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Escribir para que se lea rápido
Module 15 of the free Spanish course (CEFR C2 mastery — the capstone), lesson 18 of 30: Most professional Spanish is skimmed. 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
leído por encima
skim-read
leh-EE-doh pohr ehn-SEE-mah
la petición en la primera línea
the request in the first line
lah peh-tee-SYOHN ehn lah pree-MEH-rah LEE-neh-ah
poner por delante
to put up front
poh-NEHR pohr deh-LAHN-teh
saber qué hacer
to know what to do
sah-BEHR keh ah-SEHR
detenerse tras tres líneas
to stop after three lines
deh-teh-NEHR-seh trahs trehs LEE-neh-ahs
el lector apurado
the hurried reader
ehl lehk-TOHR ah-poo-RAH-doh
profesional
professional
proh-feh-syoh-NAHL
la decisión de registro
the register decision
lah deh-see-SYOHN deh rreh-HEES-troh
el archivo adjunto
the attachment
ehl ar-CHEE-boh ahd-HOON-toh
ellos piden una respuesta
they ask for an answer
EH-yohs PEE-dehn OO-nah rrehs-PWEHS-tah
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
Most professional Spanish is skimmed, and writing for a skimmer is a register decision. Front-load: the request in the first line, the reasons after.
Y también · And also
Una petición, un plazo, un archivo adjunto — in that order, in the first three lines. Everything else can be read or not read, and a reader who stops after three lines still knows what to do.
Ojo · Watch out
Una petición, un plazo, un archivo adjunto — in that order, in the first three lines. poner por delante is to put up front; leído por encima (skim-read) uses leído, the participle of leer. apurado is in a hurry in Latin America.
pedir, presente — the table
yo pido · tú pides · él/ella/usted pide · nosotros pedimos · ustedes piden · ellos/ellas piden
Do it now — on paper
Say all 10 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with leído por encima.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out pedir, 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.