📖LearnModule 13 · Lesson 16 of 30Proficient User · CEFR C2, first halfUnit 4 · El pensamiento y la ética
El vocabulario del pensamiento
Module 13 of the free Spanish course (CEFR C2, first half), lesson 16 of 30: An argument has parts and Spanish names them. On this page: 12 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 postulado
the postulate
ehl pohs-too-LAH-doh
la premisa
the premise
lah preh-MEE-sah
el corolario
the corollary
ehl koh-roh-LAH-ryoh
la demostración
the demonstration
lah deh-mohs-trah-SYOHN
el supuesto implícito
the unstated assumption
ehl soo-PWEHS-toh eem-PLEE-see-toh
suponer
to assume
soo-poh-NEHR
desmontar un argumento
to take an argument apart
dehs-mohn-TAR oon ar-goo-MEHN-toh
implícito
implicit
eem-PLEE-see-toh
señalar una falla
to name a flaw
seh-nyah-LAR OO-nah FAH-yah
el panorama
the overall picture
ehl pah-noh-RAH-mah
la solidez
the soundness
lah soh-lee-DEHS
yo supongo lo contrario
I assume the opposite
yoh soo-POHN-goh loh kohn-TRAH-ryoh
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 argument has parts and Spanish names them. El postulado (what is assumed openly), la premisa, el corolario, la demostración, el supuesto implícito (what is smuggled in unstated).
Y también · And also
The supuesto implícito is the sharpest of them. Naming an unstated assumption is how a Spanish critique takes an argument apart, and there is no shorter way to say it in English. La solidez of an argument is its soundness; el panorama is the overall picture.
Ojo · Watch out
el supuesto implícito is what is smuggled in unstated; el postulado is what is assumed openly. Naming a supuesto is how a critique takes an argument apart. suponer conjugates like poner: supongo, supuso.
suponer, presente — the table
yo supongo · tú supones · él/ella/usted supone · nosotros suponemos · ustedes suponen · ellos/ellas suponen
Do it now — on paper
Say all 12 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with el postulado.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out suponer, 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.