ingresos
nounCEFR B2
What does “ingresos” mean in English?
income, earnings
income, earnings (money received regularly for work or investment; ingresos fijos / mensuales; nivel de ingresos)
Example sentences
Los ingresos medios de los trabajadores del sector servicios han aumentado un tres por ciento en términos reales.
Average earnings for service sector workers have risen by three percent in real terms.
El umbral de riesgo de pobreza se fija en el 60 % de los ingresos medianos de la población.
The poverty risk threshold is set at 60% of the median income of the population.
La declaración de la renta obliga a declarar todos los ingresos, independientemente de su procedencia.
The income tax return requires declaring all income, regardless of its source.
How to use it
Los ingresos (noun, masculine plural) means 'earnings, income, revenue'. At B2 it is the standard term in economic, political, and personal finance discourse. Core collocations: ingresos medios/bajos/altos; ingresos netos/brutos; ingresos del hogar/del Estado; aumentar/reducir los ingresos. Note that ingreso (singular) can mean 'admission' (ingreso a la universidad) — context disambiguates. The related verb is ingresar: ingresar en una cuenta. Distinguish from sueldo (salary) and beneficio (profit).
Common mistake
Don't confuse ingresos (income/earnings) with sueldo (salary) or ganancias (gains/winnings). In Spanish, 'household income' = ingresos del hogar (not *ingresos de la familia as a fixed term). Note that ingreso in singular often means 'admission' or 'entry', not 'income'.