Technology: Upper-intermediate Spanish vocabulary

37 Spanish words about technology at upper-intermediate level. Each entry links to the full meaning, a real example sentence, and usage notes written for English speakers.

• usonounusage, use — the action of using something; habitual practice
• lugarnounsite, location — a place where something is located; also a website
• progresonounprogress — forward movement or improvement towards a better state; normatively positive unlike desarrollo
• facilitarverbto facilitate, to make easier
• transformarverbto transform — to change something fundamentally in nature or structure; more radical than cambiar
• utilidadnounutility, usefulness — the state of being useful or profitable
• navegar (por internet)verbto browse the internet
• bombanounpump — a mechanical device for moving liquid or gas
• fichanounrecord, card
• chipnounchip, microchip
• detectarverbto detect, to identify
• posibilitarverbto enable, to make possible
• facilidadnounease, natural aptitude
• instalaciónnounfacility, installation
• rasgonountrait, feature
• fibranounfibre — thread-like material; dietary fibre; fibre optic internet
• defectonounflaw, defect
• fluidonounsmooth, fluid — flowing without interruption or difficulty; in figurative use: natural and effortless
• tecnológicoadjectiverelating to technology, especially modern digital or industrial technology
• formatonounformat
• obsoletoadjectiveoutdated, obsolete — no longer in use or valid; superseded
• tecladonounthe set of keys used to type on a computer, or the keys of a musical instrument such as a piano
• eléctricoadjectiveelectric, electrical — using or relating to electricity
• simularverbto simulate, to model
• virtualadjectivevirtual — carried out or existing using computers and the internet; also: almost or nearly something described
• sustituirverbto substitute, to replace
• innovaciónnouninnovation
• interactuarverbto interact, to engage with
• utilizarverbto utilise, to employ
• buclenounloop — a repetitive sequence or cycle; also a curved shape
• recuperarverbto recover, to retrieve
• registrarverbto register, to record
• liberarverbto release, to free
• rednounnetwork — a system of interconnected elements; a social or professional network
• reemplazar / sustituirverbto replace, to substitute
• reproducirverbto reproduce, to replicate
• restaurarverbto restore