadership

logística

logistics

mano de obra

workforce

materia prima

raw material

mercancía

merchandise

mercado

market

moneda nacional

national currency

oferta

supply

pasantía/práctica

internship

población

population

Producto Interno Bruno (PIB)

Gross Domestic Product (GDP): measures the total value of goods and services produced within a country’s borders, regardless of who owns the company

Producto Nacional Burto (PNB)

Gross National Product (GNP): measures the total value of goods and services produced by a country’s citizens/companies, regardless of where they are located

recurso

resource

sede

main/central office

servicio

service

sucursal

branch

supranacional

supranational: an organization, authority, or system that goes beyond the authority of individual countries and involves multiple countries

trabajo

work/job

transnacional

transnational: a transnational company has operations, production, employees, or resources in several countries, rather than simply doing business with other countries

usario/a

user