Useful vocabulary when buying property in Spain

If you are considering buying an apartment, townhouse, villa or other type of property in Spain, the following words and phrases can be useful to learn in advance:


Apartment, condominium or flat - apartmento, piso. Of interest, further north, piso means a floor of a building.
Holiday - vacacion
Holidays - vacaciones
Floor of a building - planta
Floor of an apartment, house or villa - suelo
Marble - marmol
House - casa
Two floors - duplex
Size - Tamano
Bedroom - in an apartment, dormitorio, in a hotel, habitacion
Bathroom - cuarto de bano
Shower - ducha
Kitchen - cocina
Penthouse - atico
Top floor - invariably referred to as atico, or penthouse. Does not mean that there is even a terrace. If an agent uses the expression "atico", ask if they merely mean "top floor" or does the apartment have a huge terrace.
Elevator or lift - ascensor
Swimming pool - piscina
Garden - jardin
Building - Edificio
Porter or concierge - Portero
Furniture - Muebles
Furnished - Amueblado
Community - la comunidad
City hall taxes - IBI
Rubbish taxes - basura
Electricity - corriente or la luz
Built area, of property - construido. Floor area is measured in square meters
Sq.M. - metros cuadrados or metro cuadrao
Legal document of ownership - escritura
Legal guy that checks legality - Notario