📖LearnModule 7 · Lesson 12 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1, completedUnit 3 · El trabajo y el dinero
Los estudios y la formación
Module 7 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B1, completed), lesson 12 of 30: Study vocabulary is where Spanish and English drift apart. On this page: 9 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
The words
Spanish
English
Say it
estudiar
to study
ehs-too-DYAR
la carrera
the degree course
lah kah-RREH-rah
la formación
the training
lah fohr-mah-SYOHN
el diploma
the diploma
ehl dee-PLOH-mah
la licenciatura
the bachelor's degree
lah lee-sehn-syah-TOO-rah
el derecho
law (the subject)
ehl deh-REH-choh
la universidad
the university
lah oo-nee-behr-see-DAHD
la materia
the school subject
lah mah-TEH-ryah
aprobar
to pass (an exam)
ah-proh-BAR
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
Study vocabulary is where Spanish and English drift apart. La carrera is a degree course, not a race here; la licenciatura is the first university degree; la materia is a school subject; la formación is training — the word covers a college course and a two-day workshop alike.
Y también · And also
Estudio derecho — I am studying law. Aprobar is to pass an exam, and its opposite is reprobar in Latin America (suspender in Spain). El diploma is the paper you get at the end; el título is also used for it, but that word you already know as the title.
Ojo · Watch out
la carrera is the degree course in this unit, not a race. aprobar is to pass an exam — approve is a different sense of the same verb. And la licenciatura is a bachelor's degree, not a license.
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with estudiar.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write two sentences of your own that get the watch-out line right, then the two practice pages of workbook lesson 12 in Module 7 are the written half of this page.
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.