📖LearnModule 9 · Lesson 22 of 30Independent User · CEFR B2, completedUnit 5 · El mundo laboral
El contrato
Module 9 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B2, completed), lesson 22 of 30: Two contract types run working life. 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
el contrato
the contract
ehl kohn-TRAH-toh
la pasantía
the internship
lah pah-sahn-TEE-ah
el sueldo bruto
the gross pay
ehl SWEHL-doh BROO-toh
el sueldo neto
the take-home pay
ehl SWEHL-doh NEH-toh
las vacaciones pagadas
the paid leave
lahs bah-kah-SYOH-nehs pah-GAH-dahs
el período de prueba
the probation period
ehl peh-REE-oh-doh deh PRWEH-bah
firmar
to sign
feer-MAR
indefinido
permanent (open-ended)
een-deh-fee-NEE-doh
el contrato es firmado
the contract is signed
ehl kohn-TRAH-toh ehs feer-MAH-doh
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
Two contract types run working life, and their names are used as words: el contrato indefinido (permanent) and el contrato temporal (fixed-term). La pasantía is an internship (las prácticas in Spain); el aprendizaje is an apprenticeship.
Y también · And also
Around them: el sueldo bruto and el sueldo neto (before and after deductions), las vacaciones pagadas (paid leave), el período de prueba (probation). El contrato es firmado por ambas partes — the passive from Module 2, in its natural home.
Ojo · Watch out
la pasantía is an internship, never a passing; el sueldo bruto is before deductions, neto after. And indefinido means permanent for a contract — not vague.
firmar, voz pasiva — the table
él es firmado · ella es firmada · ellos son firmados · ellas son firmadas
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with el contrato.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out firmar, voz pasiva 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.