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Spanish Vocabulary List: Professions A-D

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Professions A-D
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OBJECTIVE:
Learn the Spanish titles for people who work in various professions.
TASK:
Think about and identify professions that you deem worthy of conversation, then learn how to say them in Spanish.
PERPLEXED?
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Profesiones y Carreras
Professions and careers become our lives, so to speak, and we have a tendency to identify ourselves in relation to our title.
Identify professions that you know, talk about, employ, utilize, practice, --- whatever the relationship is to your scope of reference. Learn the ones you want to talk about in Spanish!


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Master Verb List
Master -AR
Master -ER
Master -IR
Regular -AR
Regular -ER
Regular -IR
Ending -car
Ending -gar
Ending -iar: i - í
Ending -zar
Ending -zco
Stem Change e->ie
Stem Change o->ue
Stem Change e->i
 
De poeta, de doctor, y de loco -
en todos hay un poco.
[Poet, doctor, crazy person - there's some of each in all of us!]
 
¿Apoco me falta el español para astronomer?
¡No está en la lista!

The majority of the professions listed are provided in the masculine form. The ending may need slight changes, or no change at all to state the feminine forms.
*If ending is
-or
change to
-ora
If ending is
-ro
change to
-ra
*If ending is
-o
change to
-a
* Doesn't necessarily apply 100% of the time.
Words ending in -ico, -ta, -ógrafo, -ólogo, or -nte can be either masculine or feminine, and are indicated with the symbol.

Preguntas
Answer all questions out loud !!!
¿Cuáles profesiones trabajan con armas?
El soldado trabaja con armas.
El músico no, porque es pacifista.
Find & state ALL appropriate responses in the positive.
¿Cuáles profesiones pertenecen a la medicina?
El urólogo estudia la medicina.
El presidente no sabe nada sobre la medicina.
Find & state ALL appropriate responses in the positive.
¿Cuáles profesiones producen un montón de papeles?
El abogado produce su burocracia.
El borracho no puede leer, o posiblemente es también escritor.
Find & state ALL appropriate responses in the positive.

Click on the symbols below to hear the sound file:
A
accountant
contador
actor
actor
actress
actriz
administrator
administrador
adventurer
aventurero
advertiser
anunciador
adviser
aconsejador
 
consejero
agent
agente
agrarian
agrario
aide
ayudante
ambassador
embajador
anarchist
anarquista
anesthesiologist
anestesiador
announcer
anunciador
 
locutor
anthropologist
antropólogo
antique dealer
anticuario
apprentice
aprendiz
 
novicio
archaeologist
arqueólogo
architect
arquitecto
artisan
artesano
artist
artista
assassin
asesino
assistant
asistante
astronaut
astronauta
athlete
atleta
 
deportista
attorney
abogado
auctioneer
subastador
auditor
interventor
 
ordenador de pagos
 
revisor de pagos
au pair
niñera
author
autor

B
baby sitter
niñera
bag lady
sablista
 
transeúnte
bailiff
magistrado
baker
panadero
 
pastelero
band director
director de bandas
bandit
bandido
banker
banquero
barber
barbero
 
peluquero
bartender
tabernero
beautician
peluquero
beekeeper
colmenero
beggar
mendigo
 
pordiosero
bellman
maletero
biker
ciclista
biochemist
bioquímico
biologist
biólogo
bishop
obispo
bookie
apostador profesional
bookkeeper
tenedor de libros
botanist
botánico
boxer
boxeador
breeder
criador
brewer
cervecero
bricklayer
albañil
builder
constructor
bull rider
torero
bum
sablista
business(wo)man
comerciante
butcher
carnicero
 
tablajero
butler
criado
 
mayordomo de casa

C
cabinet maker
ebanista
cantor
chantre
captain
capitán
cardenal
cardenal
cardiologist
cardiólogo
card shark
estafador
carpenter
carpintero
carpet layer    
cartographer
cartógrafo
cashier
cajero
cement finisher
albañil
CEO
presidente
chair(wo)man
presidente
chancellor
canciller
chauffeur
chófer
cheerleader
porrista
chef
cocinero
chemist
farmacéutico
 
químico
chief
jefe
chimney sweep
deshollinador
 
limpiachimeneas
chiropractor
quiropráctico
choral director
director del coro
clergyman
clérigo
 
eclisiástico
 
pastor
 
sacerdote
clerk
dependiente
clown
payaso
coach
entrenador
cobbler
zapatero
collector
cobrador
 
coleccionador
 
coleccionista
 
compilador
 
recaudador
colonel
coronel
con artist
timador
conductor
conductor
congress(wo)man
congresista
contractor
contratista
convict
criminal
 
prisionero
cook
cocinero
cop
policía
 
policista
coroner
investigador (de muertes)
counsellor
consejero
courier
mensajero
cowboy
vaquero
craftsman
artesano
criminal
criminal
critic
censurador
 
crítico
curator
conservador
 
curador
cyclist
ciclista

D
dancer
bailarín
daredevil
atrevido
 
osado
 
temerario
deacon
diácono
dealer
vendedor
dean
deán
 
decano
decorator
decorador
deliveryman
mozo de reparto
dental hygienist
higienista dental
dentist
dentista
deputy
diputado
dermatologist
dermatólogo
designer
diseñador
detective
detectivo
developer
desarrollador
dictator
dictador
diver
buzo
DJ
cambiadiscos
doctor
doctor
 
médico
dress maker
modista
driver
conductor
 
chófer
drug dealer
traficante
 
vendedor de drogas
druggist
boticario
 
droguero
 
farmacéutico
drunk
borracho
dry cleaner
tintorero