Humanities › Languages Spanish War Vocabulary Words of War Share Flipboard Email Print Un tanque y un dromedario. (A tank and a camel.). U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Marcus Fichti/Flickr/CC BY 2.0 Languages Spanish Vocabulary Basics History & Culture Pronunciation & Conversation Writing Skills Grammar English as a Second Language French German Italian Japanese Mandarin Russian English Grammar View More by Gerald Erichsen Gerald Erichsen, Spanish language expert, has created Spanish lessons for ThoughtCo since 1998. Updated April 05, 2019 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-fireel arma, las armas — weapon, weaponslas armas de destrucción masiva — weapons of mass destructionatacar — to attackel ataque — attackla baja — casualty (death)base (aérea, military) — (air, military) basela batalla — battlela batería — batteryel blanco (militar) — (military) targetla bomba — bombbombardear — to bombcivil — civilian (noun or adjective)el/la comandante — commanderel combate — combatel/la (no) combatiente — (non)combatantel conflicto — conflictla Convención de Ginebra — Geneva Conventionel/la coronel — colonelel criminal de guerra — war criminallos derechos humanos — human rightsderribar — to shoot down, to bring downdestruir — destroyel ejército — armyencontrarse cautivo — to be taken captiveestar en control, encontrarse en control — to be in controlla explosión — explosionlas fuerzas aéreas — air forcelas fuerzas aliadas — allied forceslas fuerzas armadas (FF. AA.) — armed forcesel/la general — generalel gobierno — governmentla granada — grenade la guerra — warel helicóptero — helicopterherido — injuredherir — to injurelas hostilidades — hostilitieshumanitario — humanitarianla inteligencia militar — military intelligencela invasión — invasionla marina — navymatar — to killmilitar — military (adjective)el/la militar — soldier, fighterel misil — missilela muerte — deathel objector de conciencia — conscientious objectorla ofensiva — offensivela patrulla (patrullar, estar de patrulla) — patrol (to patrol, to be on patrol)la paz — peaceel/la piloto — pilotel preso de guerra, el prisionero de guerra — prisoner of warla propaganda — propagandaresguardar — to protect againstla resistencia — resistancesacudir — to strike, to hitsangriento — bloodyel/la soldado — soldierel tanque, el carro de combate — tankel territorio — territoryel/la terrorista — terroristlas 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 — herir injured — 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 Continue Reading