1. learning
  2. languages
  3. spanish
  4. b2
  5. day 19

day 19it must be a mistake

unit 3 · in the media

    it must be a mistake

    Deduce and check facts: debe de ser un error, deben de haberlo leído mal; deber (obligation) vs deber de (probability).

    today’s words

    • claramente · clearly
    • precisamente · precisely, exactly
    • únicamente · only, solely
    • obviamente · obviously
    • negar · to deny
    • denunciar · to report; to denounce
    • la víctima · victim
    • admitir · to admit; to accept
    • ignorar · to ignore; not to know
    • revelar · to reveal
    • cuestionar · to question, to challenge
    • distinguir · to distinguish, to tell apart
    • sospechar · to suspect
    • la circunstancia · circumstance
    • fiarse · to trust
    • deducir · to deduce
    • fiable · reliable, trustworthy
    • minucioso · thorough, meticulous
    • desmentir · to deny, to refute
    • el atraco · robbery, hold-up

    sentences

    • Debe de ser un error: el mercado sigue abierto. · It must be a mistake: the market is still open.
    • Deben de haberlo leído mal. · They must have read it wrong.
    • Debes llamar al ayuntamiento hoy mismo. · You must call the town hall today.
    • Claramente, hay dos versiones de la noticia. · Clearly, there are two versions of the news.
    • Precisamente por eso hay que comprobar la fuente. · That is precisely why the source must be checked.