Economy: B2 Spanish vocabulary

35 Spanish words about economy at B2 level. Each entry links to the full meaning, a real example sentence, and usage notes written for English speakers.

• adquirirverbto acquire, to obtain
• atraerverbto attract, to draw in
• empresarionounentrepreneur, employer
• competirverbto compete
• prosperarverbto flourish, to thrive
• pujarverbto bid
• presupuestarverbto budget, to cost out
• emprendedornounentrepreneur — a person who sets up and runs a business or undertakes new initiatives
• desplazarverbto shift, to displace
• encogerverbto shrink, to contract
• dispararse (subir bruscamente)verbto soar, to spike sharply
• generarverbto generate, to produce
• estimularverbto stimulate, to incentivise
• industrianounindustry — a branch of economic activity, especially manufacturing; also diligence
• suministrarverbto supply, to provide
• hundirseverbto plunge, to collapse
• inflarverbto inflate, to distort upwards
• producirverbto produce, to cause
• inyectarverbto inject, to infuse
• mano de obranounlabour, workforce — the human effort or workers available for employment
• invertirverbto invest
• lujonounluxury — something desirable but not essential; great comfort
• recuperarverbto recover, to retrieve
• bajarverbto lower, to reduce
• repartirverbto share out, to divide
• fabricarverbto manufacture, to produce
• fusionarverbto merge, to combine
• representarverbto represent
• rescatarverbto rescue
• producciónnounoutput, production — the amount of something produced; the process of producing it
• retrocederverbto retreat, to fall back
• invertir (una tendencia)verbto reverse
• deshacerse de / librarse deverbto get rid of, to dispose of
• arruinarverbto ruin
• pobrezanounpoverty — the state of being extremely poor; the condition of lacking basic resources