Spanish Money & Finance Vocabulary

Spanish Money & Finance Vocabulary: the list

Gender: m. masculine · f. feminine · n. neuter · c. common

Tips

• Many finance nouns ending in -ción are feminine and take la: inflación, financiación and reducción all follow this pattern, so the article is usually predictable.
• Nouns ending in -o are usually masculine, and this list has several: dinero, pago, precio, presupuesto and subsidio all fit that rule, which makes their gender quick to remember.
• Don't confuse pago (the noun, 'payment') with pagar (the verb, 'to pay'); Spanish often builds a noun and a verb from the same root, so learn them as a pair.
• costar is a stem-changing verb (o to ue): expect forms like cuesta when you talk about prices.
• pagar changes its spelling in the yo form of the preterite (pagué) to keep the hard g sound, so drill that form separately.
• Practise by writing short price tags or mini-invoices in Spanish using precio, factura, cuota and oferta together, since these words often turn up side by side in receipts and ads.

Frequently asked questions

What's the difference between pago and pagar?

pago is the noun meaning 'payment', while pagar is the verb meaning 'to pay'. Learning them together helps, since Spanish frequently pairs a noun and a verb built on the same root.

How do I know if a money-related Spanish noun is masculine or feminine?

Endings give strong clues: nouns ending in -ción, such as inflación, financiación and reducción, are feminine, while many ending in -o, such as dinero, pago, precio and presupuesto, are masculine. It isn't a universal rule, so check the gender given with each word.

Do I have to type accents when I practise these words?

No. Accents are forgiven in Vocab Voyage, so an answer like reduccion counts as correct for reducción. Typing the accents anyway is good practice for writing.

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