📖LearnModule 12 · Lesson 24 of 30Proficient User · CEFR C1, completedUnit 5 · El vocabulario abstracto
Los adjetivos que juzgan
Module 12 of the free Spanish course (CEFR C1, completed), lesson 24 of 30: Adjectives are where a C1 writer's position leaks out, so choose them on purpose. On this page: 9 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
The words
Spanish
English
Say it
pertinente
relevant
pehr-tee-NEHN-teh
fundado
well-founded
foon-DAH-doh
apresurado
hasty
ah-preh-soo-RAH-doh
discutible
arguable
dees-koo-TEE-bleh
revelador
telling
rreh-beh-lah-DOHR
dudoso
dubious (m)
doo-DOH-soh
la crítica
the criticism
lah KREE-tee-kah
el elogio
the praise
ehl eh-LOH-hyoh
filtrarse
to leak out
feel-TRAR-seh
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
Adjectives are where a C1 writer's position leaks out, so choose them on purpose. Pertinente (relevant), fundado (well-founded), apresurado (hasty), discutible (arguable), revelador (telling), dudoso (doubtful).
Y también · And also
Una conclusión apresurada is a criticism; una conclusión prudente is praise. Neither says so, and both are read correctly by every Spanish reader.
Ojo · Watch out
apresurado is a criticism (una conclusión apresurada) and prudente is praise; neither says so. pertinente means relevant — not the opposite of impertinent. dudoso is doubtful; dudable is not a word.
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with pertinente.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write two sentences of your own that get the watch-out line right, then the two practice pages of workbook lesson 24 in Module 12 are the written half of this page.
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.