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Cerrar el expediente
Module 15 of the free Spanish course (CEFR C2 mastery — the capstone), lesson 15 of 30: Close on the position, not on a summary. 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
vuelvo a lo que decía
I come back to what I was saying
BWEHL-boh ah loh keh deh-SEE-ah
en qué condiciones
on what terms
ehn keh kohn-dee-SYOH-nehs
el silencio que sigue
the silence afterwards
ehl see-LEHN-syoh keh SEE-geh
llenar el silencio
to fill the silence
yeh-NAR ehl see-LEHN-syoh
deshacer el final
to undo the ending
deh-sah-SEHR ehl fee-NAHL
detenerse
to stop
deh-teh-NEHR-seh
el cierre
the closing
ehl SYEH-rreh
sobrio al final
plain at the end
SOH-bryoh ahl fee-NAHL
ella se detiene a tiempo
she stops in time
EH-yah seh deh-TYEH-neh ah TYEHM-poh
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
Close on the position, not on a summary. Vuelvo a lo que decía al principio: la cuestión no es si, sino en qué condiciones.
Y también · And also
Then stop. The silence after a finished sentence is the strongest thing in a spoken case, and candidates fill it with bueno, gracias, no sé si he respondido — each of which undoes the ending.
Ojo · Watch out
Close on the position, then STOP: bueno, gracias, no sé si he respondido… each undoes the ending. la cuestión no es si, sino en qué condiciones is a closing shape worth keeping whole.
detenerse, presente — the table
yo me detengo · tú te detienes · él/ella/usted se detiene · nosotros nos detenemos · ustedes se detienen · ellos/ellas se detienen
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with vuelvo a lo que decía.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out detenerse, 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.