Technology in Spanish: phone, password, and download

Technology in Spanish starts with objects: teléfono (phone), ordenador (computer), and internet, three words the corpus teaches at level A1. The actions come next, at B1: descargar (download), subir (upload), conectar (connect), actualizar (update), and contraseña (password) for logging in anywhere. Vocabcord's Spanish corpus holds 35 technology words in total: 14 at B1 for everyday devices and apps, and 21 more at C2 for the vocabulary of engineers and researchers. Below is the full B1 set with audio, the three A1 words that come before it, what changes once the level jumps to 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

Before technology in Spanish has verbs, it has nouns. Vocabcord's A1 track teaches 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

Level B1 is where technology in Spanish turns into actions: the 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. Everything else is built from ordinary Spanish roots doing 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, and each one means something different. At A2, in the restaurant set, cuenta is the bill: “¿Nos trae la cuenta, por favor?” (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 keeps three separate words for these ideas: the check, the account, and the login. Spanish covers all three with cuenta and leaves context to sort out which one is meant.

What technology vocabulary looks like at C2

The corpus has no technology words at A2, B2, or C1; the theme jumps straight from these 14 B1 basics to 21 words at C2, and the register jumps with it. 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), the vocabulary of a systems document rather than a phone settings menu.

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. That tracks with how the whole corpus grades: earlier levels teach the objects and actions used every day, and the top level teaches the words for arguing about them.

Learn them without a study session

Plug your phone in to charge and one of these words plays out loud with its translation on screen, timed by how well you already know it. The habit runs itself: you already reach for the charger several times a day, and each plug-in carries one more phrase a little further toward permanent. Download Vocabcord and work through the A1 objects before the B1 verbs join them.

Common questions

How do you say technology in Spanish?

Technology is tecnología. The words underneath that umbrella term are what this page teaches: teléfono (phone), ordenador (computer), contraseña (password), descargar (download), and 31 more, graded A1 to C2 with audio.

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. It is one of the first three technology words a learner meets, taught 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.