📖LearnModule 13 · Lesson 14 of 30Proficient User · CEFR C2, first halfUnit 3 · Los conectores raros
A riesgo de, a falta de, a reserva de
Module 13 of the free Spanish course (CEFR C2, first half), lesson 14 of 30: A riesgo de means at the risk of: lo diré, a riesgo de equivocarme. 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
a riesgo de
at the risk of
ah RRYEHS-goh deh
a falta de pruebas
for want of evidence
ah FAHL-tah deh PRWEH-bahs
a reserva de
subject to
ah rreh-SEHR-bah deh
el caso
the case
ehl KAH-soh
archivar un caso
to drop a case
ar-chee-BAR oon KAH-soh
el riesgo asumido
the accepted risk
ehl RRYEHS-goh ah-soo-MEE-doh
comprimir en dos palabras
to compress into two words
kohm-pree-MEER ehn dohs pah-LAH-brahs
la subordinada
the subordinate clause
lah soo-bohr-dee-NAH-dah
equivocarse
to be mistaken
eh-kee-boh-KAR-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
A riesgo de means at the risk of: lo diré, a riesgo de equivocarme. A falta de means for want of: a falta de pruebas, el caso fue archivado.
Y también · And also
A reserva de is the third: subject to — a reserva de confirmación. All three compress a whole subordinate clause into three words, which is what C2 vocabulary is mostly for.
Ojo · Watch out
a riesgo de, a falta de and a reserva de take a noun or an infinitive: a riesgo de equivocarme, a falta de pruebas, a reserva de confirmación. With a clause it is a reserva de que + subjuntivo.
archivar, voz pasiva en pretérito — the table
él fue archivado · ella fue archivada · ellos fueron archivados · ellas fueron archivadas
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with a riesgo de.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out archivar, voz pasiva en pretérito 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.