40 min

language learning center · C1 · Lesson 4

Reframing disagreement

Practice this topic in Spanish: Reframing disagreement.

Understand and learn

Work from a natural example to useful language, one small pattern, a spoken attempt, and a response that is relevant to your life.

Lucía

Quizá nuestra discrepancia sea más terminológica que sustancial.

Perhaps our disagreement is more terminological than substantive.

Mateo

Creo que estamos respondiendo a preguntas ligeramente distintas.

I think we are answering slightly different questions.

Lucía

Si reformulamos el problema, aparece un terreno común.

If we reframe the problem, common ground appears.

Mateo

Ambos queremos proteger el servicio, aunque priorizamos riesgos diferentes.

We both want to protect the service, although we prioritise different risks.

Notice, try, and speak

Understand a natural example and learn a small set of useful words, phrases, and patterns.

Useful words and phrases

These items were selected by the lesson curriculum for practical use—not extracted as an every-word list.

Learn these items
  • Quizá nuestra discrepancia sea más terminológica que sustancial.

    Perhaps our disagreement is more terminological than substantive.

    Quizá nuestra discrepancia sea más terminológica que sustancial.

  • Creo que estamos respondiendo a preguntas ligeramente distintas.

    I think we are answering slightly different questions.

    Creo que estamos respondiendo a preguntas ligeramente distintas.

  • Si reformulamos el problema, aparece un terreno común.

    If we reframe the problem, common ground appears.

    Si reformulamos el problema, aparece un terreno común.

  • Ambos queremos proteger el servicio, aunque priorizamos riesgos diferentes.

    We both want to protect the service, although we prioritise different risks.

    Ambos queremos proteger el servicio, aunque priorizamos riesgos diferentes.

  • ¿Podríamos evaluar cada propuesta con los mismos criterios?

    Could we evaluate each proposal using the same criteria?

    ¿Podríamos evaluar cada propuesta con los mismos criterios?

Notice, try, and speak

Which Spanish sentence has this meaning: “Perhaps our disagreement is more terminological than substantive.”

Which Spanish sentence has this meaning: “Perhaps our disagreement is more terminological than substantive.”

Make it yours

Say the five Spanish turns aloud, then connect two of them naturally.

Change one detail so the message is true for your own life or opinion.

Use it with someone

Use this Spanish in a real conversation

  1. 1. Quizá nuestra discrepancia sea más terminológica que sustancial.
  2. 2. Creo que estamos respondiendo a preguntas ligeramente distintas.
  3. 3. Si reformulamos el problema, aparece un terreno común.
  4. 4. Ambos queremos proteger el servicio, aunque priorizamos riesgos diferentes.
  5. 5. ¿Podríamos evaluar cada propuesta con los mismos criterios?
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