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 Spanish Language Expert B.A., Seattle Pacific University Gerald Erichsen is a Spanish language expert who has created Spanish lessons for ThoughtCo since 1998. our editorial process Gerald Erichsen Updated 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-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: grenadela 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: 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