Spanish C1 · Day 11
Day 11: Identidad cultural en la era global — The compound infinitive after a preposition
What you'll learn
- Grammar: The compound infinitive after a preposition
- Reading: La identidad cultural en la era global: presiones, hibridación y respuestas
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Grammar point: The compound infinitive after a preposition
In advanced Spanish, especially at C1, you will often meet a compact structure in which a preposition is followed by the compound infinitive, haber plus a past participle, rather than by a simple infinitive. This infinitivo compuesto is a hallmark of precise formal Spanish. It states that one action was already complete before another, without a full subordinate clause.
Key vocabulary (8 of 21 words)
- la homogeneización (f.) – homogenization
- la fragmentación (f.) – fragmentation
- la hibridación (f.) – hybridization
- la apropiación cultural (f.) – cultural appropriation
- el intercambio intercultural (m.) – intercultural exchange
- el ideario (m.) – guiding principle, paradigm
- la salvaguarda (f.) – preservation
- el enraizamiento (m.) – anchoring, rootedness
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