Spanish pronunciation guide

Section for people wanting to buy, sell or rent property in Spain.

Spanish property term	Pronunciation
Abogado	A-bo-ga-do
Administrador de Fincas	Ad-min-ist-ra-dor day fin-cas
Agente de la Propiedad Inmobiliaria (API)	A-hen-tay day la prop-ee-ay-dad in-mo-bi-liari-a
Amortización	A-mor-tee-tha-thee-on
Ampliación Hipoteca	Am-plee-a-thee-on Ee-po-te-ca
Arras	Ar-ras
Avalista	Ab-a-leest-a
Bungalow	Boong-a-lo
Cargas	Car-gas
Certificado registral	Thir-tee-fee-ca-do re-jees-tral
Chalet	Cha-ley
Documento privado	Doc-oo-men-to pree-va-do
Documento público	Doc-oo-men-to poo-blee-co
Escritura	Es-cree-tour-ra
Euribor	Eur-ee-bore
Señal	Sen-yal
Gestoría	Hest-or-ee-ya
Hipoteca	Ee-po-te-ca
Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles	Im-pwes-to sob-ray bee-yenes in-mweb-lays
Impuesto sobre el Incremento del Valor de los Terrenos	Im-pwes-to sob-ray el ba-loor day los te-rren-os
Libre de cargas	Lee-bray day car-gas
Notario	No-ta-ree-o
Nota simple registral	No-ta sim-play re-his-tral
Obra nueva	Ob-ra nwe-ba
Oferta vinculante	O-fair-ta bin-coo-lan-tay
Pago en efectivo	Pa-go en ef-ec-ti-vo
Poder	Po-dare
Préstamo con techo	Pres-sta-mo con te-cho
Préstamo hipotecario	Pres-sta-mo Ee-po-te-ca-ree-o
Plusvalía Municipal	Ploos-ba-lee-ya moon-ee-thi-pal
Registro de la Propiedad	Re-hees-tro day la prop-ee-ye-dad
Seguro de amortización de préstamos	Se-goor-ro day a-mort-ee-tha-thee-on day pres-sta-mo
Seguro Multirriesgo Hogar	Se-goor-ro mool-tee-ree-es-go O-gar
Tasación	Tas-a-thee-on
Tipo de interés	Tee-po day in-ter-es
Título de propiedad	Tee-too-lo de pro-pee-ye-dad
Valor Catastral	Ba-loor ca-tas-tral

Other useful links
Latest news on the property market in Spain Selection of news articles related to the real estate market here.
Mortgages in Spain, a brief introduction to the Spanish mortgage market, how it works and interest rates in Spain
Spanish banks, before applying for a mortgage, find out more about Spain's most popular banks and Spanish savings banks.
Property taxes in Spain, description of taxes involved in purchasing property and yearly property taxes in Spain.
Useful Spanish vocab for buying a house - you should learn at least the basic terms. Check out our pronunciation guide too.
Renting property in Spain - if you want to buy to rent, then read this section and our free notice board of property to rent in Spain.
Spanish lawyers - information on lawyers fees in Spain for property transactions
Houses for sale in Spain - take a look at the kind of houses available. Or check out our free Spain property for sale board.

Spanish pronunciation guide

Property in Spain