Estimating figures and judging
An approximate cost or a considered opinion calls for a versatile Spanish verb; practise its forms and meanings.
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Calculating amounts and time
A table’s area or the time a job needs can be calculated or estimated with this Spanish verb.
Read and practiseForeseeing outcomes with a Spanish verb
A report predicts higher prices: explore how to express a forecast and spell this verb in the present, past and future.
Read and practiseAnticipating and bringing forward
Expected difficulties invite preparation; an appointment can also be moved to an earlier time with this Spanish verb.
Read and practisePostponing an event in Spanish
A meeting moves to May: express a delay to a later date and spell the first-person past form correctly.
Read and practiseSpeeding up in Spanish
A faster vehicle or a shorter procedure: express an increase in speed with the Spanish verb for acceleration.
Read and practiseAfectar in Spanish: describing effects
A storm, a delay or a piece of news can affect people and plans; explore the verb’s forms and its direct object.
Read and practiseInfluir in Spanish: shaping an outcome
Weather, choices and costs can shape an outcome; explore influir en and its present and past forms.
Read and practiseContributing to an outcome
A shared effort can advance a result: express contributions to goals and actions with the appropriate Spanish construction.
Read and practiseExplaining what a decision implies
A choice can involve a change, cost or action: express its implications with the Spanish present tense.
Read and practiseConsequences and responsibilities of an action
Moving, taking a role or opening a shop can entail costs and duties: express those consequences in Spanish.
Read and practiseExpressing what a process requires
A demanding task may need time, tools or action: practise the Spanish verb for stating its requirements.
Read and practiseFavorecer in Spanish: help or give preference
Conditions can promote a process, while a decision can benefit or favor a person; explore the forms and meanings of favorecer.
Read and practisePerjudicar in Spanish: causing harm
A decision, delay or action can harm a person or an outcome; explore the forms and uses of perjudicar.
Read and practiseGarantizar in Spanish: promises and guarantees
A contract or service may guarantee access, a price or a response; express the scope and limits of that promise in Spanish.
Read and practiseCumplir in Spanish: keeping promises and meeting requirements
Promises, deadlines and requirements call for cumplir, with or without con; explore its forms and the difference in meaning.
Read and practiseBreaking an obligation
A missed deadline or broken promise calls for a precise verb: describe failure to honour an agreement or obligation in Spanish.
Read and practiseResigning and giving something up
A post, a right or a prize can be given up: express resignation and renunciation in Spanish.
Read and practiseAsumir in Spanish: accept or suppose
Responsibility, costs and unverified facts call for different uses of asumir; explore its forms and meanings in context.
Read and practiseEstablecer in Spanish: rules and deadlines
A rule, relationship or deadline can be established in Spanish; explore establecer and its irregular first-person form.
Read and practiseKeeping an agreement or state
A promise, a closed door and a steady schedule show how Spanish expresses keeping an agreement or condition in place.
Read and practiseMaking a specific alteration
A revised schedule, contract clause or report page shows how to express a specific modification in Spanish.
Read and practiseGrande and gran in Spanish: size and importance
Learn when Spanish grande becomes gran before a singular noun and practise its plural grandes.
Read and practisePequeño in Spanish: small things and agreement
Describe small objects with pequeño and match pequeña, pequeños and pequeñas to their nouns.
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