📖LearnModule 8 · Lesson 22 of 30Independent User · CEFR B2, first halfUnit 5 · Los medios y la tecnología
Las redes y la pantalla
Module 8 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B2, first half), lesson 22 of 30: Screen life has a Spanish vocabulary worth having exactly right: una red social. 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
la red social
the social network
lah rrehd soh-SYAHL
la pantalla
the screen
lah pahn-TAH-yah
la aplicación
the app
lah ah-plee-kah-SYOHN
la contraseña
the password
lah kohn-trah-SEH-nyah
descargar
to download
dehs-kar-GAR
la computadora portátil
the laptop
lah kohm-poo-tah-DOH-rah pohr-TAH-teel
actualmente
currently
ahk-twahl-MEHN-teh
el falso amigo
the false friend (word)
ehl FAHL-soh ah-MEE-goh
yo comparto la foto
I share the photo
yoh kohm-PAR-toh lah FOH-toh
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
Screen life has a Spanish vocabulary worth having exactly right: una red social, una pantalla, una aplicación, una contraseña, descargar (to download). Una computadora portátil is a laptop — un ordenador portátil in Spain.
Y también · And also
Note one false friend: actualmente means currently, not actually. If a text says trabaja actualmente en Lima, it is telling you about today. Actually, in the English sense, is en realidad.
Ojo · Watch out
actualmente means currently, never actually — that is en realidad. And la computadora is Latin American; Spain says el ordenador. Both are understood everywhere.
compartir, presente — the table
yo comparto · tú compartes · él/ella/usted comparte · nosotros compartimos · ustedes comparten · ellos/ellas comparten
descargar, presente — the table
yo descargo · tú descargas · él/ella/usted descarga · nosotros descargamos · ustedes descargan · ellos/ellas descargan
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with la red social.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out compartir, presente and descargar, 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.