Spanish Phrases: Using computers in Spanish
On this page, we look at some general vocabulary to do with computers,
in particular the names of parts of computers. On the next page, we look
at some computer-related phrases.
See the Javamex web site for a more technical
Spanish computing glossary.
General computing words
una computadora | - | a computer (Latin America) | un ordenador | - | a computer (Spain) | una máquina | - | a machine | la informática | - | computing, IT | la computación | - | computing | la programación | - | programming | un usuario | - | a user | un archivo | - | a file | un programa | - | a program | una aplicación | - | an application |
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Parts of the computer
el teclado | - | the keyboard | una tecla | - | a key | la pantalla | - | the screen | el ratón | - | the mouse | el botón izquierdo/derecho | - | the left/right button | periféricos | - | peripherals | el RAM | - | the RAM | el procesador | - | the processor | la memoria | - | the memory | el disco (duro) | - | the (hard) disk | una memoria USB | - | a penstick, USB memory stick | una memoria flash | - | flash memory | el módem | - | the modem | la impresora (láser) | - | the (laser) printer | la tarjeta de red inalámbrica | - | the wireless network card | el reproductor de CD | - | the CD player | el reproductor de DVD | - | the DVD player | el grabador de CD/DVD | - | the CD/DVD burner | el puerto USB | - | the USB port | el micrófono | - | the microphone | los bafles | - | the speakers (Spain) | las bocinas | - | the speakers (Latin America) |
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Types of computer
una laptop | - | a laptop | una máquina de escritorio | - | a desktop machine | una netbook | - | a netbook | una Palm | palm | a Palm | un PDA | - | a PDA | una consola (de videojuegos) | - | a (games) console |
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See also...
On the next page, we give some phrases for
describing computer-related activities such as browsing the web.
Page written by Neil Coffey. Copyright (c) Javamex UK 2014. All rights reserved. |