📖LearnModule 12 · Lesson 19 of 30Proficient User · CEFR C1, completedUnit 4 · La prensa y las instituciones
El editorial
Module 12 of the free Spanish course (CEFR C1, completed), lesson 19 of 30: An editorial argues, a news article reports. 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
el editorial
the editorial
ehl eh-dee-toh-RYAHL
la editorial
the publishing house
lah eh-dee-toh-RYAHL
la columna de opinión
the opinion column
lah koh-LOOM-nah deh oh-pee-NYOHN
es inaceptable que
it is unacceptable that
ehs ee-nah-sehp-TAH-bleh keh
deplorar
to deplore
deh-ploh-RAR
la palabra valorativa
the value-laden word
lah pah-LAH-brah bah-loh-rah-TEE-bah
firmado
signed
feer-MAH-doh
la toma de postura
the taking of a stance
lah TOH-mah deh pohs-TOO-rah
comprometido
committed to a cause (m)
kohm-proh-meh-TEE-doh
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
An editorial argues; a news article reports; a columna de opinión is a signed opinion piece and carries its author's name for a reason. Knowing which one you are reading is half of reading it.
Y también · And also
The tell is the first person and the value words: es inaceptable que, no cabe sino deplorar. A news report that contains those sentences is not a news report. And the gender matters: el editorial is the piece; la editorial is the publishing house.
Ojo · Watch out
el editorial is the leading article; la editorial is a publishing house — one word, two genders, two meanings. Value words like inaceptable or deplorar mark opinion, whatever the page calls itself.
lamentar, presente de subjuntivo — the table
yo lamente · tú lamentes · él/ella/usted lamente · nosotros lamentemos · ustedes lamenten · ellos/ellas lamenten
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with el editorial.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out lamentar, 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.