📖LearnModule 13 · Lesson 27 of 30Proficient User · CEFR C2, first halfUnit 6 · Leer el pensamiento ajeno
La reseña
Module 13 of the free Spanish course (CEFR C2, first half), lesson 27 of 30: A Spanish review judges the form as much as the content. 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
la reseña
the review (of a book or film)
lah rreh-SEH-nyah
perjudicar
to do a disservice to
pehr-hoo-dee-KAR
aguantar hasta el final
to hold up to the end
ah-gwahn-TAR AHS-tah ehl fee-NAHL
naufragar
to sink (fail)
now-frah-GAR
servir
to serve
sehr-BEER
el último cuarto
the last quarter
ehl OOL-tee-moh KWAR-toh
académico
academic
ah-kah-DEH-mee-koh
la voz de la casa
the house voice
lah bohs deh lah KAH-sah
ellos sirven a la obra
they serve the work
EH-yohs SEER-behn ah lah OH-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
A Spanish review judges the form as much as the content, and it has a stock of verbs for it: servir (to serve the work), perjudicar (to do it a disservice), aguantar (to hold up), naufragar (to sink).
Y también · And also
La película aguanta hasta el último cuarto, y luego naufraga. That is a complete review, and the register is neither academic nor casual — it is the house voice of Spanish criticism.
Ojo · Watch out
servir and perjudicar are opposites here: the music serves the film, the ending does it a disservice. naufragar is to sink, said of a film that collapses in its last quarter. servir changes e to i: sirvo, sirve.
servir, presente — the table
yo sirvo · tú sirves · él/ella/usted sirve · nosotros servimos · ustedes sirven · ellos/ellas sirven
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with la reseña.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out servir, 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.