📖LearnModule 9 · Lesson 23 of 30Independent User · CEFR B2, completedUnit 5 · El mundo laboral
Los derechos y los sindicatos
Module 9 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B2, completed), lesson 23 of 30: Rights at work are a normal conversation topic across the Spanish-speaking world. 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
el sindicato
the trade union
ehl seen-dee-KAH-toh
el derecho laboral
employment law
ehl deh-REH-choh lah-boh-RAHL
el despido
the dismissal
ehl dehs-PEE-doh
reclamar
to demand as a right
rreh-klah-MAR
el trabajador
the worker
ehl trah-bah-hah-DOHR
la negociación
the negotiation
lah neh-goh-syah-SYOHN
el delegado
the representative
ehl deh-leh-GAH-doh
el reglamento
the regulations
ehl rreh-glah-MEHN-toh
colectivo
collective (m)
koh-lehk-TEE-boh
ellos son contratados
they are hired
EH-yohs sohn kohn-trah-TAH-dohs
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
Rights at work are a normal conversation topic across the Spanish-speaking world, and the vocabulary is worth having. El derecho laboral, el sindicato (trade union), la huelga, la negociación, el despido (dismissal), el reglamento (the regulations).
Y también · And also
Reclamar is to demand as a right, and it is the verb the news uses: los trabajadores reclaman un aumento. Compare with pedir, which is merely to ask. Ellos son contratados — they are hired: the passive, third person, agreeing.
Ojo · Watch out
reclamar is to demand as a right; pedir is merely to ask. el despido is a dismissal; despedirse is to say goodbye — same root, two worlds. And el reglamento is the regulations, singular in Spanish.
contratar, voz pasiva — the table
él es contratado · ella es contratada · ellos son contratados · ellas son contratadas
Do it now — on paper
Say all 10 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with el sindicato.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out contratar, 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.