Please refer to the glossary below for common terms in various languages which may prove helpful when looking to purchase property abroad.
| Spain |
| Abogado |
lawyer/solicitor |
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Gestor |
Conveyancer/solicitor |
| Adosado |
terrace or semi |
Hacienda |
equivalent to Inland Revenue |
| Agrimensor |
surveyor |
Hipotecta |
mortgage |
| Al Contado |
cash |
IBI |
annual property tax |
| Alquiler |
rent |
Immobilliaria |
estate agent |
| Arquitecto |
architect |
Impuesto |
tax |
| Asegurar |
to insure |
Licencia de obras |
building license |
| Asesor fiscal |
accountant |
NIE |
foreigners tax ID number |
| Catastro |
land office |
Notario |
solictor/notary |
| Chalet |
villa |
Nota simple |
property registry certificate |
| Cobrar |
to cash or collect payment |
Parcela |
building plot |
| Compensacion extranjera |
percentage deduction applied to Spanish income tax due to compensate for tax paid abroad |
Patrimonio |
capital assets, wealth |
| Comprador |
purchaser/buyer |
Plus valia |
municipal tax on sale |
| Comunidad de propietarios |
owners association in an appartment building or complex of attached houses |
Promotor |
developer |
| Contrato |
contract |
Propietario |
owner/landlord |
| Contracto de arrendamiento |
short-term rental aggrement |
Registro de la propiedad |
property registry |
| Contracto de compraventa |
contract of sale and purchase |
Representante fiscal |
tax official |
| Contribuyente |
taxpayer |
Talon |
cheque |
| Copia simple |
a copy of the title deeds |
Tanteo y retracto |
first right of refusal |
| Demanda |
lawsuit |
Tasa |
fee |
| Domicilliacion de pagos |
standing orderto bank for payment of electricity, water, tax bills etc |
Topografo |
land surveyor |
| Escritura |
the title deeds |
Transderencia |
transfer |
| Fianza |
deposit |
Urbanizacion |
housing estate |
| Finca |
plot of land/property |
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