Languages › Spanish Spanish War Vocabulary Share Flipboard Email 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. 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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