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Last updated Oct 7, 2025 • Reading time: 1 minute
Here is a vocabulary list with some common tech/internet terms.
1. Concepts for which we have an actual word in Spanish:
Enlace - link
Copiar/pegar - copy/paste
Bandeja de entrada - inbox
Borradores - drafts
CC (Copia de carbón) - CC (Carbon copy)
CCO (Copia de carbón oculta) - BCC (Blind carbon copy)
La nube - the cloud
La aplicación - the app
El programa - the software/the program
El sistema operativo - the operating system
La base de datos - the database
Descargar - to download
Subir - to upload
El disco duro - the hard drive
Iniciar sesión - to log in
Nombre de usuario - user name
Contraseña - password
Reiniciar - reboot/restart
Estar “caído” - to be “down”
2. Concepts for which we use the English term:
El wifi
El email (although we sometimes call it correo electrónico)
Internet (although we sometimes call it la red)
El firewall
La API
El bluetooth
El bug
El chat
El flash drive
El modem
El router
Dan Berges
Dan Berges is the Managing Director of Berges Institute.
Who are we?
We are a Spanish language school that offers traditional, grammar-intensive live Spanish classes.
Learn more