📖LearnModule 10 · Lesson 26 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridgeUnit 6 · El puente hacia C1
El registro formal — primer encuentro
Module 10 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridge), lesson 26 of 30: The level above you is not more vocabulary so much as CHOICE. On this page: 8 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
The words
Spanish
English
Say it
el registro
the register (level of language)
ehl rreh-HEES-troh
coloquial
informal, colloquial
koh-loh-KYAHL
está muerto de cansancio
he is dead tired (colloquial)
ehs-TAH MWEHR-toh deh kahn-SAHN-syoh
está agotado
he is exhausted
ehs-TAH ah-goh-TAH-doh
elegir el nivel
to choose the level
eh-leh-HEER ehl nee-BEHL
el primer encuentro
the first encounter
ehl pree-MEHR ehn-KWEHN-troh
convenir al momento
to suit the moment
kohn-beh-NEER ahl moh-MEHN-toh
culto
formal, elevated
KOOL-toh
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
La regla · The rule
The level above you is not more vocabulary so much as CHOICE. The same idea comes in three registers: coloquial (está muerto de cansancio), estándar (está muy cansado), culto (está agotado).
Y también · And also
You already own the middle one. C1 adds the other two, and — more importantly — the judgment about which one a moment deserves. This unit is the first sight of it, not the lesson itself; Module 1 of the Proficient band takes the register apart properly.
Ojo · Watch out
está muerto de cansancio (coloquial), está muy cansado (estándar), está agotado (culto): one idea, three registers. You own the middle one; the other two are recognized here, not yet drilled.
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with el registro.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write two sentences of your own that get the watch-out line right, then the two practice pages of workbook lesson 26 in Module 10 are the written half of this page.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The Spanish Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.