Languages › Spanish Spanish War Vocabulary Print U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Marcus Fichti/Flickr/CC BY 2.0 Spanish Vocabulary History & Culture Pronunciation Writing Skills Grammar By Gerald Erichsen Gerald Erichsen Spanish Language Expert B.A., Seattle Pacific University Gerald Erichsen is a Spanish language expert who has created Spanish lessons for ThoughtCo since 1998. Learn about our Editorial Process Updated on January 21, 2020 Looking for a different perspective on the news of the world? If so, check out one of the many Spanish-language news sources and get an idea of what people in Latin America or Spain or other Spanish-speaking places are reading. If the news is about war, you may find this vocabulary list helpful. Read More Spanish Vocabulary Terms for Clothes By Gerald Erichsen War Vocabulary List Alphabetized in Spanish Words below are alphabetized in Spanish; see the next section for the same words alphabetized in English. el alto el fuego: cease-fire el arma, las armas: weapon, weapons las armas de destrucción masiva: weapons of mass destruction atacar: to attack el ataque: attack la baja: casualty (death) base (aérea, military): (air, military) base la batalla: battle la batería: battery el blanco (militar): (military) target la bomba: bomb bombardear: to bomb civil: civilian (noun or adjective) el/la comandante: commander el combate: combat el/la (no) combatiente: (non)combatant el conflicto: conflict la Convención de Ginebra: Geneva Convention el/la coronel: colonel el criminal de guerra: war criminal los derechos humanos: human rights derribar: to shoot down, to bring down destruir: destroy el ejército: army encontrarse cautivo: to be taken captive estar en control, encontrarse en control: to be in control la explosión: explosion las fuerzas aéreas: air force las fuerzas aliadas: allied forces las fuerzas armadas (FF. AA.): armed forces el/la general: general el gobierno: government la granada: grenade la guerra: war el helicóptero: helicopter herido: injured herir: to injure las hostilidades: hostilities humanitario: humanitarian la inteligencia militar: military intelligence la invasión: invasion la marina: navy matar: to kill militar: military (adjective) el/la militar: soldier, fighter el misil: missile la muerte: death el objector de conciencia: conscientious objector la ofensiva: offensive la patrulla (patrullar, estar de patrulla): patrol (to patrol, to be on patrol) la paz: peace el/la piloto: pilot el preso de guerra, el prisionero de guerra: prisoner of war la propaganda: propaganda resguardar: to protect against la resistencia: resistance sacudir: to strike, to hit sangriento: bloody el/la soldado: soldier el tanque, el carro de combate: tank el territorio: territory el/la terrorista: terrorist las tropas: troops War Vocabulary Alphabetized in Enlish air force: las fuerzas aéreasallied forces: las fuerzas aliadasarmed forces: las fuerzas armadasarmy: el ejército(air, military) base: base (aérea, military)attack: el ataqueto attack: atacarbattery: la bateríabattle: la batallato be in control: estar en control, encontrarse en controlto be taken captive: encontrarse cautivobloody: sangrientobomb: la bombato bomb: bombardearcasualty: la baja (death), el/la herido (injured person)cease-fire: el alto el fuegocivilian (noun or adjective): civilcolonel: el/la coronelcombat: el combate(non)combatant: el/la (no) combatientecommander: el/la comandanteconflict: el conflictoconscientious objector: el objector de concienciadeath: la muertedestroy: destruirexplosion: la explosióngeneral: el/la generalGeneva Convention: la Convención de Ginebragovernment: el gobiernogrenade: la granadahelicopter: el helicópterohostilities: las hostilidadeshumanitarian: humanitariohuman rights: los derechos humanosto injure: heririnjured: heridoinvasion: la invasiónto kill: matarmilitary (adjective): militarmilitary intelligence: la inteligencia militarmissile: el misilnavy: la marinaoffensive: la ofensivapatrol (to patrol, to be on patrol): la patrulla (patrullar, estar de patrulla)peace: la pazpilot: el/la pilotoprisoner of war: el preso de guerra, el prisionero de guerrapropaganda: la propagandato protect against: resguardarresistance: la resistenciato shoot down, to bring down: derribarsoldier, fighter: el/la militar, el/la soldadoto strike, to hit: sacudirtank: el tanque, el carro de combate(military) target: el blanco (militar)territory: el territorioterrorist: el/la terroristatroops: las tropaswar: la guerrawar criminal: el criminal de guerraweapon, weapons: el arma, las armasweapons of mass destruction: las armas de destrucción masiva Cite this Article Format mla apa chicago Your Citation Erichsen, Gerald. 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