📖LearnModule 12 · Lesson 23 of 30Proficient User · CEFR C1, completedUnit 5 · El vocabulario abstracto
Los sustantivos abstractos
Module 12 of the free Spanish course (CEFR C1, completed), lesson 23 of 30: Abstract nouns carry an argument in one word. 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 alcance
the significance, the scope
ehl ahl-KAHN-seh
la constatación
the finding
lah kohns-tah-tah-SYOHN
el planteamiento
the framing, the approach
ehl plahn-teh-ah-MYEHN-toh
las modalidadesplural
the practical arrangements
lahs moh-dah-lee-DAH-dehs
la legitimidad
the legitimacy
lah leh-hee-tee-mee-DAHD
la medida
the measure
lah meh-DEE-dah
plantear
to raise (a question)
plahn-teh-AR
denso
dense
DEHN-soh
resumir en una palabra
to compress into one word
rreh-soo-MEER ehn OO-nah pah-LAH-brah
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
Abstract nouns carry an argument in one word. El alcance (the scope, the significance), la constatación (the finding), el planteamiento (the approach, the framing), las modalidades (the practical details), la legitimidad.
Y también · And also
La legitimidad de esta medida es discutible packs a whole paragraph into seven words. Collect them; they are what makes C1 prose dense rather than merely long.
Ojo · Watch out
el alcance is significance or scope, not reach at arm's length, here; el planteamiento is how a question is framed; las modalidades is always plural. plantear is to raise a question, never to plant.
plantear, presente — the table
yo planteo · tú planteas · él/ella/usted plantea · nosotros planteamos · ustedes plantean · ellos/ellas plantean
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with el alcance.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out plantear, 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.