📖LearnModule 12 · Lesson 18 of 30Proficient User · CEFR C1, completedUnit 4 · La prensa y las instituciones
El debate público
Module 12 of the free Spanish course (CEFR C1, completed), lesson 18 of 30: Public argument has its own nouns, and they carry a position. 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
lo que está en juego
what is at stake
loh keh ehs-TAH ehn HWEH-goh
la polémica
the public row
lah poh-LEH-mee-kah
el consenso
the consensus
ehl kohn-SEHN-soh
oponerse a
to oppose
oh-poh-NEHR-seh ah
denunciar
to condemn publicly
deh-noon-SYAR
reclamar
to demand as a right
rreh-klah-MAR
zanjar
to settle a question
sahn-HAR
acalorado
heated
ah-kah-loh-RAH-doh
ellos se oponen al proyecto
they oppose the project
EH-yohs seh oh-POH-nehn ahl proh-YEHK-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
Public argument has its own nouns, and they carry a position. Lo que está en juego is what is at stake; una polémica is a row; un consenso is agreement reached, not agreement felt.
Y también · And also
Verbs: zanjar (to settle), oponerse a, denunciar, reclamar. El gobierno zanjó el debate tells you the argument is over; el gobierno reclamó tells you it is not.
Ojo · Watch out
un consenso is agreement reached, not agreement felt; zanjar is to settle for good. el gobierno zanjó el debate means the argument is over; reclamó means it is not. oponerse takes a: se opone al proyecto.
oponerse, presente — the table
yo me opongo · tú te opones · él/ella/usted se opone · nosotros nos oponemos · ustedes se oponen · ellos/ellas se oponen
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with lo que está en juego.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out oponerse, 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.