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By Gerald Erichsen, About.com

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 are reading.

If the news is about war, you may find this vocabulary list helpful. Words below are alphabetized in Spanish; see the previous page for the same words, but alphabetized in English.

air force -- las fuerzas aéreas
allied forces -- las fuerzas aliadas
attack -- el ataque
to attack -- atacar
armed forces -- las fuerzas armadas
army -- el ejército
(air, military) base -- base (aérea, military)
battle -- la batalla
battery -- la batería
to be taken captive -- encontrarse cautivo
to be in control -- estar en control, encontrarse en control
bloody -- sangriento
bomb -- la bomba
to bomb -- bombardear
casualty -- la baja (death), el/la herido (injured person
cease-fire -- el alto el fuego
civilian (noun or adjective) -- civil
commander -- el/la comandante
combat -- el combate
(non)combatant -- el/la (no) combatiente]
conflict -- el conflicto
conscientious objector -- el objector de conciencia
colonel -- el/la coronel
death -- la muerte
destroy -- destruir
explosion -- la explosión
general -- el/la general
Geneva Convention -- la Convención de Ginebra
government -- el gobierno
grenade -- la granada
helicopter -- el helicóptero
hostilities -- las hostilidades
humanitarian -- humanitario
human rights -- los derechos humanos
to injure -- herir
injured -- herido
invasion -- la invasión
to kill -- matar
military (adjective) -- militar
military intelligence -- la inteligencia militar
missile -- el misil
navy -- la marina
offensive -- la ofensiva
patrol (to patrol, to be on patrol) -- la patrulla (patrullar, estar de patrulla)
peace -- la paz
pilot -- el/la piloto
prisoner of war -- el preso de guerra, el prisionero de guerra
propaganda -- la propaganda
to protect against -- resguardar
resistance -- la resistencia
to shoot down, to bring down -- derribar
soldier, fighter -- el/la militar, el/la soldado
to strike, to hit -- sacudir
(military) target -- el blanco (militar)
tank -- el tanque, el carro de combate
territory -- el territorio
terrorist -- el/la terrorista
troops -- las tropas
war -- la guerra
war criminal -- el criminal de guerra
weapon, weapons -- el arma, las armas
weapons of mass destruction -- las armas de destrucción masiva

Gerald Erichsen
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