📖LearnModule 11 · Lesson 26 of 30Proficient User · CEFR C1, first halfUnit 6 · Argumentar con matices
La concesión
Module 11 of the free Spanish course (CEFR C1, first half), lesson 26 of 30: . On this page: 8 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line, the conjugation table and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
The words
Spanish
English
Say it
por más que lo intente
however much he tries
pohr mahs keh loh een-TEHN-teh
a pesar del precio
despite the price
ah peh-SAR dehl PREH-syoh
pase lo que pase
whatever happens
PAH-seh loh keh PAH-seh
si bien
although (formal)
see BYEHN
la concesión
the concession
lah kohn-seh-SYOHN
admitir
to admit
ahd-mee-TEER
salvo
except
SAHL-boh
aunque yo intente explicarlo
even if I try to explain it
OWN-keh yoh een-TEHN-teh ehks-plee-KAR-loh
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
Granting a point before you turn it is the mark of an argued paragraph: aunque sea caro, a pesar del precio, pase lo que pase, por más que lo intente. Por más que has no English twin: however much he tries, he cannot manage it.
Y también · And also
Aunque + subjuntivo concedes a possibility; aunque + indicativo concedes a fact. A pesar de takes a noun or an infinitive; a pesar de que takes a clause. Learn them as wholes and they will sound natural.
Ojo · Watch out
por más que + subjuntivo: por más que lo intente. pase lo que pase (whatever happens) is fixed — never pasa lo que pasa. a pesar de takes a noun; a pesar de que takes a clause.
intentar, presente de subjuntivo — the table
yo intente · tú intentes · él/ella/usted intente · nosotros intentemos · ustedes intenten · ellos/ellas intenten
pasar, presente de subjuntivo — the table
yo pase · tú pases · él/ella/usted pase · nosotros pasemos · ustedes pasen · ellos/ellas pasen
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with por más que lo intente.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out intentar, presente de subjuntivo and pasar, presente de subjuntivo in full from memory, every person, and check each form against the table above.
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.