| Term | Definition |
| la oficina | office |
| el despacho | office study [private] |
| la dirección | office [organization] |
| el bufete | (law) office |
| la redacción | office [newspaper] |
| el consultorio | office [medical] |
| la consulta | office [doctor's] |
| la clínica dental | dental office |
| volver a + infinitive | to do something again |
| volver | to return, go [come] back--used in Spain |
| regresar | to return, go [come back]---used in Americas |
| devolver | to return [something], give back; to throw up |
| cerrar | to close, shut; to lock |
| el cierre | closing, shutting [physically] |
| abrir | to open |
| la abertura | opening, aperture [physical] |
| clausurar | to close, adjourn [figurative sense] |
| la clausura | closing, adjournment |
| la apertura | opening; musical overture [figurative] |
| acabar de + infinitive | to finish doing something [very recently] |
| terminar de + infinitive | to finish doing something |
| la sala | living room, parlor |
| el cuarto | room |
| el aula | classroom |
| la habitación | room [more private and hotel like] |
| el salón | living room; large room, hall |
| angosto | narrow [Americas] |
| estrecho | narrow [Spain] |
| el hule | rubber; oilcloth |
| la goma | rubber; rubber band [softer] |
| el caucho | rubber [harder] |
| de palo | wooden |
| la madera | wood |
| el palo | pole, stick; a blow with a stick |
| la leña | (fire)wood |
| matar | to kill |
| asesinar | to murder, assassinate; to kill |
| rematar | to finish off |
| eliminar | to wipe out, bump off [very mob like] |
| ejectuar | to execute |
| la cuadra | block (division of a city or town bound by consecutive streets)[Americas], stable (for horses) [Spain] |
| el establo | stable [for other animals] |
| la manzana | (city) block [Spain]; apple |
| el bloque | block (of marble, stone, wood, etc) or (block of houses) |
| el ropero | closet |
| la alacena | cupboard, closet; locker |
| el armario | closet |
| el guardarropa | checkroom, cloakroom; clothes closet |
| agarrar | to take [Americas]; to grasp [Spain] |
| tomar | to take |
| coger | to take [Spain] |
| amanecer | to dawn |
| anochecer | to grow dark |
| atardecer | to draw towards evening; to happen late in the afternoon |
| ordinario | ordinary, common |
| común | common |
| corriente | common |
| colgar | to hang [also to fail someone] |
| ahorcar | to hang [kill] |
| tender | to hang [to dry] |
| pender | to hang [suspending something freely from a higher position] |