Looking For A Job: Spanish Edition Quiz

Answer:

If you're an English speaker, some of these words should have been easy translations for you from Spanish. Arquitecto means architect, a person who designs and creates plans for new construction. Carpintero translated from Spanish to mean carpenter. When it comes to the most famous carpenter of all-time, I'll go with Jesus Christ who spent his youth working as a carpenter with Joseph. Maestro may sound like the leader of the orchestra but it's actually the term for a male teacher. In both careers, you have control of a large group and need to get everyone on the same page. Ingeniera translates to a female engineer. Ingeniería, which is almost spelled the same is the name for the engineering academic field.

Bombero is the Spanish term for a male firefighter or fireman. If you're in legal trouble, you may need call on an abogada, the term for a female lawyer. Letrada is another term used for the word "lawyer". Enfermero make look like infirmary but it's actually the Spanish word for a male nurse. Pan is the Spanish word for bread and panadero is the term for the one who prepares it, a baker. Jardin is the Spanish word for garden and a jardinera is a female gardener. Periodista is a journalist and interestingly the ending of "a" is used for both masculine and feminine journalists, el periodista or la periodista.

The wrong answers include oro (gold), madera (wood), tenedor (fork), licuadora (blender as in the kitchen machine), and cafetera (coffee making machine). Barista is the Spanish word for the person who makes the coffee.