Technology in Spanish: phone, password, and download

Start with objects: teléfono (phone), ordenador (computer), and internet, three words Vocabcord lists at A1. At B1, the list includes descargar (download), subir (upload), conectar (connect), actualizar (update), and contraseña (password) for logging in. The Spanish corpus's dedicated technology group holds 35 entries: 14 at B1 for everyday devices and apps, and 21 at C2 with more specialist uses. The three A1 words sit in the objects group, outside that count. Below is the full B1 set with audio, those A1 starting words, examples from C2, and one Spanish word that means a restaurant bill, a bank account, and a login account.

Phone, computer, internet: the words that come first

Vocabcord's A1 track lists teléfono (phone), ordenador (computer), and internet together, part of the same object set as plate, chair, and table. The corpus's own example sentences are ordinary complaints and small talk: “¿Dónde está mi teléfono?” (Where is my phone), “Trabajo con el ordenador” (I work with the computer), and “Hoy internet va lento” (Today the internet is slow).

Ordenador is the word used in Spain; computadora is the word used across most of Latin America. Vocabcord's A1 pack teaches ordenador, the form this track uses, and both are correct Spanish.

The words for going online, with audio

The B1 set adds words for logging in, moving files, and keeping something running. Here is the full B1 tech set from Vocabcord's Home & Things track, 14 entries, each with its own audio.

Notice the shape of the list. Software and hardware keep their English spelling outright. Other entries give familiar Spanish words a new job: subir already meant “go up” long before it meant “upload,” and descargar already meant “unload a cart” long before it meant “download a file,” the same shift English made when “load” became “download.”

Cuenta: the bill, the bank account, and the login, all one word

Vocabcord's Spanish corpus uses cuenta three separate times, in three settings. At A2, among the money words, cuenta is the bill: “¿Nos trae la cuenta, por favor?” (Could you bring us the bill, please?). A few entries later in that same A2 pack, cuenta is a bank account: “Abrí una cuenta en el banco” (I opened an account at the bank). At B1, in this technology set, cuenta returns as a login account: “Me he creado una cuenta nueva” (I've created a new account).

English also uses account for both banking and online services. The extra use to remember in Spanish is the restaurant bill, or check: cuenta covers that too, and context tells you which one is meant.

What technology vocabulary looks like at C2

The dedicated technology group has no entries at A2, B2, or C1; it jumps from these 14 B1 entries to 21 at C2. That is a gap in the current coverage, not a rule about when to learn these words. Where B1 gives you contraseña and actualizar, C2 gives you cifrado (encryption), ancho de banda (bandwidth), algorítmico (algorithmic), latencia (latency), interfaz (interface), and protocolo (protocol). Some belong in a systems document; others may turn up in your phone settings.

A few C2 entries describe how technology behaves rather than naming a part of it: escalable (scalable), disruptivo (disruptive), obsolescencia (obsolescence), and estocástico (stochastic) read like they were pulled from a product strategy memo. You need not wait until C2 to learn a word you use at work.

Learn them without a study session

Once charger playback is set up, plugging in your phone plays a word from your selected pack with its spoken translation. The app favours entries you have not heard recently; it does not test what you remember. iOS needs a charger automation, and Android needs the appropriate background settings. Download Vocabcord and choose the A1 pack for the starting words above, or B1 Home & Things for a broader mix that includes the 14 tech entries.

Common questions

How do you say technology in Spanish?

Technology is tecnología. This page covers teléfono (phone), ordenador (computer), and internet at A1, gives the full 14-entry B1 technology set with audio, and introduces examples from the 21 C2 technology entries.

How do you say password in Spanish?

Contraseña. It is one of 14 B1 words on this page for going online, alongside cuenta (account) and ajustes (settings), each with its own audio.

How do you say wifi in Spanish?

Wifi, spelled the same as in English. It does not have its own entry in Vocabcord's corpus; it appears inside the example sentence for conectar (connect), “Conéctate al wifi” (Connect to the wifi).

How do you say download in Spanish?

Descargar. The same verb already meant to unload a cart or a truck long before it meant to download a file, the same shift English made when “load” became “download.”

How do you say computer in Spanish?

Ordenador in Spain, computadora across most of Latin America. Vocabcord's A1 track teaches ordenador, the form this pack uses.

How do you say phone in Spanish?

Teléfono. Vocabcord lists it at A1 alongside ordenador (computer) and internet.

Is cuenta the same word for bill and bank account in Spanish?

Yes. Vocabcord's Spanish corpus uses cuenta for a restaurant bill, a bank account, and, in this technology set, a login account, three different entries sharing one word.

How do you say account in Spanish?

Cuenta, for a bank account or a login account. The same word also means a restaurant bill; context decides which one a Spanish speaker means.