En el colegio
School vocabulary for the Organización social theme. Watch the false friends: un colegio is a school and not a college, and aprobar is to pass, not to approve of something.
El sitio
el colegiomnoun
the school
A school, not a college. In Spain, el instituto for secondary.
el aulafnoun
the classroom
Feminine, but takes el: el aula, las aulas.
el patiomnoun
the playground
la bibliotecafnoun
the library
Not a bookshop, which is una librería.
el laboratoriomnoun
the lab
el comedormnoun
the canteen
el pupitremnoun
the desk
El escritorio at home; el pupitre at school.
el horariomnoun
the timetable
Las asignaturas
la asignaturamnoun
the subject
La materia across much of Latin America; el curso in Peru.
las matemáticasfnoun
maths
Plural in Spanish. Las mates informally.
las cienciasfnoun
science
la historiafnoun
history
la geografíafnoun
geography
la informáticafnoun
computing
la educación físicafnoun
PE
el idiomamnoun
the language
Masculine despite the -a: el idioma, los idiomas.
Estudiar y aprobar
el examenmnoun
the exam
Plural los exámenes, with an accent that appears.
la notafnoun
the mark
Saqué buena nota. · I got a good mark.
aprobarverb
to pass
A false friend: aprobar un examen is to pass it, not to approve of it.
suspenderverb
to fail
Suspender in Spain, reprobar in Latin America, jalar informally in Peru.
repasarverb
to revise
Not revisar, which is to check or review a document.
hacer un trabajo
to do a project
entregarverb
to hand in
Hay que entregarlo el viernes. · It has to be handed in on Friday.
faltar a clase
to miss a lesson
La gente
el profesor / la profesoranoun
the teacher
El profe informally, and it works for both.
el compañero / la compañeranoun
the classmate
Not the same as un amigo. Un compañero is someone you share a class with.
el director / la directoranoun
the head teacher
el alumno / la alumnanoun
the pupil