📖LearnModule 11 · Lesson 28 of 30Proficient User · CEFR C1, first halfUnit 6 · Argumentar con matices
Matizar y reservar
Module 11 of the free Spanish course (CEFR C1, first half), lesson 28 of 30: C1 is measured, not absolute: no obstante (nevertheless), en cambio (on the other hand). On this page: 9 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
en cambio
in contrast
ehn KAHM-byoh
ciertamente
admittedly
syehr-tah-MEHN-teh
aun a riesgo de
even at the risk of
own ah RRYEHS-goh deh
incluso
even, or even
een-KLOO-soh
viable
feasible
BYAH-bleh
el calendario
the schedule, the calendar
ehl kah-lehn-DAH-ryoh
ahora bien
now then, that said
ah-OH-rah byehn
revisar
to check
rreh-bee-SAR
yo reviso el calendario
I check the schedule
yoh rreh-BEE-soh ehl kah-lehn-DAH-ryoh
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
C1 is measured, not absolute: no obstante (nevertheless), en cambio (on the other hand), ciertamente… pero (admittedly… but), aun a riesgo de (even at the risk of), incluso (or even).
Y también · And also
Ciertamente, el proyecto es ambicioso; no obstante, sigue siendo viable — aun a riesgo de revisar el calendario. Si bien concedes in one breath; ahora bien turns the paragraph in two words.
Ojo · Watch out
ciertamente must be answered by pero, no obstante or sin embargo; on its own it hangs. incluso means even — never included (that is incluido). aun without an accent is even; aún with one is still.
revisar, presente — the table
yo reviso · tú revisas · él/ella/usted revisa · nosotros revisamos · ustedes revisan · ellos/ellas revisan
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with en cambio.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out revisar, presente 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.