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Resulta que, se desprende que
Module 13 of the free Spanish course (CEFR C2, first half), lesson 6 of 30: Formal Spanish asserts things without a person attached. On this page: 10 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
resulta que
it turns out that
rreh-SOOL-tah keh
se desprende que
it follows that
seh dehs-PREHN-deh keh
parece ser que
it appears that
pah-REH-seh sehr keh
resultar
to prove to be
rreh-sool-TAR
las cifrasplural
the figures (numbers)
lahs SEE-frahs
falso
false
FAHL-soh
el tono
the tone
ehl TOH-noh
la temperatura de la palabra
the temperature of a word
lah tehm-peh-rah-TOO-rah deh lah pah-LAH-brah
prudente en el tono
cautious in tone
proo-DEHN-teh ehn ehl TOH-noh
ellos resultan convincentes
they prove convincing
EH-yohs rreh-SOOL-tahn kohn-been-SEHN-tehs
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
Formal Spanish asserts things without a person attached. Resulta que las cifras eran falsas. De este estudio se desprende que… Parece ser que…
Y también · And also
Each one has a temperature. Resulta que means it turned out (and someone was wrong). Se desprende means the text shows it. Parece ser que is the most cautious of the three — the writer will not even say parece.
Ojo · Watch out
resulta que means it turned out that, and someone was wrong; parece ser que is the cautious one. desprenderse de takes de: de este estudio se desprende que — the study is the source, not the subject.
resultar, presente — the table
yo resulto · tú resultas · él/ella/usted resulta · nosotros resultamos · ustedes resultan · ellos/ellas resultan
desprenderse, presente — the table
yo me desprendo · tú te desprendes · él/ella/usted se desprende · nosotros nos desprendemos · ustedes se desprenden · ellos/ellas se desprenden
Do it now — on paper
Say all 10 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with resulta que.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out resultar, presente and desprenderse, 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.