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Module 14 of the free Spanish course (CEFR C2, continued), lesson 16 of 30: Legal Spanish is precise and its precision is the point. 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
el litigio
the dispute (at law)
ehl lee-TEE-hyoh
la parte
the party (to a contract)
lah PAR-teh
comprometerse
to undertake
kohm-proh-meh-TEHR-seh
la prescripción
the limitation period
lah prehs-kreep-SYOHN
competente
having jurisdiction
kohm-peh-TEHN-teh
disponer de
to have at one's disposal
dees-poh-NEHR deh
contener
to contain
kohn-teh-NEHR
jurídico
legal
hoo-REE-dee-koh
el contrato
the contract
ehl kohn-TRAH-toh
nosotros disponemos de una semana
we have a week at our disposal
noh-SOH-trohs dees-poh-NEH-mohs deh OO-nah seh-MAH-nah
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
Legal Spanish is precise and its precision is the point. Un contrato contiene cláusulas; una parte se compromete; un litigio enfrenta a dos partes; un tribunal es competente.
Y también · And also
Two words to keep apart: la prescripción is a time limit (not a doctor's prescription, which is la receta), and disponer de in a legal text means to have at one's disposal, not to dispose of.
Ojo · Watch out
la prescripción in a legal text is a time limit; the doctor's prescription is la receta. And competente said of a court means having jurisdiction, not skilled. disponer conjugates like poner: dispongo, dispuso.
disponer, presente — the table
yo dispongo · tú dispones · él/ella/usted dispone · nosotros disponemos · ustedes disponen · ellos/ellas disponen
Do it now — on paper
Say all 10 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with el litigio.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out disponer, 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.